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Breaking News: Boyne, Intrawest, Powdr Launch M.A.X. Pass
Ski & ride 22 resorts five times each for total of 110 days.
The Multi Alpine Experience (M.A.X.) Pass is a brand new, groundbreaking ski pass giving access to 22 mountains all over North America. M.A.X. passholders will get five days of skiing or riding at each of the 22 participating resorts for the 2015/2016 ski season. Resorts include:
- Blue Mountain, Ontario
- Mont Tremblant, Quebec
- Stratton, VT
- Steamboat, CO
- Snowshoe, WV
- Winter Park, CO
- Loon Mountain, NH
- Sugarloaf, ME
- Sunday River, ME
- Boyne Highland, MI
- Boyne Mountain, MI
- Big Sky, MT
- Brighton, UT
- Crystal Mountain, WA
- Cypress Mountain, B.C.
- Summit at Snoqualmie, WA
- Killington, VT
- Pico Mountain, VT
- Copper Mountain, CO
- Mt. Bachelor, OR
- Boreal Mountain, CA
- Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard, NV
Boyne, Intrawest and Powdr combined to form a fourth company, PassCO, LLC, that will handle online sales of M.A.X. passes.
The M.A.X. pass was launched a few days ago. It offers skiing and riding at 22 U.S. resorts and it goes head to head with Vail’s Epic Pass with 81 U.S. and international resorts – and Mountain Collective with 14 U.S. and Canadian resorts.
Editor’s Note: We applaud the creativity the M.A.X. pass has shown in providing multi-resort ski discounts, but we are disappointed to see there aren’t any discounted rates for Senior Skiers. Hopefully, we will see an updated price list that acknowledges seniors, the growth segment of the ski industry. Readers: How say you?
St. Patrick’s Day Snow Art At Brighton, Utah
Everyone enjoys trailside sculptures in annual tradition.
Lift Mechanic Jamill Sami puts finishing touches on his department’s gigantic ninja turtle.
Credit: Harriet Wallis
The snow sculpture competition is an annual St. Patrick’s Day event at Brighton Resort, Utah. The competition pits departments against each other in a good natured contest.
During the night as grooming equipment manicures the slopes for the next day, they scoop up a pile of snow for each department.
Lifties who run the beginner lift created an enormous Snoopy lying on top of his dog house. Adults and kids who are learning get to ski and ride around the delightful sculpture.
There are nearly a dozen sculptures located around the base of the resort. Even non-skiers can walk around the base area and enjoy them. They’ll remain on view for a few days and then be groomed back into the slope.
Correspondent Harriet Wallis remembers the outstanding St. Patrick Days at now closed Brodie Mountain, MA.
Credit: NewEnglandSkiHistory.com
St. Patrick’s Day is for reminiscing. I used to live in the East, and I skied Brodie Mountain, Massachusetts on St. Patrick’s Day. The once thriving ski area went all out to celebrate the Irish holiday. There was green snow, green beer, green outfits, green face painting and lots of merriment off the snow and on it. Along with 20 others, I sledded down a slope on a cafeteria tray and crossed the finish line first. For that I earned a Brodie Mountain T-shirt. I still have it.
Does your ski area celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in an unusual way?
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