Vancouver’s Y2Play ski passes go on sale in February and are valid for the remainder of the current Grouse Mountain ski season and for the following year.
Note: 2025/2026 Y2Play passes were available as of February 21st. The last day to buy them was Sunday, March 23rd.
Click Grouse Mountain to learn more about the resort in generalor, or click Lower Mainland Ski Hills to learn about other similar places. Continue reading below for details about the Y2Play ski pass.
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New for 2025 | Y2Play Perks & Discounts | Y2Play Pass Prices | Other Information
Y2Play Pass at Grouse Mountain
If you like skiing at Grouse Mountain and want an annual pass, the best deal is to get a Y2Play Pass when they become available starting around mid-February or early March. Buy a pass and you can ski for the remainder of this year’s ski season plus all of next year’s ski season too.
There are many benefits to buying a Y2Play Pass. It’s much cheaper than a regular full-priced annual ski pass, plus it lets you ski for almost a season-and-a-half (as opposed to just one season). There are lots of other valuable perks too, including those listed below.
What’s New For 2025?
The 2025/2026 Y2Play Pass doesn’t come with any extra perks compared to last season. However, Grouse recently opened their new Blue Grouse Gondola which means you can expect reduced wait times and more skiing.
Y2Play Perks & Discounts
Below are some of the various perks and benefits of Grouse Mountain’s Y2Play Pass.
(Note: Some of the following benefits are subject to restrictions, not transferable and not valid for all ages. Blackout dates for equipment rentals also apply. Also, pass benefits are subject to change at any time.)
Free Y2Play Benefits
Below are things you get for free with your Y2Play Pass for the 2025/2026 season.
- Access to the hill, its chairlifts and ski slopes from the date of pass purchase until the end of the 2024/2025 ski season (so until mid-April or so).
- One free lift ticket so a friend of the same age group can ski or simply hang out with you for a day at no charge. (Valid for the winter season except for between December 20th, 2025, and January 5th, 2026.)
- Two free lift tickets at Revelstoke Mountain Resort which is Grouse Mountain’s sister resort (with the exception of a few blackout dates for Christmas 2025 as well as a few weeks from mid-February to early March of 2026).
Y2Play Discount Benefits
Below are extra discounts you get access to with your Y2Play Pass in the 2025/2026 season.
- 10% discounts on most food and non-alcoholic drink purchases on the mountain.
- 20% discounts on food and drink purchases at the Starbucks at the base of the hill (at the parking lot level).
- A 20% discount on regular-priced purchases in the resort’s retail store.
- 20% discount on tune-ups for snowboards and skis (except during blackout dates from mid-December to early January).
- A discount on lift tickets at participating partner ski hills through the Mountain Interchange Program. This means up to 50% off full-day ski rates at resorts like Big White in Kelowna, Manning Park (45 minutes southeast of Hope), Sasquatch Mountain in the Fraser Valley, SilverStar in Vernon and Sun Peaks in Kamloops.
- A 50% discount on the purchase of an annual Local’s Pass.
- A 40% discount at two hotels in Revelstoke: The Sutton Place Hotel and the Sandman Hotel.
Y2Play Pass Prices
Below were the rates for Y2Play Passes for the 2025/2026 season.
The first list was for people renewing their passes and the second list was for first-time buyers. As you’ll see, pass holders renewing their existing passes saved big compared to people purchasing completely new passes. New purchasers, however, also got the benefit of skiing for the rest of this season at no additional charge.
Renewal Rates (for existing pass holders up until March 6th, 2025)
- Adult (ages 19 to 64) – $489
- Senior (ages 65+) – $229
- Student (ages 19+) – $339
- Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $339
- Child (ages 5 to 12) – $149
- Tot (ages 4 & younger) – $39
Rates for New Passes (up until March 6th, 2025)
- Adult (ages 19 to 64) – $539
- Senior (ages 65+) – $249
- Student (ages 19+) – $369
- Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $369
- Child (ages 5 to 12) – $169
- Tot (ages 4 & under) – $39
Other Information
See the Grouse Mountain website for more details about the annual ski ticket sale offer.
Cypress Mountain and Mt. Seymour offer comparable deals in the spring too. Click Cypress Spring Ski Deals or Mt. Seymour Season’s Pass Deals for details about the competition.
Check out any of the following articles for more information about Grouse Mounntain in general:
- Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain Ski Hill
- Grouse Mountain in Winter
- Grouse Mountain in Summer (and Spring and Fall)
- Ziplining at Grouse Mountain
- Night Skiing at Grouse Mountain
- 24 Hours of Winter at Grouse Mountain
- Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Click Lower Mainland Ski Hills or Vancouver Ski Hills and Snow Conditions for information about other local ski resorts.
See the website WhatToDoInWhistler.ca to learn more about the largest ski resort in British Columbia. Check out the website VictoriasBestPlaces.com to learn about the closest ski hill in Victoria on Vancouver Island.