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A skier at Loveland Ski Area overlooks a broad Colorado alpine landscape.

2026/27 PASS REVIEW

Colorado Gold Pass review: $4,700 needs more than one person's winter.

Nineteen unrestricted Colorado resorts and a transferable credential can change the unit of pass math from one skier to a household, club or business.

OPERATOR: Colorado Ski Country USASTARTING POINT: $4,700GEOGRAPHY: 19 Colorado resortsLAST CHECKED: September 10, 2026
Editor score8.6/10

Best for: Households, groups, or organizations that can distribute substantial use across designated users.

Gold is an expensive pass with an unusually flexible owner. It works when a group can keep it moving without violating the one-person, one-mountain, one-day rule.

Photo: Loveland Ski Area

OPERATORColorado Ski Country USA
STARTING POINT$4,700
GEOGRAPHY19 Colorado resorts
LAST CHECKEDSeptember 10, 2026

PassTracks Score breakdown

Four weighted factors produce the editorial score; Clarity is reported as a diagnostic.

Useful Access
9.2
Value
6.8
Flexibility
10.0
Geographic Fit
8.5
Clarity (diagnostic)
10.0
A skier carves through fresh snow during a Colorado winter storm.
Photo: Colorado Ski Country USA
THE UTILIZATION TESTThe pass can move. The ski day cannot multiply.

Transferability lets a member designate another person to use Gold.

It does not allow two people to ski at once, and the pass may be used at only one mountain per day.

The useful question is not whether one skier can justify $4,700. It is whether the organization around the pass can keep earning days.

$4,700 becomes rational only when the pass keeps moving.
Three skiers walk across a snowy Colorado slope with high alpine peaks beyond.
Photo: Colorado Ski Country USA
GEOGRAPHYNineteen resorts make a broad Colorado network.

The roster stretches from Front Range day trips to destination drives.

No blackout dates and unrestricted access make every included mountain genuinely available, but geography still decides which ones can become ordinary days.

Transferability expands the users. It does not shrink Colorado.

ONE PERSON. ONE MOUNTAIN. ONE DAY.

Flexible is not simultaneous.

Gold may be shared with a person designated by the member.

It is nonrefundable, membership is limited, an application does not guarantee acceptance, and some resorts require a day-ticket exchange.

Buy if

  • A household, club or business can keep the pass active
  • The 19-resort roster matches actual Colorado days
  • Transferability changes the utilization math

Pause if

  • One person would hold it all winter
  • The network is theoretical
  • The application and operating rules do not fit the group

What works

  • Unlimited unrestricted access
  • No blackout dates
  • Nineteen Colorado resorts
  • Transferable use
  • Nonresidents may apply

What to watch

  • $4,700
  • One person and one mountain per day
  • Some resorts require ticket exchange
  • Membership is limited
  • Application does not guarantee acceptance

Complete access

Complete pass access

Core access and structured benefits are listed separately.

19 physical locations19 full Alpine0 Nordic-only0 Allied0 discount-only

19 physical resorts

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  • Aspen HighlandsCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Aspen MountainCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • ButtermilkCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • CooperCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Copper MountainCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Echo MountainCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • EldoraCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Granby RanchCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Howelsen HillCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Loveland Ski AreaCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Monarch MountainCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • PowderhornCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • PurgatoryCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • SnowmassCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • SteamboatCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • SunlightCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • TellurideCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day
  • Winter ParkCO · Unlimited; no blackouts; one mountain per day

Current 2026/27 reference price

Current products

Limited membership; application does not guarantee acceptance.

Colorado Gold Pass

$4700

Current published package price.

A snowboarder rides through fresh snow in a Colorado winter storm.
Photo: Colorado Ski Country USA
THE LAST RUNA gold card should not spend the winter in a drawer.

This is not ordinary personal season-pass math.

Gold earns its price through disciplined shared use across a network that the group can actually reach.

The pass can move. Make sure the winter does too.
Colorado Gold Pass 2026/27Current 2026/27 reviewCheck price · From $4700