Here Is What (Almost) Every Ski Area in 9 Northeast States Is Charging for a 2020-21 Season Pass
Including which ones have payment plans and free days at partner mountains
When I was writing last Sunday’s post documenting the Northeast trend of introducing season pass payment plans and pushing early-bird renewal deadlines, I kept thinking, “wouldn’t it be awesome if there was just a chart that listed every single season pass price in the Northeast and when the deadline is for the best price?” Deciding that it would be, I made that chart. Then I figured out that Substack couldn’t support charts, so I converted it into a list, which you can browse below. I did end up dropping the chart here, if you’re a chart person and want to see it. I wanted to keep this as simple as possible, with just the cost of a pass and the early-bird deadline, but I did include additional details where appropriate. Some notes on what I included and why:
Many mountains have instituted (or already had), payment plans, and I wanted to note which ones. This is indicated by “PP” below, after the ski area’s early-bird deadline date.
Given my conviction that independent Northeast ski areas need to move to a Western-style model of cheap passes and form coalitions with reciprocal free lift tickets for one another’s passholders in order to battle Vail’s $599 Northeast Epic hand grenade, I also noted any free partner days included with the pass. I did not include discount tickets, because I do not find those an incentive to buy - I want the pass itself to be the full investment.
All prices are for adult passes with no blackouts – most ski areas offer a range of passes, from child to senior to young adult, with many demographics in-between. Since every mountain defines these categories differently, it would be too unwieldy to document every one. But in just about every case, the adult full-access pass is the most reliable baseline for gauging a resort’s approach to pass pricing in general, even if the age range used to define “adult” varies somewhat from ski area to ski area.
For the purposes of this chart, the “Northeast” is defined as the six New England states plus New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
I did not for the most part include private ski areas, even if they offer midweek skiing to the public.
For ski areas that have not yet posted their 2020-21 rates, I’ve used the last advertised rate for the latest available season and placed that information in italics. If last season’s early-bird rates are still visible on their site, I’ve posted that, along with the 2019 (or whatever year), deadline to take advantage of that rate. In cases in which the deadline is a forthcoming date, but the page still advertises 2019-20 passes! I’ve assumed that the content manager simply forgot to update the date and I have classified these as 2020-21 rates.
For mountains whose season pass is a megapass, I have pointed to the lowest-tier pass that offers no-blackout access as that mountain’s season pass. Since the $599 Epic Northeast Value Pass is the no-blackout season pass at Wildcat, that is listed as its season pass, even though that ski area is also unlimited on the Epic Local and full Epic Pass. Mount Snow, however, has blackouts on the Northeast Value Pass, so I list its season pass as the Epic Local Pass, which is the lowest tier pass that provides no-blackout access to that mountain.
All sales are final in almost every case. When Alterra stuck by its you’re-SOL-if-we-shut-down-again policy in its revamped 2020-21 Ikon Pass offerings earlier this week, it all but guaranteed that smaller ski areas would follow. Magic, however, does promise a full or partial 2021-22 season credit “if the government closes ski areas,” and Jay Peak is offering “no-questions asked refunds” up to Oct. 1. Buyer beware everywhere else.
To compile the lists of ski areas in each state, I relied mostly on skibum.net.
I’ve documented current (as of April 17), 2020-21 season pass prices for more than 130 ski areas below - I surely missed something or made an error. By all means send me corrections and I will update the post and the Google chart.
