PassTracks Score breakdown
Five standardized factors produce the editorial score.
One Gems Parent Pass aligns all 10 mountains, but only one Parent Pass is allowed per household; a two-adult skiing family needs a separate Adult #2 strategy.
Compare the Gems Parent Pass, Indy, Ikon, Power Pass, Epic and Mountain Collective against the Gems mountains the adults will actually ski.
The teenager gets the pass. The household gets the math.
Colorado stretches the roster from Front Range day trips to southern and western destination drives.
Build around the mountains the whole car can reach and afford.
Twenty possible days are not twenty planned days.ARRIVAL FRICTION
Do not buy this on Thursday for Saturday
In-season activation generally takes roughly 3–5 business days; visit validation can open up to seven days ahead and confirmed visits generally cannot simply be canceled. Screenshot validation codes before weak-connectivity drives; some resorts add redemption procedures.
Buy if
- The teen will sample several Gems
- The adults have a workable companion plan
- The family can plan around activation and blackouts
Pause if
- The adult tickets erase the youth savings
- The family needs one repeat-access home mountain
- The useful dates fall inside blackout periods
What works
- Two days at each of 10 mountains
- Exploration without a one-resort commitment
- No Colorado residency requirement
- Clean pairing with Gems Parent when available
What to watch
- 2026/27 price pending
- Common holiday blackouts
- Activation and validation planning
- Adult ski cost can dominate household economics
Complete access
Complete pass access
Core access and structured benefits are listed separately.
10 physical resorts
Core access10
- Arapahoe BasinCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Ski CooperCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Echo MountainCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Eldora Mountain ResortCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Granby RanchCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Loveland Ski AreaCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Monarch MountainCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Powderhorn Mountain ResortCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Purgatory ResortCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
- Sunlight Mountain ResortCO · 2 days · holiday blackouts
2026/27 price pending
Current products
2026/27 price for ages 12–17: $210, verified at operator checkout October 25, 2026.
Gems Teen Pass
$2102026/27 price for ages 12–17; confirm taxes and current terms at checkout.
Price history
Adult price history
| Season | Product | Lowest verified | Latest published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gems Teen Pass | $207 | $207 |
| 2024/25 | Gems Teen Pass | $199 | $199 |
Show full price history
| Season | Product | Lowest verified | Latest published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Gems Teen Pass | $199 | $199 |
A teenager does not need 20 days at these mountains to justify the idea.
Five good road trips could be enough.
Loveland on a windy morning. A-Basin when the terrain starts to click. Cooper because skiing does not always need a village attached to it. Monarch after a storm. Maybe Purgatory because the family finally pointed the car south.
The Gems Teen Pass is valuable because it gives a young skier permission to explore.
Just remember who is paying to ski beside them.