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East Coast skiers, we have a good one for you. New York’s steepest ski area is now on the Mountain Collective pass. The resort joins Maine’s Sunday River and Saddleback as only the third U.S. Eastern destination on the pass. There are also two Eastern Canadian ski areas: Le Massif and Bromont, both in Quebec. Sounds like a good reason for a road trip this winter, eh?
Whiteface Mountain, home to the steepest vertical in the East at 3,166 feet, fits in well with the other big-name Mountain Collective resorts, including Taos Ski Valley, N.M., Utah’s Alta, Snowbird, and Snowbasin, and Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. These are places that have their own authentic culture and place in the ski-history books, in addition to rad terrain built for expert skiers.
Whiteface also lays claim to some serious ski history: It was developed by 10th Mountain Division veterans, and the mountain has a number of runs that represent its origin story, including 10th Mountain Division Glades and Riva Ridge.
The Mountain Collective brings together now-27 major resorts under one pass, with two days at each plus 50 percent off additional days. It costs $669, which is only a couple days’ worth of window rates at some of these destinations. New for this coming winter, the pass also includes eight Friends & Family discounts, which offer 25 percent off the price of a lift ticket (blackouts apply). If you plan to string a few of these bucket-list resorts into your ski itinerary for 2025-’26, it could be the best deal in skiing you find all season.
