Multi-Day Multi-Mountain Passes Get Travelers On The Hill In 2026-2027
For the restless and curious skiers and riders in the West, a quartet of multi-mountain season passes a limited number of free days are just the thing.
The current king of the hill is the Indy Pass: Two days at any of 48 alpine resorts around the West, plus a third day at a discounted price. As its name implies, member-resorts are independently owned, predominately day-trip mountains that eschew mega-passes.
In the West, the two-day pass gets you on the hill at 21 mountains up and down the West Coast from Moose Mountain in Fairbanks to Mountain High above Los Angeles.
Another 27 are in the Rockies from Montana Snowbowl and Silver Mountain in the north to Eagle Point and Powderhorn in the south. The sole newcomer will be Pebble Creek in Idaho.
Here's how it works: Buy an Indy Pass online. With a physical pass or government ID with the same name as pass in hand, simply walk up to the ticket window, show the pass or ID (i.e., driver's license) and get a ticket.
If you already have an Indy Pass, renewal is guaranteed. If not, create an Indy Pass account and get on the wait list for next season as Indy caps its sales. Renewal cost has dropped $20 to $399, while a new one remains at $419.
Like the Indy, a Mountain Collective pass is good for two free days at any of its 27 worldwide mountains, plus half-off any other days and a third free day at any one of the Collective's mountain. No blackouts apply.
It's best to bring the physical pass that was mailed to you to each resort. At many resorts, you simply strap into your skis or snowboard and scan the pass at the lift. If you don't have the pass, the confirmation e-mail (hard copy or on phone) and picture ID will do the trick at the ticket window.
Coming up on its eighth season, the Mountain Collective costs $669 for adults, $529 for teens, and $239 for kids 6-12. It's accepted at 11 resorts in West -- including most of the "big boys" like Alta, Sun Valley and Taos Ski Valley -- and six in the Canadian Rockies. Reservations required at Aspen Snowmass, Big Sky and Jackson Hole.
Last of the multi-day, multi-mountain passes are the Powder Alliance and Freedom Pass. They operate differently: Buy a season pass at any of their member-resorts, and you get three free days at any of the other mountains. Be sure to bring your season pass and an ID to the ticket office.
For the West-centric Powder Alliance, 10 ski and snowboard mountains string up the West Coast, from Mountain High to White Pass. There are seven more all along the Rockies.
For the Freedom Pass, there are reciprocals for three free days at six resorts spread around the Rockies and West Coast. Eaglecrest in Alaska is on the pass, too.
Also, many resorts in the West have pass-partners (called "reciprocals") that permit a certain number of days if a skier or rider shows their home mountain's season pass. Colorado's Ski Cooper and Monarch have historically had the most number.