KEY
N/A = deadline date for best pass price is not available
PP = payment plan available
Italics indicate price is for a past season, not 2020-21
REGIONAL PASSES
Berkshire Summit Pass: $479, 5/31, PP, unlimited Berkshire East and Catamount
Greekenburg: $575, 4/30, unlimited Greek Peak and Toggenburg
Highlands Pass: $630, 6/15, unlimited Hidden Valley, Seven Springs, Laurel Mountain
Judge Pass: $829, 6/8, PP, unlimited Jay and Burke, 2 days at Saddleback
Labrador/Song: $469, 4/17, unlimited Labrador and Song
New England Pass - Platinum: $1549, June, PP, unlimited Sunday River, Sugarloaf, Loon + an Ikon Base Pass + 3 days each at Boyne’s 6 western mountains
New England Pass - Gold: $1169, June, PP, unlimited Sunday River, Sugarloaf, Loon + 3 days each at Boyne’s 6 western mountains
Northeast Value Pass: $599, N/A, unlimited Wildcat, Attitash, Sunapee, Crotched, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Whitetail, Liberty, Roundtop, Boston Mills, Brandywine, Mad River, Alpine Valley (OH), Mt. Brighton; blacked-out Okemo, Mount Snow, Hunter; 10 blacked-out days Stowe
NY Ski3 Pass: $759, 8/12, PP, unlimited Belleayre, Gore, Whiteface
White Mountain Super Pass: $979, 5/31, unlimited Bretton Woods, Cannon, Cranmore, Waterville Valley
I did not include the Ikon Pass above because it has no Northeast-specific variant. I did not include Indy Pass or Mountain Collective because these are not season passes.
CONNECTICUT
Mohawk : $559, 10/31/19, N, 2019-20 price
Mount Southington: $550, 10/31/19, N, 2019-20 price
Powder Ridge: $392, 9/30
Ski Sundown: $550, 10/31, PP
MAINE
Big Rock: $420, N/A, 2019-20 price
Big Squaw: $250, N/A, 2019-20 price
Black Mountain of Maine: $360, 7/31, Rumford resident pass $320
Camden Snow Bowl: $529, N/A, 2019-20 price, Camden resident pass $459
Hermon Mountain: $385, N/A, 2019-20 price
Lonesome Pine Trails $205, 12/16, 2019-20 price
Lost Valley: $395, 5/25, Advertises Freedom Pass, unclear if still valid
Mt. Abram: $609, N/A, 2019-20 price
Mt. Jefferson Ski Area*: $250, N/A, 2019-20 price – did not operate
Saddleback: $699, 5/8, PP, 2 days Jay Peak
Shawnee Peak: $695, 4/21, PP
Sugarloaf: $1169, June, PP, see Gold and Platinum New England Passes above
Sunday River: $1169, June, PP, see Gold and Platinum New England Passes above
Titcomb Mountain: $185, 12/14/19, PP, 2019-20 price
MASSACHUSETTS
Berkshire East: $479, 5/31, PP, includes season pass to Catamount
Blue Hills: $329, 10/31/19, 2019-20 price
Bousquet: $399, N/A, 2019-20 price
Butternut: $299, 8/31
Catamount: $479, 5/31, PP, includes season pass to Berkshire East
Jiminy Peak: $869, N/A, PP
Mt. Greylock Ski Club: $150, 10/31/15, *2015-16 price, but club appears active
Nashoba Valley: $650, N/A, Pass not available until fall
Otis Ridge: $159, 8/31
Ski Bradford: $530, 10/15/19, 2019-20 price
Ski Ward: $450, 7/31/19, 2019-20 price
Wachusett: $599, N/A, 3 days each at Sunlight (CO), Taos (NM)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Abenaki, $160, N/A, Residents pass $70
Arrowhead: $120, 12/1/19, 2019-20 price
Attitash: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Black Mountain: $499, 5/31, advertises Freedom Pass, unclear if still valid
Bretton Woods: $839, 4/20, also see White Mountain Super Pass above
Campton Mountain: $125*, N/A, *only available to Waterville Estates members
Cannon: $729, 6/30, resident pass $546; also see White Mountain Super Pass above
Cranmore: $659, 5/31, PP, also see White Mountain Super Pass above
Crotched: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Dartmouth Skiway: $465*, N/A, 2019-20 price; 2020-21 on sale in Sept.
