Mountain Collective Adds Bromont, Retains Arapahoe Basin for 2024-25
Passes go on sale March 5 for $605 adult, $485 young adult, $205 kids; 3rd bonus day returns
Disregarding the March on-sale date tradition like Wal-Mart stuffing July aisles full of reindeer antlers, Mountain Collective is kicking off the 2024-25 multimountain pass sales season with two big pieces of news: Bromont, the Eastern Townships legend less than an hour outside of Montreal, will join the pass; and Arapahoe Basin will remain on the roster, despite the mountain’s recent purchase by Alterra.
Prices jump a bit from 2023-24 rates. Mountain Collective will continue to offer a $30 credit for returning passholders, but they will be able to apply that discount any time between the on-sale date and December. The third bonus day at a resort of your choice also returns for 2024-25 (for “a limited time”). Here’s what passes will sell for when they go on sale March 5:
Historical prices, for context:
And here’s what the roster will look like with the addition of Bromont:
Bromont is tiny for a Mountain Collective destination, with one of the smallest vertical drops and acreage footprints in the portfolio. It’s an important addition, however, as Bromont – seated between existing partners Le Massif de Charlevoix and Sugarloaf – gives the pass a third mountain in eastern North America. The addition of a second Quebec mountain, closer to Montreal than often-crowded Tremblant, also helps Mountain Collective build its case as an Ikon Junior alternative for skiers disillusioned with the Ikon Base Pass’ steadily increasing price and loss of marquee partners.
Retaining Arapahoe Basin is a nice surprise. While Alterra continues to allow its independent partners to align with Mountain Collective, the company yanked its three owned properties – Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe, and Sugarbush – off the pass in 2022. Alterra announced earlier this month that it would acquire Arapahoe Basin, leaving the mountain’s status as a Collective partner for 2024-25 uncertain.
“Arapahoe Basin will continue to be a proud partner resort in the Mountain Collective for both the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 ski seasons,” Mountain Collective CEO Todd Burnette told The Storm. “The management of Arapahoe Basin will be working with its new ownership to evaluate all future pass programs and further announcements will be forthcoming.”
Here’s a bit more about Mountain Collective’s 2024-25 offering, what it means for passholders, and how this could cascade through the rest of the multi-mountain pass world.