$1 Lift Tickets Are Legit—Arizona Snowbowl Confirms ‘Easter Eggs’ Hidden In Its Calendar

October 1, 2025

Arizona Snowbowl, like other Mountain Capital Partners resorts, regularly makes headlines each summer with its surprisingly cheap advance lift tickets.

This year, they’re still as low as $10 on select dates—or, in one case, even cheaper.

Recently, while writing an article that involved lift ticket prices, I spotted an oddity in Arizona Snowbowl’s calendar. On April Fool’s Day 2026, tickets were priced at $1. In 1990, decades before North American lift tickets skyrocketed above $250, that would’ve been a great deal. In 2025, it seemed impossible.

I figured I’d caught a mistake or glitch, so I contacted a representative for the resort. Their response? Nope. The $1 lift tickets are a very real easter egg.

For less than the price of a large bag of chips, a family of four can go skiing at Arizona Snowbowl next winter. Powder