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Snow-covered base area at Smugglers’ Notch Resort beneath a pink winter sunrise.

2026/27 PASS REVIEW

Ski Vermont Fifth Grade Passport review: sixty Alpine days for $40. The hard part is using them.

Sixty Alpine days for $40 is a remarkable child-skiing bargain on paper. The fifth grader is $40. The family ski day is not.

OPERATOR: Ski VermontSTARTING POINT: $40 plus taxGEOGRAPHY: 20 Vermont Alpine areasLAST CHECKED: August 16, 2026
Editor score8.1/10

Best for: Fifth-grade families whose adults already have useful Vermont ski access, or who are willing to plan adult tickets carefully around the Passport network.

A parent’s valid lift ticket or season pass is required. Existing adult overlap can make this spectacular; buying a new adult day ticket for every redemption makes household value materially weaker.

Photo: Smugglers’ Notch Resort

OPERATORSki Vermont
STARTING POINT$40 plus tax
GEOGRAPHY20 Vermont Alpine areas
LAST CHECKEDAugust 16, 2026

PassTracks Score breakdown

Five standardized factors produce the editorial score.

Useful Access
9.0
Value
8.8
Flexibility
5.0
Geographic Fit
8.8
Three children in ski gear outside lodging at Smugglers’ Notch Resort, with adults behind them.
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
THE FAMILY PRICEBefore you count the child’s 60 days, price the parent.

Marketed 90 days combines Alpine and Nordic. The decision-grade comparison is 60 Alpine opportunities; Nordic access is not interchangeable with downhill lift days.

Epic, Ikon and Indy access can turn selected child vouchers into much better family-value days when the adult already holds valid lift access.

The fifth grader is $40. The family ski day is not.
Snow-covered Sugarbush terrain and forested Vermont mountain slopes.
Audrey Huffman / Sugarbush Resort
GEOGRAPHYSixty Alpine days exist on paper. The adult ticket strategy decides which ones are cheap family days.

Vermont's 20 Alpine areas create statewide variety, but each family still has a smaller practical network.

Start with the mountains where adult access, driving and redemption fit together.

The useful Passport is the overlap between child vouchers and adult access.

TWENTY REDEMPTION ROUTINES

Twenty mountains. Twenty redemption routines.

Preserve mountain-specific Killington/Pico online redemption, Bolton RFID/media requirements and possible fee, Mad River Glen early seven-day booking advice, Magic capacity limitations and any current Magic adult companion offer.

Buy if

  • The child is an eligible fifth grader
  • The adult already has useful Vermont access
  • Several redemption routines fit the family calendar

Pause if

  • Every child voucher requires a new full-price adult ticket
  • The family needs unrestricted spontaneous use
  • The 90-day marketing number is doing all the selling

What works

  • $40 plus tax
  • Three Alpine days at each of 20 areas
  • Broad Vermont variety
  • Nonresident eligibility
  • Adult season pass can satisfy accompaniment

What to watch

  • Adult must hold valid lift ticket or season pass
  • Adult cost can overwhelm child value
  • Seven-day reservation window
  • Mountain-specific redemption/blackouts/capacity
  • RFID/media fees and limited change flexibility

Complete access

Complete pass access

Core access and structured benefits are listed separately.

20 physical locations20 full Alpine0 Nordic-only0 Allied0 discount-only

20 physical resorts

  • Bolton Valley ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Bromley Mountain ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Burke MountainVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Cochran’s Ski AreaVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Jay Peak ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Killington ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Lyndon Outing ClubVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Mad River GlenVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Magic MountainVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Middlebury SnowbowlVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Mount SnowVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Northeast SlopesVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Okemo Mountain ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Pico MountainVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Saskadena Six Ski AreaVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Ski QuecheeVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Smugglers’ Notch ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Stowe Mountain ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Stratton Mountain ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required
  • Sugarbush ResortVT · 3 Alpine days · adult valid ticket/pass required

published 2026/27 price

Current products

Published price is $40 plus tax.

Fifth Grade Passport

$40

$40 plus tax; Alpine and Nordic vouchers are operationally distinct.

Price history

Price history

SeasonVerified price
2026/27$40 + tax
2025/26$35
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2024/25$35
2023/24$30
Skier carving across a Sugarbush slope at sunset in Vermont.
John Atkinson / Sugarbush Resort
THE LAST RUNLast Run

Do not buy this because you think your fifth grader will ski 60 Alpine days.

Buy it because you might ski six.

Or nine.

Or because one winter you finally drive past the mountain you always visit and keep going to Jay, Burke, Magic, Mad River Glen, Pico or somewhere your kid has never clipped into skis before.

At $40, the child Passport does not need heroic utilization.

But the child is only half the ticket equation. If the adult already has useful access, this can be one of the best family bargains in skiing. If the adult has to buy a day ticket every time, the math changes fast.

The fifth grader is $40. The family ski day is not.
Ski Vermont Fifth Grade Passport 2026/27Current 2026/27 reviewCheck price · From $40