The Best Cheap Lift Ticket Deals You Can Still Find in 2025

The humble, beleaguered lift ticket is feeling more and more like a relic of another time. At major ski resorts across the nation, pricing structures now de-incentivize buying tickets at the window, instead directing skiers towards the long list of multi-mountain season passes available.

Love them or hate them, these passes are a good deal for what they offer. Still, there’s something romantic about lift tickets and what they used to mean. They offered spontaneity and the satisfying opportunity to attach a sticker to a wicket. 

That dream hasn’t vanished entirely. Some ski areas continue to offer lift tickets that won’t set your wallet ablaze. Others rely on the advance purchase model associated with season passes to keep prices down (and occasionally make them go way, way up). A few more have single-day specials that provide steep discounts.

Regardless, if you know where to look, you can spend $60 or less on a lift ticket. These are a few ski areas and specials to watch out for. 

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Ski Cooper, Colorado

At Ski Cooper, Colorado, midweek lift tickets are cheap but not stunningly so. Instead, they’re reasonable and feel like they cost as much as a lift ticket should—in a perfect world, at least. Between Mondays and Fridays, online and ticket window prices are pegged at $49 for adults, excluding spring break and holidays.

These prices, unlike those offered at some other ski resorts mentioned here, aren’t flexible. If you go to Ski Cooper on almost any given Friday during the winter, you’ll pay $49—no funny business. That’s a welcome callback to days past when lift ticket prices at many major resorts weren’t throttled by demand.

Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona

Demand-based pricing isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though. For Arizona Snowbowl and other Mountain Capital Partners resorts, the model allows for lift tickets that are stunningly cheap—you’ll just need to plan ahead to take advantage of the deals.

The ski resort releases advance tickets before the ski season starts. As more skiers and snowboarders grab them at a certain price, their cost rises. That eventually leads to more standard pricing during the holidays and winter weekends. But other discounts, particularly during late-season midweek days, last longer. One, that may or may not be still available by the time you’re reading this, offers $1 (!) lift tickets to Arizona Snowbowl on April 1, 2026.

Lee Canyon, Nevada

Lee Canyon also falls beneath the MCP umbrella, using a similar dynamic pricing model as Arizona Snowbowl, with tickets that start at only $7 and go up from there.

The small ski area isn’t a major, world-class destination, but it has a unique claim to fame: it’s a quick drive outside the City of Sin, Las Vegas. While other skiers might rely on mountain biking to craft dual-sport day schedules during the spring, Lee Canyon locals can hit the slot machines after a day on the slopes instead (or go rock climbing, there’s a reason Alex Honnold lives in Las Vegas).

Brian Head Resort, Utah

The third MCP inclusion on this list, Brian Head Resort, has brought cheap advance tickets to Utah. Where better-known mountains in the state might cost $150 or more to ski for a day, Brian Head’s day tickets start at $14. You could spend far more than that on lunch at some ski resorts.

The mountain’s location and geography pair well with the affordable tickets. It’s in a quiet corner of southern Utah, hundreds of miles away from the buzzy Salt Lake City ski resort hub, which means fewer lift lines for skiers willing to make the trek.  

Brattleboro Ski Hill, Vermont

At Brattleboro Ski Hill, Vermont, skiers and snowboarders pay $5 in cash or by check for lift tickets. Season passes and family season passes don’t cost much more, totaling $75 and $200, respectively.

The “Hill” in the ski area’s name is literal. It has one surface lift and two small trails. But Brattleboro Ski Hill isn’t trying to be a major destination with a sprawling lift network and towering base area condominiums. Instead, the ski area’s a humble but essential community resource, making skiing accessible for Brattleboro residents. 

Donner Ski Ranch, California

Donner Ski Ranch is one of the smaller ski areas in the Lake Tahoe area, but when it comes to keeping ticket prices down, it punches far above its weight. Usual day tickets to the mountain cost $119.

The aptly named Old School Days ticket program, however, nearly cuts that price in half with $69 tickets. These dates fall on almost every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday following January 6, 2026. As Donner Ski Ranch puts it on its website, “Skiing shouldn’t be just for the rich and famous—it’s a passion everyone deserves to experience.”

The promotion applies to rentals, too, which cost $30 for adults during Old School Days.

Jackson Hole’s 60th Anniversary Tickets

The deeper, season-long lift ticket deals generally apply to ski resorts outside the destination resort echelon. However, at the sprawling and famed Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it’s possible to nab lift tickets for only $60 this December when the ski resort celebrates its 60th anniversary.

The discounted tickets provide skiing on the day of the celebration, December 19, and, at the time of writing this, are still available. Other tickets that month to ski at Jackson Hole cost well over $200, so you might want to act fast. 

King Pine’s $4 Ticket Roll Back Day

At King Pine, New Hampshire, Ticket Roll Back Day is returning for the 2025-26 season on December 18, 2025. King Pine’s deal is limited to 1,000 tickets, which must be purchased online in advance through the ski area’s website. If you manage to snag one before they sell out, you can ski without your wallet putting up too much of a fight. 

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