Reasons to Get a Power Pass This Season (Yes, Free Kids Skiing Is One of Them)

Let’s face it, skiing can be an expensive sport. Plenty of Los Alamos and Albuquerque families have eyed a season pass for years and talked themselves out of it — not because they didn’t want it, but because the math never worked.

That’s the gap the Power Pass closes. It’s a pass designed to encourage more people to use the chairlift instead of staying home. Here’s what that actually looks like.

1. Bring people with you, at half price

Skiing’s better with company, and encouraging your buddy to come up to the mountain is a valuable perk. Every Power Pass comes with 50% off tickets to share — no asterisks, no “select dates only.” If you’ve been trying to get someone hooked on Pajarito for years, this is the season to make it happen finally.

2. The Weekday Pass is built for real schedules

Not everybody needs the mountain seven days a week — some of us just need Tuesdays. The Weekday Power Pass gives you 1 to 5 chosen weekdays for the whole season, starting at $199.* If your crew skis around school pickup and work shifts instead of powder alerts, this tier’s for you.

*Blackout dates apply — check www.pajarito.ski/season-passes for the fine print.

3. Every tier still gets the good stuff

Affordable doesn’t mean stripped-down around here. Select, Core, Weekday — all of it comes with the same discounted tickets and food & beverage perks across the network. You’re not trading value for a lower price tag. You’re getting both.

4. Kids 12 and under ski — and bike — completely free

This is the one that actually changes a family’s math. No add-on purchase, no fine print, just a free pass for any kid 12 and under, good for skiing all winter and biking all summer. Hand it to them and give them the joy of a new sport and fun on the mountain.

5. There’s a price for wherever you are in life

First pass as a high schooler, or building a new family tradition as a parent — there are built-in discounts across age brackets from 13 up through your mid-30s. The Power Pass wasn’t built around one type of skier, and the pricing backs that up.

Local legend in head-to-toe Gore-Tex, first-timer in your dad’s old Carhartts — there’s room on the lift for both of you at Pajarito. That’s skiing the way it was meant to be, and that’s the whole idea behind the Power Pass.