SAM Magazine—Denver, Nov. 11, 2026—The Ikon Pass has expanded access in several regions across different pass tiers for winter 2026-27. The Base Pass now includes three days at Deer Valley Resort, Utah, and the three Schmitz Brothers Resorts ski areas in Wisconsin have signed on as Bonus Mountains with two days of access to each.
Additionally, access to Ischgl in Austria has been expanded for Ikon and Base Pass holders.
The full Ikon Pass has included seven days at Deer Valley for the last four seasons. This will be the first winter that Base Pass holders will have access included to the skier-only resort, which opened seven new runs across 200 new acres for 2026-27. The three included days are subject to blackout dates, and Deer Valley requires reservations.
Wisconsin’s Crystal Ridge, Nordic Mountain, and Little Switzerland have joined the Bonus Mountain lineup for the coming winter. The program offers full Ikon Pass holders two days of blackout-restricted access to a roster of 14 resorts outside of the 70-plus destination Ikon Pass portfolio.
That larger portfolio includes Ischgl, near Innsbruck, Austria. For 2026-27, Ikon has expanded its access in the region beyond interconnected cross-border ski areas Ischgl and Samnaun (in Switzerland) to include neighboring Austrian ski areas Galtür, Kappl and See. Full Ikon Pass holders will have a combined seven days at the areas for the season, and Base Pass holders will have a combined five days.
Several Ikon Pass partners are already open for the winter: Arapahoe Basin and Copper Mountain in Colorado, Mammoth Mountain in California, Lake Louise Ski Resort, Mt. Norquay and Banff Sunshine in Alberta, Canada, and Zermatt in Switzerland have all dropped ropes.
