New York’s Whiteface will be a part of the Mountain Collective Cross for the upcoming 2025-26 season, in accordance with New York State’s ORDA. At 288 acres with a 3,430-foot top-to-bottom footprint, Whiteface is dwelling to the longest vertical drop within the Northeast. Collective Cross holders will get two days of unrestricted entry at Whiteface subsequent winter, in addition to all different mountains on the cross.
Whiteface turns into the fifth Northeast ski resort on the Collective for 2025-26, becoming a member of Maine’s Sugarloaf and Sunday River and Quebec’s Bromont and Le Massif de Charlevoix. For the upcoming winter, Mountain Collective will now supply two-day entry to 27 locations across the globe, 20 of that are in North America (Arapahoe Basin has left the cross for 2025-26).
Notably, Whiteface turns into the first-ever Mountain Collective accomplice in New York. This additionally marks the primary time Whiteface has joined a multi-mountain cross (in addition to ORDA’s Ski3 cross) for the reason that dissolution of the MAX cross in 2018.
Our Take
The Mountain Collective Cross has struggled to ascertain a robust presence within the Northeast, particularly after dropping Sugarbush a number of years in the past. Till not too long ago, the cross included solely two Northeast mountains—Le Massif and Sugarloaf—leaving it with no illustration in Vermont and providing restricted enchantment for skiers and riders primarily based in New York or the encircling areas. Whereas final 12 months’s additions of Sunday River and Bromont helped a little bit bit, the cross’s major rivals—Epic, Ikon, and Indy—every keep a much more sturdy presence within the area.
Including Whiteface goals to assist change that. Although the mountain isn’t good—it’s recognized for its wind-exposed format and occasional resiliency points—the transfer restores a aggressive vacation spot to the East Coast inside cheap driving distance of New York Metropolis. It in all probability nonetheless isn’t sufficient to make the cross a viable various to Epic or Ikon’s base choices within the Northeast, however Mountain Collective is now a bit extra versatile for East Coast skiers, particularly these inside attain of the Adirondacks.
Contemplating the Mountain Collective Cross? Take a look at our detailed comparability in opposition to competing Epic, Ikon, and Indy choices. You may also examine this comparability out in video type beneath.