Granite Gorge: $129, N/A, unclear if these figures are for 2020-21
Gunstock: $519, 5/10, PP
Kanc Recreation Area : $30, N/A, 2018-19 rates
King Pine: $499, 6/1
Loon: $1169, June, PP, see Gold and Platinum New England Passes above
McIntyre: $259, 5/1, advertises Freedom Pass, unclear if still valid
Mount Sunapee: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Pats Peak: $469, 5/3, PP
Ragged: $299, 5/3, PP, unlimited Powderhorn, Wisp; restricted Wintergreen; 7 days Mt. Washington Alpine in British Columbia
Tenney: $289, N/A
Waterville Valley: $897*, 5/31, also see White Mountain Super Pass above
Whaleback: $399, N/A, unclear if these are 2020-21 prices
Wildcat: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
NEW JERSEY
Campgaw: $259, N/A
Mountain Creek: $259, N/A
NEW YORK
Beartown: $230, 12/15/18, *2018-19 is last posted price
Belleayre: $629, 8/12, PP, also see NY Ski3 Pass above
Brantling: $290, 10/31, unclear if these are 20/21 prices
Bristol: $785, 4/15, PP
Cazenovia Ski Club: $450, 4/30
Cockaigne: $465, N/A, 2019-20 price – did not operate
Four Seasons: $165, N/A, unclear if these are 20/21 prices
Gore: $759, 8/12, PP, unlimited Belleayre, Whiteface; see NY Ski3 Pass above
Greek Peak: $550, 4/30, 1 weekday Holiday Valley; 2 days West Mountain; advertises Freedom Pass but unclear if still valid
Holiday Mountain: $265, 10/31/19, 2019-20 price
Holiday Valley: $960, 4/30, 1 weekday Swain, Hunt Hollow, Greek Peak, Toggenburg, West
Hunter: $729, N/A, PP, Epic Local Pass access
Kissing Bridge: $555*, 10/1, *site says $495; click through to purchase is $555
Labrador: $469, 4/17, unlimited access to Song Mountain
Maple Ski Ridge: $269, 10/31, unclear if these are 20/21 prices
McCauley: $259, 12/1/19, 2019-20 price, Specific free days Gore, Whiteface, Titus, Mt. Pisgah
Mount Peter: $239, 4/30
Oak Mountain: $329, 7/31/19, 2019-20 price
Peek’n Peak: N/A, 11/1/19, 2019-20 date
Plattekill: $669, 4/30, 3 days Homewood, Ski Cooper, Lee Canyon
Royal Mountain: $410, N/A, 2019-20 price
Snow Ridge: $299, 4/30, advertises unclear “reciprocal programs” at partner resorts
Song Mountain: $469, 4/17, unlimited access to Labrador
Swain Ski Center: $499, 11/1/19, 2019-20 price
Thunder Ridge: $519, N/A, 2019-20 price
Titus: $499, N/A, 3 days Whiteface and Gore, plus “2 more” - unclear what this means
Toggenburg: $350, 4/30, also see Greekenburg pass above
Victor Constant Ski Area: $333, N/A, 2019-20 price
West: $499, 4/30
Whiteface: $759, 8/12, PP, unlimited Belleayre, Gore; see NY Ski3 Pass above
Willard Mountain: $326, 6/15
Windham: $949, 4/30, don’t buy this – see below
Windham Ultra Pass: $1099, 4/30, includes Ikon Base Pass
Woods Valley: $425, N/A
PENNSYLVANIA
Bear Creek: $349, 9/30
Big Boulder: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Blue Knob: $299, 4/30
Blue Mountain: $429, 4/30, PP
Boyce Park: $281, 12/1, Resident pass $225 – unclear if this is for 20/21
Camelback: $599, N/A
Elk: $795, 10/14
Hidden Valley: $483, 6/15, 1 day Seven Springs, Laurel, Wisp, Wintergreen; also see Highlands Pass above
Jack Frost: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Laurel Mountain: $483, 6/15, 1 day Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Wisp, Wintergreen; also see Highlands Pass above
