Mountain Capital Partners Launches Midweek Power Pass, Confirms Hesperus Will Sit out 2024-25 Winter

Will conduct “comprehensive overhaul” of Nordic Valley’s Apollo chairlift prior to next ski season

Mountain Capital Partners, owners of a dozen ski areas and 10 functional ones, continues to offer one of the best pass suites in North American skiing. The Pass is free for anyone younger than 13 or older than 74. Everyone else can choose from three access tiers priced along six age brackets. A new weekday product makes the cost of a winter at Purgatory close to that of a peak day on Vail Mountain. Early-bird prices for 2024-25 passes are identical to 2023-24 rates:

While MCP has yet to launch a Power Pass with unlimited access to Valle Nevado – the Chilean monster they took majority ownership of last year – the Power Pass and Power Pass Select will continue to include seven days at the South American resort (kids and super-senior passes do include unlimited Valle Nevado). Independently owned Loveland, Monarch, and Sundance remain as reciprocal partners on certain Power Pass tiers (the Weekday pass does not include any reciprocal benefits or Valle Nevado access):

The weekday product is unique among American megapasses, allowing skiers to build a micro-pass by choosing access for any combination of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. The pass works at all MCP-owned mountains, with the exception of Valle Nevado, and opens the compelling option of a weekday, non-holiday pass to, say, Purgatory or Arizona Snowbowl for just $349, a $400 savings off a full Power Pass.

But we’re losing something too: MCP confirmed that the 2024-25 Power Pass will not include access to Hesperus, its single-chairlift Colorado 700-footer. That will mark the ski area’s second consecutive idle winter following last December’s lift failure. MCP now says they won’t re-open the ski area until they can secure water rights for snowmaking, which the mountain does not currently have. Hesperus’ sabbatical means that two of the company’s 12 ski areas will likely be idle next winter:

MCP officials confirmed that the company is committed to re-opening Hesperus in the long-term. In the meantime, repairs have commenced on the company’s other season-ruining lift implosion, at Nordic Valley, Utah, and the company’s newest acquisition, Sandia Peak, demonstrated a strong comeback season after sitting idle for two winters under previous ownership (a strong New Mexico snow winter helped).

Here's a deeper look at MCP’s 2024-25 Power Pass offerings, and what they mean for passholders: