Got $2,750 to Burn? Get a Colorado Gold Pass

Here’s one of those deals that sounds great, but which I’d never use: The Colorado ski pass gives you a season pass–no blackout dates–to 21 ski areas. It’s also transferable.

The pass doesn’t do you any good at Vail Corp resorts (Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, Breckenridge), since it’s a product of Colorado Ski Country USA, a trade group that the company pulled out of recently.

The pass isn’t much good if you don’t live in Colorado, though I suppose it might be useful if you have friends with whom you can pass it around.

I like variety, and exploring new places. But $2,750 to try to visit 21 areas in one season? Not when I could get an Epic Pass (Vail Corp resorts) for $600, or a season pass elsewhere.