Adaptive Tickets & Passes

Adaptive Season Pass
Palisades Tahoe offers discounted products and services to guests with disabilities. Please read the below requirements to see if you qualify for our adaptive discounts.

• Amputations: Any single or combination of hand, arm, foot, or leg amputations.
• Blind: Legally blind (20/200 in the good eye) to totally blind. Individuals with one good eye are not candidates. Physician diagnosis is required.
• Cognitive Disabilities: A mental impairment that affects the ability to process information and/or coordinate and control the body, which limits the individual’s ability to navigate the mountain safely and independently. (e.g. Severe Cognitive impairments, Autism, Down Syndrome, TBI-traumatic brain injury that results in severe cognitive impairments. An IEP is required for children with cognitive disabilities.) Individuals that are on social security disability will be reviewed case by case however this does not qualify someone for an adaptive pass.
• Physical Disabilities: Any individual with a permanent physical disability that requires adaptive equipment or adaptive ski technique. Having a disability or illness alone does not qualify for an adaptive pass. Individuals who are on social security disability will be reviewed case by case.
• Deaf: Individuals who wear two hearing aids or are profoundly deaf in both ears. A hearing loss of 35 decibels or more in both ears is considered Deaf. This pass is for individuals who use sign language or lip reading as a primary form of communication.
  
  

Examples of cases that do not qualify: Asthma unless the individual is dependent on oxygen. Severe back pain unless the individual requires a wheelchair or adaptive equipment. The disability must affect day-to-day functions.

Please note: Adaptive season pass application & required forms are mandatory upon purchase. Guide Tickets are offered with purchase of Adult Adaptive ticket or pass and must be 18 years or older. Guide Tickets are only offered to guests of the adaptive skier or rider to assist with getting on and off the chairlift.

Adaptive Season Pass Rates

Pass Type	Rate
Adults (19+)	$225
Young Adult (18 & under)	$95

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Adaptive Lift Tickets
Palisades Tahoe offers discounted products and services to guests with disabilities. Please read the below requirements to see if you qualify for our adaptive discounts.

• Amputations: Any single or combination of hand, arm, foot, leg amputations.
• Blind: Legally blind (20/200 in the good eye) to totally blind. Individuals with one good eye are not candidates. Physician diagnosis is required.
• Cognitive Disabilities: A mental impairment that affects the ability to process information and/or coordinate and control the body, which limits the individual’s ability to navigate the mountain safely and independently. (e.g. Severe Cognitive impairments, Autism, Down Syndrome, TBI-traumatic brain injury that results in severe cognitive impairments. An IEP is required for children with cognitive disabilities.) Individuals that are on social security disability will be reviewed case by case however this does not qualify someone for an adaptive pass.
• Physical Disabilities: Any individual with a permanent physical disability that requires adaptive equipment or adaptive ski technique. Having a disability or illness alone does not qualify for an adaptive pass. Individuals that are on social security disability will be reviewed case by case.
• Deaf:Individuals who wear two hearing aids or are profoundly deaf in both ears. A hearing loss of 35 decibels or more in both ears is considered Deaf. This pass is for individuals that use sign language or lip reading as a primary form of communication.
  
  

Examples of cases that do not qualify: Asthma unless the individual is dependent on oxygen. Severe back pain unless the individual requires a wheelchair or adaptive equipment. The disability must affect day-to-day functions.


Adaptive Lift Ticket Rates

Ticket	Price
Adult (19+) Adaptive 1 Day	$55
Adult Adaptive 1 Day Guide Offered with purchase of Adult Adaptive ticket or pass and must be 18 years or older*	$55
Youth (5-18) Adaptive 1 Day	$35
Youth Adaptive 1 Day Guide Offered with purchase of Adult Adaptive ticket or pass and must be 18 years or older*	Free

*Guide Tickets: Offered with purchase of Adult Adaptive ticket or pass and must be 18 years or older. Guide Tickets are only offered to guests of the adaptive skier or rider to assist with getting on and off the chairlift.

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Adaptive Ski Equipment
Palisades Tahoe allows the use of adaptive devices or other “manually-powered mobility aids” designed for use on the ski slopes. Adaptive devices are any specialized equipment that has been designed and manufactured primarily for use by individuals who have disabilities, including: ski bikes, mono-skis, bi skis, outriggers, and sit-skis. The Disabled Sports America Center provides instruction and will arrange the use of such mobility devices when requested in advance to ensure qualified instructors are available. For those that have disabilities and choose to use ski bikes outside of an instructional setting, we ask that you contact Dispatch (Palisades: 530-452-7145 or Alpine: 530 581-8223) prior to your visit to schedule a time for Ski Patrol to inspect your equipment. The use of ski bikes, snow skates, sled dogs, etc. by those without adaptive needs is prohibited.
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