Our Take
East Coast Additions
Whereas the Indy Cross solely permits for 2 days at every associate, its density of resorts within the east has made it a powerful competitor to the Epic and Ikon passes. Whereas the resorts aren’t typically as much as par with top-tier resorts like Killington, Tremblant, or Stowe, heavy hitters resembling Jay Peak, Cannon, Saddleback, Waterville Valley, Bolton Valley, and Magic Mountain have made it a fascinating purchase for these trying to chase storms throughout New England.
The brand new additions this yr will not be the strongest total within the Northeast, however every have some upsides. Mont Sutton provides one other snowy space akin to Jay Peak simply throughout the border, and close by Owl’s Head has unimaginable lake views in addition to trendy lifts. Each of those are on the smaller measurement and have some dated infrastructure nevertheless, so these searching for the very best mountain expertise inside driving distance of Boston could need to look elsewhere. Different native resorts resembling Tenney and McIntyre in New Hampshire and Dry Hill and Buffalo Ski Membership in New York make the Indy Cross a powerful competitor for many who like to Ski the East however don’t thoughts smaller and less-built-up mountains.
West and Midwest Additions
In distinction to the Japanese additions, there isn’t a lot to say for the opposite North American resorts added. The Midwestern additions are all fairly small, although they do present straightforward day journeys for these within the Twin Cities or Wisconsin. The Western additions are related, both being extremely small or extremely distant, or each.
Worldwide Additions
Maybe essentially the most compelling addition to the Indy Cross is definitely discovered throughout the pond. Portes du Soleil is the second largest ski area on the earth (after Les Trois Vallees), and the biggest on a US-based megapass. Indy additionally added a number of different heavy hitters in Europe, together with Italy’s Pila, Norway’s Norefjell, Sweden’s Riksgränsen, Switzerland’s Leukerbad, and Austria’s Pitztal Gletscher.
For extra info on the Indy Cross, try our breakdown of Indy vs. Epic, Ikon, and Mountain Collective in video kind under.
