Indy Pass Adds Wisp, Wintergreen, Powderhorn Colorado, and 4 Additional Alpine Resorts for 2024-25 Ski Season
Mt. Washington Alpine, B.C.; Steeplechase, Minnesota; Big Moose, Maine; Mt. Eyak, Alaska round out additions; Indy also adds cat-skiing discounts
Indy Pass, which goes on sale to the general public today for $349, today announced seven additional Alpine partners for its 2024-25 roster. The new ski areas include four of Jay Peak owner Pacific Group Resorts’ (PGRI) other five ski areas and a trio of ramshackle operations spread across the continent:
These are full Alpine partners, meaning Indy passholders will receive two days at each for the 2024-25 ski season.
The pass also introduced a cat-skiing discount program, which will grant passholders 10 percent off day seats or package visits at the following five outfits:
Big Red Cats, British Columbia
Selkirk Powder, Idaho
Brundage Mountain Snowcat Adventures, Idaho
Soldier Mountain Cat Skiing, Idaho
Cascade Powder Guides, Washington
While Indy has yet to finalize which of its 2023-24 partners will return, a company press release issued today indicates that “nearly all current resorts” would be back on the pass next year, “including 100 percent of New England partners.” Here’s the 2023-24 lineup:
Indy Pass officials have stated in past seasons that New England accounts for nearly 50 percent of the alliance’s sales, and resorts in the region have dominated the pass’ top-10 redemptions list for years:
The commitment by Pacific Resorts Group to add its entire portfolio (save Ragged), is crucial for Indy Pass’ future, as it not only builds pass density in important regions, but suggests that Jay Peak will remain committed to the pass long term.
PGRI’s resorts are, for the most part, modern and polished, but the additions of Steeplechase (which had sat abandoned for 15 years until last winter), Big Moose (run by volunteers after the upper-mountain lift failed 20 years ago), and Mt. Eyak (home to America’s last single-person chairlift outside of Mad River Glen), represent Indy’s commitment to vest struggling or dysfunctional ski areas with the power of a national marketing platform and a broader resort network building a bulwark against the hegemony of the Epic and Ikon passes.
With today’s additions, Indy Pass inches closer to its promised roster of 200 resorts for the 2024-25 ski season. The pass, which had been on sale for the amazing renewal rate of just $279 and waitlist price of $329, goes on sale to the general public today, with the adult Base Pass starting at $349:
Last year, Indy Passes sold out after a 10-day general public spring sale. The pass then went off sale for six months, and re-opened to a waitlist after adding 54 new ski areas in October. Indy Pass officials have suggested to The Storm that sales and new partner additions would likely follow a similar pattern for the 2024-25 pass suite.
The cat-skiing program, while less consequential to the low-budget Indy Pass skier, is an interesting new wrinkle in a pass that has also branched into Nordic resorts, Japan, and Europe in recent years, and should prove attractive to more well-healed skiers seeking experiences off the Colorado mainline.
There’s a lot to break down here, and all sorts of interesting ramifications for Indy Pass holders and the future of multi-mountain passes in general. Let’s take a deeper look: