With the holiday weekend between Christmas and New Years Eve upcoming, three resorts in Colorado have single-day lift tickets breaking the $300 level. 

Lift tickets at Vail Mountain are $329 when bought same-day. When purchased in advance, lift tickets cost $313 over the coming weekend. Child tickets for ages 5 to 12 are $227 same-day or $216 when purchased in advance. Ticket prices drop Jan. 2 to $295. 

Beaver Creek lift tickets match Vail’s, exceeding $300 for the weekend.

Steamboat Ski Resort’s weekend single-day lift tickets are $329 same-day and $309 when bought in advance.

The three resorts sit at the highest prices for single-day lift tickets in the state with other large ski resorts across Colorado following closely behind.

Single-day lift tickets for the weekend of Dec. 28 are as follows:

• Breckenridge: $299 same-day, $284 in advance
• Aspen Snowmass: $264
• Keystone Resort: $292 same-day, $265 in advance
• Winter Park Resort: $259
• Copper Mountain Resort: $264 same-day, $234 in advance
• Telluride Resort: $260
• Crested Butte: $215 same-day, $193 in advance

Several other resorts have single-day adult lift tickets for under $200, including the following.

• Loveland: $149
• Arapahoe Basin: $189
• Eldora: $179
• Wolf Creek: $103
• Monarch: around $130
• Purgatory: around $130
• Powderhorn: around $110
• Granby Ranch: $164
• Sunlight Mountain: $104

Meanwhile, many of the smaller and lesser known resorts will remain under $100 over the holiday weekend for those looking to spend less. 

The state’s cheapest ski area open this weekend is Chapman Hill Ski Area in Durango, with two rope tows and 500 vertical feet of groomed terrain, with day tickets going for $16.

Several other small ski areas, including Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Kendall Mountain near Silverton, and Echo Mountain near Idaho Springs, have lift tickets for under $100 this weekend.

Vail spokesperson John Plack said only about a quarter of Vail Mountain visitors used single-day lift tickets last season, with most people using an Epic Pass. Pass holders save up to 65% compared to lift tickets, Plack said.

Guests who want to save money on single-day tickets should buy in advance, he added.