Ski Cooper (Indy Pass + Freedom Pass + Powder Alliance)

[ChrisC]

Thought this was a really useful and interesting analysis by The Storm Skiing Journal regarding the ski pass hacks - esepcially for Ski Cooper.

Indy Pass Declares War as Ski Cooper Joins Powder Alliance, Supercharging Its Season Pass Coalition

With Ski Cooper's $379 season pass now delivering three-plus days each at 74 ski areas, Indy accuses the mountain of “gaming reciprocal agreements”

www.stormskiing.com

 

[Tony Crocker]

This to me is reminiscent of the Loveland Pass, which is Powder Alliance plus the whole Power Pass group (Purgatory, Arizona Snowbowl, Brian Head, 3 in New Mexico), Schweitzer, Whitefish, Red Lodge, Sunlight, Powderhorn and a few more. For 2020-21 Liz skied 8 days on a Loveland pass, none of them at Loveland. Qualitatively I'd still take Loveland over Cooper, though Cooper is cheaper.

I found this quote interesting:

While Indy closely guards revenue, Mogensen provided a never-before-shared stat to The Storm: “The average payout across our alpine partners was almost $80,000 last year. That adds up over all partners, and over the next decade.”

Elsewhere it said Indy keeps 15% of revenue for expenses and marketing.

 

[Harvey]

This is going to get very interesting. That's all I can say.