Liberty: $599, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Montage: $299, N/A, pass link not currently working
Mount Pleasant: $300, N/A
Roundtop: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
Sawmill: $349, 10/19/19, 2019-20 price
Seven Springs: $613, 5/15, 1 day Hidden Valley, Laurel, Wisp, Wintergreen; also see Highlands Pass above
Shawnee: $419, 12/1/19, 2019-20 price
Ski Big Bear: $300, 11/2
Spring Mountain: $350, 5/31, PP
Tussey Mountain: $469, 11/19
Whitetail: $599, N/A, PP, see Epic Northeast Value Pass above
RHODE ISLAND
Yawgoo: $349, 5/1, 3 days Arizona Snowbowl, Black N.H., Bolton Valley, Buck Hill, Crystal, Dartmouth Skiway, Eaglecrest, Granite Gorge, Greek Peak, Hesperus, Homewood, Lost Valley, Magic Vt., McIntyre, Nordic Valley, Pajarito Mountain, Plattekill, Purgatory, Sipapu, Ski Cooper, Sunlight, Toggenburg, Whaleback
VERMONT
Ascutney: $100, N/A, 2019-20 price
Bolton Valley: $549, 4/27, PP
Brattleboro Ski Hill: $75, N/A
Bromley: $925, 5/15, PP
Burke: $639, 6/8, Up to $100 credit for 2019-20 passholders
Cochran’s: $195, N/A
Jay Peak: $729, 6/8, PP, 2 days at Saddleback
Killington: $999, 6/30
Killington – Beast 365: $1349, 6/30, PP, Includes Ikon Base Pass
Mad River Glen: $749, 4/15
Magic: $539, 6/15, PP, Indy Pass add-on will be available 9/1 for $129
Middlebury: $455, N/A
Mount Snow: $729, N/A, PP, Epic Local Pass access
Northeast Slopes: $150, N/A
Okemo: $729, N/A, PP, Epic Local Pass access
Pico: $439, 6/11, PP
Quechee: $420, N/A, 2019-20 price
Smuggler’s Notch: $549, 5/25, PP
Stowe: $979, N/A, PP, Epic Pass access
Stratton: $999*, 5/27, PP, *$799 renewal price; Ikon Pass access
Sugarbush: $999*, 5/27, PP, *$799 renewal price; Ikon Pass access
Suicide Six: $599, N/A, 2019-20 price
I could not identify season pass prices for the following ski areas, most of which are simple ropetow operations at larger municipal parks or are part of an all-inclusive resort experience at which skiing is one of many things to do alongside activities such as horseback riding and ice skating.
Pennsylvania: Mystic Mountain
New Jersey: Big Snow (click here to see why they don’t offer a season pass)
New York: Dynamite Hill (skiing is free), Holimont (only open to the public on weekdays), Indian Lake Town Ski Hill (skiing is free), Mt. Pisgah (appears to only sell day tickets), Ridin Hy Ranch (variety resort with skiing as one of many activities), Rocking Horse Ranch (variety resort with skiing as one of many activities), Schroon Lake Ski Tow, Val Bialis Ski Center (does not appear to have opened last season), Villa Roma Resort (variety resort with skiing as one of many activities)
Vermont: Bellows Falls Ropetow (some evidence it may have operated for 2019/20), Hard’ack Hill, Harrington Hill, Lyndon Outing Club (day tickets only), Twin Farms (resort with skiing as one of many activities)
New Hampshire: Veteran’s Memorial Ski Area (day tickets only)
Maine: Baker Mt. Ski Tow Club, Powderhouse Hill (day tickets only), Spruce Mountain Ski Club (day tickets only)
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Trust you saw the recent Ikon pass defer value to 21/22 option being given
The New England Pass Deadlines have been pushed out into June now, the prices you list do not end on 04/30.