Sunday River, Maine; Megève, France Join Mountain Collective
Western-focused pass adds density in important regions
The Mountain Collective Pass, born in 2012 Aspen as a response to Vail’s Epic Pass, has always been a product of the West. Even entering year 12, its core masses along the towering, snowy Rockies, from Taos north to Colorado and Utah and Jackson and Big Sky, terminating with a loop around Canada’s Powder Highway. Seventeen destinations, 21 ski areas, some of the finest skiing in North America – or anywhere. For any destination ski pass, that would be enough.
But like a luxe fashion emporium that sets up exclusively in Paris, NYC, and Tokyo, Mountain Collective has franchised its brand to the far-flung corners of the world: to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, France. Chamonix, Niseko United, Valle Nevado, fabulous destinations that match well with Alta-Snowbird and Banff and Aspen-Snowmass. If only they weren’t so damn far away:
Today, skiers are getting a little infill on the outskirts: Mountain Collective will add Megève, a sprawling ski kingdom just down the road from existing French partner Chamonix; and Sunday River, the widely adored multi-peaked ski bazaar two-ish hours south of sister resort – and longtime Collective partner – Sugarloaf.
Even before today’s additions, the 2024-25 Mountain Collective roster was the largest in the pass’ history. Passholders get two days, with no blackouts, at 27 destinations:
While Mountain Collective offers the smallest roster of any U.S.-based international multi-mountain pass, today’s additions continue the coalition’s slow evolution into a low-budget, high-value alternative, particularly to the increasingly costly Ikon Pass. By adding a fourth ski resort in eastern North America, seated within driving distance of Boston and Montreal, the pass offers plentiful weekend options for urban skiers with weeklong vacation gazes fixed west. And a second Alps resort makes an overseas leap more palatable, more because two ready-made destinations simplify logistics than provide economic benefits in Europe’s still humanely priced lift ticket market.
Here's a closer look at Mountain Collective’s two newest additions, what they bring to the pass, and how this resilient product stacks up against the larger Ikon Pass: