Park City yesterday, at the front of the line to get my pass scanned before getting on the chair. Liftie waves the scanner at me, no beeps. It was then that I realized I had left my neck wallet in my other jacket, which was back at the condo. Oh crap. I was at least able to back out of the maze without inconveniencing anybody, go back to the car, swap the boots out for shoes, and drive back to the condo to get the wallet. Fortunately, the parking lot wasn't filling up that fast so I snagged a decent parking spot when I got back to PCMR... Without the neck wallet, was also unable to get a temporary day pass. Memo to self: ALWAYS check to make sure you have the pass, etc. BEFORE leaving the condo.
'Skis, boots, poles, helmet, goggles, gloves, pass' is my going skiing mantra. I have a fair number of 'spare' passes because I only added ', pass' in the last few years. I never had too many coats before. ;-)
At VR, you can get a free pass every year, more than one will cost you although I've never been charged for the more than one pass. Also, the passes are only deactivated. If you lose your pass, you can reactivate a previous one.