Lift Tickets

2025/26 - Calendar-Based Daily Lift Ticket Sales

White Pass uses an RFID Lift Ticketing System. If you have an RFID card that displays Mt. Rainier at sunrise, it is a valid ticket and can be used this season. If you do not have a card, be sure to purchase one on your first day. Every account has a picture attached to it that is viewable for our ticket scanners. RFID cards are the same for Season Passes and Day Tickets, so once you get your card, you keep your card. If needed, replacement cards can be purchased for $5.

How do calendar-based ticket sales work?

The first, most important step (if you haven't done so already) is to create an account in our eStore. Multiple accounts may be attached to the primary account. The new RFID cards are assigned to each person on your account. Lift tickets are purchased in our eStore by simply selecting the date, quantity of tickets. Lift tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis, so if you have specific dates you want to be skiing/snowboarding, we recommend you reserve those dates early, as Saturdays and holidays often sell out.

If you are new to our store, please consider registering before you come to the ski area to minimize your time spent at the ticket booth. New ticket purchasers need to pick up a $5 RFID card on your first day up.

Once you have an RFID Card, you will not have to go back to the ticket booth. You purchase your tickets in our Estore and then go direct-to-lift.

Do Season Pass holders need to register on the calendar? NO!  

All season pass holders please go direct-to-lift.  We have a decade of data that helps us predict pass holder use and we have accounted for pass holder attendance in our daily customer totals.

How many day tickets are available each day?

That's a variable number based on the typical number of seasons pass holders we expect on given days.  

We expect everyone to be able to get a ticket on MOST days of our season; however, you will have to plan ahead on high-use days during the holiday periods (after Christmas and on the 3-day weekends) and on Saturdays.

What if I have a special case (i.e. Powder Alliance, Military, PSIA, etc.)?

The following customers should register online in the eStore prior to coming up to White Pass. Find the eStore product associated with your pass/ticket type. Then stop by the ticket booth on the day you registered to ride to activate your pass/ticket (and pick up an RFID card if you don't already have one):

• Military Lift Ticket Policy

  • Eligible Guests:
    Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard, and 100% Service-Connected Disabled Veterans with a valid DAVPRM code on military-issued ID (DD Form 1173 or DD Form 2765).
    Contractors and DoD civilians are not eligible.

  • Purchase Requirement:
    All Military Tickets must be purchased online prior to arrival.

  • ID Verification:

    • A valid military ID must be presented at the ticket booth to activate your ticket.

    • One valid ID per ticket is required.

    • If you do not present a valid ID, the full regular ticket rate will be charged.

• POWDER ALLIANCE

• Season Pass Reciprocal Program (49, Mt. Spokane, Bluewood)

Guests with PSIA, AASI, & NSP non-expired memberships qualify for a discounted lift ticket at the booth upon arrival regardless of inventory — because you must present your membership ID as well as a state issued ID at the mountain, and cannot buy these tickets online beforehand, guests will not be turned away (even on sold out days).