2021-22 Season Passes

[pauldotcom]

Me2 - says big news.. Hmmm.. Anyone hear rumors?

 

[Smellytele]

Indy has made it clear an individual CAN purchase 2 passes. I may get one early, then a Spring pass.

Wonder if they will have a spring pass next year as I think they did it this year because they added Waterville and Saddleback

 

[chuckstah]

Wonder if they will have a spring pass next year as I think they did it this year because they added Waterville and Saddleback

They had a spring pass last season as well, so probably? But who knows.....

 

[pauldotcom]

So, for $for about $450 you can buy 3 Indy passes and get 6 days at each resort?

 

[chuckstah]

So, for $for about $450 you can buy 3 Indy passes and get 6 days at each resort?

Right now at spring pricing probably. I know you can get 2. Not sure about 3? Doug Fish will answer inquiries quickly.

 

[pauldotcom]

Oh, $149 is spring price.. Gotcha. What is normal price?

 

[KustyTheKlown]

$199 but i wouldn't be at all surprised for it to be at least $100 more next season. proof of concept seems to have succeeded bigly

 

[2planks2coasts]

The Indy Pass has made my choice difficult this off season. This season I bought the Epic Northeast which was less than $500 with the Covid reimbursement, I and started the season expecting to ski exclusively at the NH Epic Mountains. But Vail operations quickly became a disaster so I bought the Indy Pass to escape the Epic disfunction. Since then I have spent more time at and have preferred the Indy Mountains than the Vail ones. So next year I am definitely getting an Indy Pass, even if it doubles in price. But I figure that will only cover me for 10-15 days next season when I typically get 20-25 days in a season. I don't think Epic or Ikon is really worth it if I get less than 10 days on them. Looks like I might go back to deal hunting next season to supplement the Indy, and just skip Epic and Ikon altogether.

Maybe consider adding a Ski Cooper pass to your Indy? It's usually very well priced at initial offer. That would bring you to 5 days at Black and add 3 at Dartmouth, Whaleback and little Mcintyre in NH as well as a bunch of NY and PA places. Out west it provides options in areas that Indy doesn't, particularly Colorado and Tahoe

 

[pauldotcom]

Would love to see MRG on there! So, normally, can you buy 2 passes and use them?

 

[abc]

But the Indy isn't a "season pass" per se. It's really more a pre-purchase pack of tickets. Is it not? (Same with MCP)

 

[machski]

$199 but i wouldn't be at all surprised for it to be at least $100 more next season. proof of concept seems to have succeeded bigly

I read/heard somewhere it is definitely going to be more next year. Almost has to with all the added areas on it.

 

[2planks2coasts]

But the Indy isn't a "season pass" per se. It's really more a pre-purchase pack of tickets. Is it not? (Same with MCP)

It's certainly possible to view it as a "season pass" in that it provides a seasons worth of skiing, even if only twice at each mountain. This year in the NE, with the SB and Stratton off limits to many, the Ikon was functionally the same, but with 7 (or 5 for Ikon base) at each mountain.

 

[abc]

It's certainly possible to view it as a "season pass" in that it provides a seasons worth of skiing, even if only twice at each mountain. This year in the NE, with the SB and Stratton off limits to many, the Ikon was functionally the same, but with 7 (or 5 for Ikon base) at each mountain.

You could also by 4-packs and "passes" like that from some of the mountains. Are those "season pass"?

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

I would not view it as a season pass but I think it is close enough that it warrants being discussed in this thread as a relevant option

 

[2planks2coasts]

You could also by 4-packs and "passes" like that from some of the mountains. Are those "season pass"?

If you buy enough of those to provide a seasons worth of skiing, sure. Buying say 60 days of of 4 packs at any given mountain is likely to cost you far more than the 126 days of skiing you get by buying the IndyPass

 

[cdskier]

If you buy enough of those to provide a seasons worth of skiing, sure. Buying say 60 days of of 4 packs at any given mountain is likely to cost you far more than the 126 days of skiing you get by buying the IndyPass

That's a rather silly comparison. First of all, if you were going to go for 60 days via 4 packs to one mountain, you're better off getting a real season pass to that mountain.

Secondly, how many people are using anywhere near the 126 days of potential skiing offered by the Indy Pass? Realistically most people are using it for a handful of resorts in a given region with maybe a trip or two to a couple resorts in another region in an ideal scenario (which still offers a great value). I don't see most people using more than maybe about 2 dozen days on the Indy Pass. That's still cheaper than 6 4 packs would be to ski that same number of days, but it really comes down to what resorts and how many days at each resort someone wants to ski. To me, the Indy Pass is not a true viable option as a stand-alone "season pass". It needs to be coupled with something else to realistically get a "season" worth of skiing (I define a season as 40+ days personally).

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Indy Pass strikes me as closer to a national version of the Pocono Ski & Ride card I used to get each year before I started getting season passes. It gave 1 day at each of 6 PA mts (including 3-4 worth skiing), and I would buy a bunch of the cards every year.

 

[2planks2coasts]

That's a rather silly comparison. First of all, if you were going to go for 60 days via 4 packs to one mountain, you're better off getting a real season pass to that mountain.

Secondly, how many people are using anywhere near the 126 days of potential skiing offered by the Indy Pass? Realistically most people are using it for a handful of resorts in a given region with maybe a trip or two to a couple resorts in another region in an ideal scenario (which still offers a great value). I don't see most people using more than maybe about 2 dozen days on the Indy Pass. That's still cheaper than 6 4 packs would be to ski that same number of days, but it really comes down to what resorts and how many days at each resort someone wants to ski. To me, the Indy Pass is not a true viable option as a stand-alone "season pass". It needs to be coupled with something else to realistically get a "season" worth of skiing (I define a season as 40+ days personally).

Of course it's a silly comparison. Buying that many 4 packs would likely cost more than that mountains season pass. The IndyPass can indeed be a standalone pass for many people. I travel 6 months of the year for work. Indy gets me far more skiing than a single mountain pass would. Especially since you can buy two which puts you close to Ikon base territory ski day wise,(4 days vs 5) but is substantially cheaper.

If you need your days to be at a single mountain, no, it obviously doesn't work. For many, it does.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Seems to me the best way to use an Indy pass is in conjunction with an affordable one mountain pass (for me it would be Montage in PA if I were to do that). But with Montage being $399, it is doubtful that combo would beat price of Epic/Ikon by enough to make it worth spending lots of time going from NJ to resorts that are either real far, or at least further than some places I'd rather ski. Really only Magic, Jay and Cannon are places that seem worth the drives from Central NJ - and Jay and Cannon are real long drives.

Might use Shawnee too just cause it's so close. But it's not very thrilling Mt and I got bored of it the 2 years I took full advantage of their "kids ski free" policy

 

[2planks2coasts]

Seems to me the best way to use an Indy pass is in conjunction with an affordable one mountain pass (for me it would be Montage in PA if I were to do that). But with Montage being $399, it is doubtful that combo would beat price of Epic/Ikon by enough to make it worth spending lots of time going from NJ to resorts that are either real far, or at least further than some places I'd rather ski. Really only Magic, Jay and Cannon are places that seem worth the drives from Central NJ - and Jay and Cannon are real long drives.

Might use Shawnee too just cause it's so close. But it's not very thrilling Mt and I got bored of it the 2 years I took full advantage of their "kids ski free" policy

The single mountain pass plus Indy combo seems to work for lots of folks. If you have a season pass at a participating mountain, you can get an IndyPass at a pretty substantial discount. I think it was $129 this year. Guessing $200ish for next season.