Season Ski Pass

Chamber Ski Pass Program

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS

THEN FILL OUT THE OPT-IN FORM BELOW

Digital Process - ACRA uses a digital, no-contact process to verify member eligibility for the Chamber Ski Pass Program. You do not need to physically visit the ACRA office to sign up for the Chamber Ski Pass Program.

STEP 1: Pay your member dues and open invoices in the ACRA Member Portal. All dues must be paid before you can begin the opt-in process. Note that you do not opt-in for this benefit in the portal.

STEP 2: Opt-in to the ski pass member benefit by completing the webform about halfway down this webpage. This opt-in form must be submitted to allow ACRA time to verify your eligibility with Aspen Snowmass and for the member business to have enough time to pay Aspen Snowmass to receive the chamber pass pricing. If you wait until the last minute you risk missing out on the chamber pass pricing!

You must review and agree to all guidelines, including the Chamber Ski Pass Audit, to be eligible for the discounted Chamber passes. Eligible owners/managers/employees must work a minimum of 20 hours per week during the winter season, receive a W2, and have their primary winter residence in the RFV.

To purchase chamber passes a business must be located and operated in the Roaring Fork Valley. Businesses must have a physical address within the Roaring Fork River Drainage area situated in Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, or Gunnison Counties, or within the Colorado River Drainage area from and including the unincorporated No Name and including the towns of Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, El Jebel, Glenwood Springs, Marble, Meredith, New Castle, Parachute, Redstone, Rifle, Silt, Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek.

Once ACRA verifies your dues and all outstanding invoices have been paid, we will confirm your eligibility with Aspen Snowmass for the Chamber Ski Pass Program; please allow up to three business days. If you need to increase your dues investment to purchase additional ski passes ACRA's membership team will contact you.

STEP 3: Aspen Snowmass's new automated system will email instructions to the designated business contact for placing the order online in their bStore. This email will come from [email protected] and will be labeled Confirmation of bStore enrollment for your business name. Personal credit cards will only be accepted from the business owner whose name is specified as the business contact on the ACRA verification sign-up form. Personal checks and cash will not be accepted.

After successful payment, the designated business contact will receive the final voucher numbers from Aspen Snowmass for distribution to eligible employees and spouses of eligible employees.

Additional questions? Contact ACRA Membership (970) 920-7197 or [email protected]

2024-2025 Chamber Pass Guidelines - MEMBERS MUST AGREE TO THESE GUIDELINES

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Click here for instructions on using the Aspen Snowmass Bstore

For questions regarding already purchased Chamber passes, employee changes, refunds, and unredeemed vouchers, contact Aspen Snowmass directly at [email protected] or 877-872-7702

Webform

Chamber Ski Pass Member Benefit Opt-in

Opt-in to the ski pass member benefit by filling out the below form. Each member business must meet all eligibility requirements and designate a single representative to be the point of contact.

Business Name

Secondary, dba or aka Business Name (if applicable)

Owner/Manager First Name (designated ski pass contact)

Personal credit cards will only be accepted from the business owner whose name is specified as the business contact on the ACRA verification sign-up form.

Owner/Manager Last Name (designated ski pass contact)

Business Email Address

Requested Pass Quantity (owner/manager/employee only. Do Not include spouse passes in this #)

Desired Payment Type

Required to select an option. If the payment type is currently unknown, select Business Check/Wire Payment, this can be changed later. Personal credit cards will only be accepted from the business owner whose name is specified as the business contact on the ACRA verification sign up form. Personal checks and cash will not be accepted.

Business Credit Card

Business Check/ Wire Payment

Business or Primary Phone Number

Designated Contact Phone Number

Physical Address

P.O. Boxes are not an acceptable form of address for the chamber pass program. All addresses must be a local physical business address. Providing a P.O. Box address will result in delays in the pass purchasing process.

Address

Apt/Ste/Unit #

City/Town

ZIP/Postal Code

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Watch the video on how to purchase your passes in the Aspen Snowmass bStore

Annual Chamber Pass Audit

Every year in January Aspen Snowmass performs a random audit of 10% of businesses to ensure compliance with the Chamber Pass Program. Businesses that do not submit information at the request of the Chamber or are found to be in noncompliance will incur a fee. Each non-compliant pass must be upgraded to an individual pass at the regular pricing season (which could be up to an additional charge of $1,700 for the Premier Pass). Businesses could also have all passes suspended for the duration of the season and/or be ineligible to participate in the Chamber Pass Program in subsequent years. Businesses not in compliance will be audited again the following year.

Each business chosen to be audited will need to provide one of the following documents as verification for each employee in question.

A copy of the fourth quarter Colorado State Unemployment report: Form UITR-1.
If you are a Partnership or S-Corporation: Provide schedule K and individual partners’ schedule K-1 from the federal tax return, Form 1065.
If you are the sole proprietor: Provide schedule C from your tax return, Form 1040.
In lieu of a partnership K-1, S-Corporation, or Individual Schedule C, a signed affidavit by an independent CPA including verification of compliance with the program guidelines listed above will be accepted for proprietors, partners, or corporations only.

To verify the status of spouses for selected businesses undergoing an audit, please provide one of the following documents for each spouse:

Marriage License
Civil Union License
State of Colorado Affidavit of Common Law Marriage that is registered with the county

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

I am having issues logging into my ACRA Member Portal.

Email [email protected] and a team member will assist in resetting your password.

I already paid my ACRA membership dues. Now what?

Great, thank you! Complete the ACRA form indicating how many ski passes you need this season and designate your business contact who will manage your ski passes for your business.

How many ski passes is my business eligible for this year?

Put the maximum number of passes you want on the form. If you need to increase your ACRA dues to add more passes, we will contact you.

I submitted the ACRA opt-in webform and now I need more passes. What do I do?

Resubmit the ACRA form with the number of additional passes you need. (i.e., you initially requested 3 and now you need four, resubmit the form requesting 1 pass. We will update Aspen Snowmass to let them know you requested 4 passes total.)

I have questions about a specific pass holder/employee.

Unfortunately, ACRA does not have access to pass holder details. For questions regarding already purchased Chamber passes, employee changes, refunds, and unredeemed vouchers contact Aspen Snowmass direct at [email protected] or 877-872-7702

How do I get a refund on unredeemed vouchers?

Unredeemed 2024-2025 Chamber pass vouchers may be returned to Aspen Snowmass for full refunds through January 31, 2025. Refund will NOT be provided after January 31, 2025. Once a voucher has been redeemed and turned into a pass it becomes nonrefundable even if the pass is never used. Contact Aspen Snowmass at [email protected] or 877-872-7702 to begin the refund process.

Is my ski pass considered a tax-deductible business expense?

Members should consult with their tax professionals regarding the deductibility of personal and employee ski passes as a business expense.

How to order my spouse a pass?

Spouses of eligible employees qualify for Chamber ski pass pricing. All spouse passes can be purchased when the designated ski pass contact places an order in the Aspen Snowmass online bStore.

Pass Upgrades

Chamber Passes may be upgraded by the employee/spouse at the time of voucher redemption. The cost of the upgraded pass is determined by the pricing season in which the initial voucher was purchased. Upgraded passes remain the property of the business, regardless of who pays for the cost of the upgrade.

Pass Transfers

Chamber Passes may be permanently transferred from one employee/spouse of the business to another for a fee of $50. Each pass can be transferred no more than two times in a season. Once transferred, a pass may NOT be transferred back to the same employee/spouse. If a business needs to revoke a pass from an employee/spouse, the business must first inform the employee/spouse that their pass is no longer valid, confiscate the physical pass and then contact Aspen Skiing Company (877-872-7702) so access for that pass can be blocked. In the case of a Premier Pass, the Ikon Base Pass will also be blocked. The business must deliver the season pass to a ticket office or provide the season pass number over the phone, or a $20 fee will be assessed. Passes that are not blocked expose the business to a noncompliant audit.