Sponsored: 2025-26 season offerings include access to expert terrain, passholder-only days and art all around.
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Powder Mountain, home to the most skiable acres in North America, is going even bigger for the 2025-26 season.
This winter, Powder is expanding amenities while staying true to its core as an uncrowded destination where fresh tracks are plentiful.
Advanced skiers and riders will soon have access to some of the most impressive expert terrain in the country, art and music aficionados will be surprised and delighted on piste and off, and families will find more value with the introduction of new youth pricing.
Powderhounds, let’s dive into the details.
(Powder Mountain, sponsored) | Powder Mountain’s affordable ticket prices allow the whole family to join in for the fun.
Families first
A new Youth day ticket will make the Powder Mountain experience more affordable for families in Utah and beyond this season. The ticket puts 5-12 year olds in their own category with pricing of $75 per day, making it more accessible for multiple generations to enjoy the resort’s snowy runs together.
That’s not all: Powder is expanding its ski lessons in 2025-26, making learning to ski more accessible than ever. Newbies can get on the hill for private afternoon or evening lessons for $169. There are also sundown-only, first-time group lessons for $99.
‘Don’t Mention It’
Powder Mountain continues to work on making an area known as Don’t Mention It, or DMI, available to skiers via a triple lift that will link Wolf Canyon with the top of Sundown. When the DMI lift is ready to roll, Powder Mountain will add about 1,000 acres of terrain that’s skiable by lift access. The area is home to some of the most expert terrain on the mountain.
In 2025-26, skiers and riders can get a first look at DMI’s prime glades, expert chutes and wide open bowls by booking a guided backcountry tour .
Outfitted with avalanche safety gear and led by certified backcountry guides, Powder Mountain’s guided tours rival the best backcountry destinations in North America. Who needs Alaska when you can discover line after line of untracked powder just minutes from downtown Salt Lake City?
If you’re interested in park play, Powder’s ramping up there as well. A park crew has been hard at work on new features for the Hidden Lake terrain park, which will “have something for everybody.”
Beyond the slope
Be it in the backcountry or the park, there’s no question that a day on the hill begs for a little R&R following. Powder does not disappoint in this department, with apres ski experiences including what you know and love – Pho and a beer at Powder Keg – and new offerings.
Every Saturday, starting Dec. 20, Powder will offer a high alpine après series at Timberline Lodge. This new slopeside spot is a perfect gathering place, with a DJ booth and fire pits. Directly across from the new Special Event Terrain Park off the Timberline lift, visitors can also get a view of the special-occasion park.
The Powder cultural experience extends across the mountain, too. 2024, the resort announced the Powder Art Foundation (PAF), an arts nonprofit dedicated to celebrating historical land art and the vision of contemporary artists.
Last season, PAF welcomed Listener and Reflector, two stunning bronze bell sculptures by artist Davina Semo. This season, the nonprofit will debut a new phase of commissions and acquisitions.
Sculpture and land art works will continue to become landmarks on the mountain, inviting guests to connect with the landscape in new ways in a kind of open-air museum.
(Powder Mountain, sponsored) | Powder mountain offers incredible groomed and backcountry slopes.
Passholder perks
This year, Powder passholders will again have the place to themselves throughout the season—while others stare down hours-long commutes and lift lines.
Back by popular demand, there will be four Passholder Weekends in 2026. Skiers and riders will have the opportunity to make their turns along wide open runs in a relaxed atmosphere.
Passholder Weekends feature exclusive events including on-mountain scavenger hunts, après-ski bingo nights, outdoor disco parties and more.
The 2026 Passholder Weekend dates are:
Adult and Teen season passholders will see major benefits this winter, with the introduction of eight Buddy Tickets. Each ticket offers 50% off lift tickets. There are no blackout dates — including Passholder Weekends — giving passholders more ways to bring friends and family to the mountain throughout the season.
Passholders also get early-access days, 20% off lessons, rentals, retail and dining (excluding alcohol) and more. Find all benefits here.