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[[File:Mt baker WA ski pass.JPG|thumb|A ski pass, with wicket]]
A '''lift ticket''' or '''lift pass''' is an identifier usually attached to a [[skier]]'s or [[snowboarder]]'s outerwear that indicates they have paid and can ride on the [[ski lift]](s) that transport people and equipment up or down a mountain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skiresort.info/ski-lifts/about-ski-lifts/lift-types/|website=skiresort.info|title=Lift types – Everything about ski lifts|publisher=Skiresort Service International GmbH|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>
==Types of lift tickets==
Types of lift tickets may vary by specific number of rides, time period (half day, day, night, multi-day, season), or type of lift.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skiinghistory.org/news/sticky-wicket-origin-ticket-wicket|website=Skiing History|title=STICKY WICKET: ORIGIN OF THE TICKET WICKET|author=Lorentz, Karen D.|date=August 1, 2017|publisher=International Skiing History Association}}</ref>
;Direct application to clothing
Before ticket wickets, zip-ties, and RFID cards, lift tickets were stapled or glued directly to clothing, to prevent ticket holders from transferring lift tickets from one skier to another, thereby depriving ski resorts of revenue. This approach, however, damaged skiers' clothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skiinghistory.org/news/sticky-wicket-origin-ticket-wicket|website=Skiing History|title=STICKY WICKET: ORIGIN OF THE TICKET WICKET|author=Lorentz, Karen D.|date=August 1, 2017|publisher=International Skiing History Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Powder
;Ticket wicket
Ski resorts (and other venues that issue tickets) commonly use a wicket to secure the ticket (called a "ticket wicket"), a short piece of light wire which loops through the ticket holder's clothing or backpack. The ticket wicket was invented by [[Killington Ski Resort]] employee Martin S. "Charlie" Hanley, in 1963, and given its name by his wife Jane. Hanley patented the ticket wicket
The wicket inspired several innovations to make its use more convenient, such as ski ticket holder "pigtail".<ref>{{US patent|3662480A|Gilson, Ronald J. Jr. & Gilson, Goldie M. (1970). "Ski ticket holder". US3662480A.}}</ref> In addition, many ski jackets are designed with wickets in mind, providing plastic or cloth loops that allow the attachment of a wicket without interfering with zipper operation.{{
;Zip-tie
Today, although ticket wickets are still widely used,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skiinghistory.org/news/sticky-wicket-origin-ticket-wicket|website=Skiing History|title=STICKY WICKET: ORIGIN OF THE TICKET WICKET|author=Lorentz, Karen D.|date=August 1, 2017|publisher=International Skiing History Association}}</ref> some resorts now use plastic zip-ties rather than metal wires to secure tickets. As Greg Morrill notes, "The zip-ties made it easier to remove the ticket, but the zip-tie remained.
;RFID card
Some ski resorts have overcome the above-mentioned problems by issuing, instead of lift tickets, digital cards embedded with [[Radio-
;History
[[File:Paradiski ski passes.jpg|thumb|RFID ski passes for [[Paradiski]], 2020]]
The invention of the electronic ski pass is thanks to an Italian company, ALFI of Borgo Ticino (NO), which in 1974 supplied the first electronic access control system in the world for ski lifts in San Vigilio di Marebbe (Italy). The following year this solution was extended to the entire "newborn" [[Dolomiti Superski]] (Italy)
In 1999 ALFI supplied the first RFID ISO 15693 electronic ski pass system to the French resort of Plan Joux (France).
In April 2018, the first totally dematerialized ski pass solution in the world was presented, using smartphones instead of the classic RFID cards, by the Italian company BLUETICKETING of Pont Saint Martin (AO).
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