So what's the best way to play the Freedom Pass? I believe that Mont du Lac pass in Wisconsin is only around $100, but I believe that you have to pick up the pass in person, so a non-starter. Yawgoo is cheap, but they have closed season pass sales. Whaleback is $180 (adult and senior) and they will mail the pass to you. Is that the best deal?
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thebigo
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Take a look at the cooper pass before committing to Freedom, it is basically freedom but forty plus mountains. No idea if you have to pick it up in person. There is an AZ member that works at Cooper, you could PM if interested.
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Take a look at the cooper pass before committing to Freedom, it is basically freedom but forty plus mountains. No idea if you have to pick it up in person. There is an AZ member that works at Cooper, you could PM if interested.
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Funny that you mention Cooper, as they just posted their 2021/22 price for the first time: https://www.skicooper.com/season-passes/
Dang, that's a lot of mountains for $249! Haha, even includes Yawgoo, Lost V and Mont du Lac!
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that shit is tempting to grab some colorado indy resorts, 3 plattekill days, and a reason to go back to PowMow
Smellytele
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I’ll be out in Leadville in august if you need me to pick up a pass for you.
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Take a look at the cooper pass before committing to Freedom, it is basically freedom but forty plus mountains. No idea if you have to pick it up in person. There is an AZ member that works at Cooper, you could PM if interested.
Season Passes – Cooper | Chicago Ridge
That is interesting, it is the freedom pass with a lot more. We almost bit on that one last summer. We use a GEMS card which gave us the other CO ski areas and more but at least this approach you can do Cherry Creek and Powder in the same trip and throw in a day or two at a destination resort and have a good UT based trip.
Dartmouth Skiway is not a bad little add in this case either. Been there a few times and it is fun to tool around there.
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It's $299 unless you're renewing. Cooper continues to be a sweet pass option. Lots of mountains. Notably, the MCP resorts aren't on the list this year. Am I wrong that they were last season?
@2planks2coasts - correct, no MCP partners this season.
Happy to answer any other Cooper questions via PM.
Happy to answer any other Cooper questions via PM.
And Indy Pass punches back with 2 new areas next week:
thebigo
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Hoping for burke.
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They did say they were pretty much down in the northeast but ya never know
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I assume these are a couple of podunk NE areas. There is not even a mention of this at indyskipass.com, so how good could these places be?
I assume these are a couple of podunk NE areas. There is not even a mention of this at indyskipass.com, so how good could these places be?
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Was that added this week? because I posted about Eagle Point on June 15th and they were already listed on the Indy Pass site.
Edit: I found a report and it does mention Eagle Point as an add.
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New England Passes are for sale once again. Also the Ticket Packs for Loon, Sunday River, and Sugarloaf are now available. I picked up a unrestricted New England 5 day pack to supplement my Indy Pass.
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Interesting article that speaks to the Indy Pass and hitting up non mega pass resorts!
www.agnarchy.com
Good article but using the Indy Pass to plan a trip? Don't think so. If you have the Indy Pass paired up with Ikon or Epic then you have the option to hit a non mega pass resort. That makes sense. We did that with the GEMS Card in Colorado.
The Indy Pass - their ski areas are spread out like Mountain Collective - very few places can you hit multiple resorts in a week long trip. For day tripping in the east it works pretty well combined with Ikon or Epic.
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Good article but using the Indy Pass to plan a trip? Don't think so. If you have the Indy Pass paired up with Ikon or Epic then you have the option to hit a non mega pass resort. That makes sense. We did that with the GEMS Card in Colorado.
The Indy Pass - their ski areas are spread out like Mountain Collective - very few places can you hit multiple resorts in a week long trip. For day tripping in the east it works pretty well combined with Ikon or Epic.
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Interesting article that speaks to the Indy Pass and hitting up non mega pass resorts!
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Social media is full of "where do I go snowboard?" Stop asking Facebook to find places and follow our keyboard warrior suggestions instead.
Good article but using the Indy Pass to plan a trip? Don't think so. If you have the Indy Pass paired up with Ikon or Epic then you have the option to hit a non mega pass resort. That makes sense. We did that with the GEMS Card in Colorado.
The Indy Pass - their ski areas are spread out like Mountain Collective - very few places can you hit multiple resorts in a week long trip. For day tripping in the east it works pretty well combined with Ikon or Epic.
Not sure what map you're looking at, but WA/ID Indy resorts are perfect for weeklong trips. Fly into SEA then two days at White Pass followed by an evening drive then two days at Mission Ridge, drive the next day to Silver or 49 North for the final two days. Fly out of GEG. Probably a dozen variants of the above are possible in WA/ID. The northeast is even easier.
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Before Ikon, I used Mountain Collective to do week long trip. I think I did TWO of them in one year!
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I get what you are selling but there are some 4 hour drives in between and plenty of terrain if you do not mind driving. There is a potential for that in Utah as well.
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Having done similar on Mountain Collectives, I would say the length of the 4 hrs drive isn't a problem.
However, Indy pass doesn't have the 50% off option as MC pass has. So you're stuck with the exact 2 days in each mountain. You lose the flexibility of staying longer or moving on earlier if the weather pattern so dictates.
That's where IKON shines. With 5 days, you don't feel strongly about "wasting" a day if condition doesn't warrant staying any more. And you have more rooms to plan your stay to straddle an incoming storm to maximize your potential for powder
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