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Snow-covered Southwest foothills and homes beneath a blue sky

2026/27 PASS REVIEW

Power Pass review: how many unrestricted days do you really need?

Power Pass looks like a sprawling multi-mountain product. The more useful way to read it is as a Southwest network with several very different ways to buy access. Full removes the calendar. Select keeps most of the map while making you count days at the mountains where that freedom matters most. Core can be an entirely different bargain if the smaller regional mountains are the ones you actually ski.

OPERATOR: Mountain Capital PartnersSTARTING POINT: Full / Select / CoreGEOGRAPHY: Southwest-centered regional networkPRICE/STATUS CHECK: October 25, 2026
Editor score8.3/10

Best for: Southwest families and skiers who move around the region

Power Pass is strongest when you stop counting logos and identify which mountains will actually absorb your ski days.

OPERATORMountain Capital Partners
STARTING POINTFull / Select / Core
GEOGRAPHYSouthwest-centered regional network
PRICE/STATUS CHECKOctober 25, 2026

PassTracks Score breakdown

Five standardized factors produce the editorial score.

Useful Access
8.0
Value
9.2
Flexibility
8.6
Geographic Fit
7.8
Clarity
7.2
Shadows of chairlifts crossing a groomed snow surface
THE PRODUCT DECISIONFull buys freedom. Select buys almost the same map with a calendar.

The $300 jump from Select to Full does not buy an entirely different ski network.

Select already gives unlimited skiing at Brian Head, Sandia Peak, Sipapu, Pajarito, Nordic Valley and Willamette Pass.

The real upgrade is at Purgatory, Arizona Snowbowl and Lee Canyon. Select gives you 12 shared days across those three mountains and asks you to avoid a short holiday blackout calendar. Full stops counting.

If those three mountains are where most of your winter happens, that freedom can be worth paying for.

If they are not, start with Select.

A smiling child in ski goggles reflecting two adults
THE FAMILY MATHFree kids changes the family math.

Power Kids is not a small percentage discount hidden in the benefits list.

Children 12 and under can ski the Power Pass network on a free unlimited pass.

That means a family should not compare Power Pass with a competing product by multiplying the adult price by every person in the car.

For families with younger children, the free child product can matter more than another resort logo or another partner day.

Snowy mountains rising beyond high-desert terrain
WHERE THE NETWORK MAKES SENSEThe Southwest is the network. Chile is the bonus.

Power Pass stretches from Oregon to the southern Rockies and then reaches all the way to Chile.

The useful network is more concentrated.

Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and southern Colorado are where the mountains begin to reinforce one another.

Chile can be a major benefit for someone already planning a Southern Hemisphere trip. For everyone else, it is upside, not a reason to pretend the pass has become global.

Buy if

  • Purgatory, Snowbowl, Lee Canyon or another core mountain belongs in your winter
  • The Southwest network lets you move among useful mountains
  • Free Power Kids changes your family budget
  • Select supplies enough anchor-mountain days
  • Chile is already a real trip

Pause if

  • The resort-count headline is doing more work than nearby mountains
  • You are paying for Full when Select fits
  • Your winter is outside the Southwest
  • Chile is hypothetical
  • Another local pass is deeper near home

What works

  • Exceptional family economics
  • Useful tier ladder
  • Strong Southwest coverage
  • Stable launch pricing

What to watch

  • Shared-day pools
  • Select blackouts
  • Core restrictions
  • Mixed benefit types
  • Current price above launch

Complete access

Complete pass access

Core access and structured benefits are listed separately from routing eligibility.

11 physical locations0 full Alpine0 Nordic-only0 Allied0 discount-only

11 physical resorts

  • PurgatoryColorado · Routing eligible
  • Arizona SnowbowlArizona · Routing eligible
  • Brian HeadUtah · Routing eligible
  • Sandia PeakNew Mexico · Routing eligible
  • SipapuNew Mexico · Routing eligible
  • PajaritoNew Mexico · Routing eligible
  • Nordic ValleyUtah · Routing eligible
  • Lee CanyonNevada · Routing eligible
  • Willamette PassOregon · Routing eligible
  • Valle NevadoSantiago · Routing eligible
  • La ParvaSantiago · Routing eligible

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Current products

Adult Full price for ages 37–64 checked October 25, 2026; verify other tiers at checkout.

Full · adult 37–64

$1,149

Current operator price; other age tiers differ.

Select

$649

Previously published reference; verify current tier.

Core

$399

Previously published reference; verify current tier.

Adult price history

SeasonProductLowest verifiedLatest published
2023/24Comparable adult$749$749
2024/25Comparable adult$749$749
2025/26Comparable adult$749$749
2026/27 launchComparable adult$749$749

Buy the access you will repeat.

Power Pass earns its strongest marks where the Southwest mountains begin to reinforce one another. The mistake is assuming Full is automatically the serious skier's choice. If Purgatory, Snowbowl or Lee Canyon will absorb most of your winter, unrestricted access can be worth the premium. If they will not, Select keeps much of the same map for less money. In some markets, Core may be the smarter pass again. Free kids can change the answer for an entire family. Chile can change it for someone already headed south. Start with the mountains you will actually ski. Then buy enough freedom for those mountains.

Count the days you need, not the logos you get.
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