Where are you going this season (25/26)?

[Tony Crocker]

Sorry post #48. On phone in Quito airport.

Skiwelt and Westendorff: two days to see how Austria's intermediate heaven has evolved since we were there in 2003.

I’m glad I’ve seen them but they are perhaps the last Euro places I’d return: minimal above tree line terrain and mostly manmade snow. The Innsbruck group sounds interesting per the other thread.

It’s Europe with enlightened lift ticket pricing, so no need to be confined to one’s multiarea pass as in the US.

Now that your wife is with you, I thought the Dolomites were high priority: intermediate heaven with mind blowing scenery and awesome food.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

I thought the Dolomites were high priority: intermediate heaven with mind blowing scenery and awesome food.

Our calculations:

• If we follow the Indy Pass itinerary mentioned above, our ski tickets will cost $0 (or $52 x 2 if we buy a discounted additional day in Innsbruck).
• We don't have an Ikon Pass so at the current exchange rate a one-week offpeak Dolomites pass (through the end of January) would be $482 x 2. A peak pass from early Feb until the fourth week of March would be $532 x 2. A thousand dollars may be a rounding error to some here but not to us. Better to wait until we can buy an Ikon and take advantage of it in North America and the Alps.

I’m glad I’ve seen them but they are perhaps the last Euro places I’d return: minimal above tree line terrain and mostly manmade snow.

As mentioned above, I wouldn't necessarily go to the Skiwelt by myself but I'm reasonably sure that my intermediate wife (who hasn't skied in eight years) will be fine with the easy meadow cruising as shown in this report and relaxing in the sun at the many atmospheric huts. Kleinwalsertal is also on Indy Pass and I enjoyed it a couple years ago; however, it would add 3-4 more hours of driving so we'll save that for another time.

 

[Sbooker]

Great, we'll have 8 guys pile into your timeshare up canyon with you! Lol.

Send pics.

 

[Tony Crocker]

Stuart has been cheerleading the Indy Pass for months now. James can send him an email end of season for most diverse use.

I looked up Indy for interior NW and resorts are dispersed: Silver and 49 North from Spokane, Lost Trail and Montana Snowbowl from Missoula and Brundage and Tamarack from Boise. Those are all worthwhile areas but realistically most people will fly into one of those places and ski a mix of places in easier drive range.

I will likely be driving to Canada and can go anywhere along the way. I had not received my Indy Pass in the mail as of Nov. 22.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

I had not received my Indy Pass in the mail as of Nov. 22.

Likewise. Shouldn't they have arrived by now?

 

[Tony Crocker]

Likewise. Shouldn't they have arrived by now?

I just sent an e-mail inquiry; glad this thread reminded me.

 

[Tony Crocker]

my intermediate wife (who hasn't skied in eight years)

I see. It makes a lot of sense to warm up on those eastern molehills before Europe. SkiWelt may be intermediate but we had to ski 30K per day to see it all in 2 days.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

I looked up Indy for interior NW and resorts are dispersed

Did anyone upthread post this Google map that plots locations of the various North American mega passes (Epic, Ikon, Mountain Collective, Indy, Powder Alliance, Cooper, Freedom, and Power)? Especially helpful, I suppose, if one is hoping to combine a major pass with one of the smaller ones.

 

[MarzNC]

Especially helpful, I suppose, if one is hoping to combine a major pass with one of the smaller ones.

Except when someplace is missing. The heart icon in the middle is Monarch. The maroon snowflake near Fort Garland is Cuchara. I'm headed towards Pagosa Springs in a week. Would be nice if nobody else knew why.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Except when someplace is missing. The heart icon in the middle is Monarch. The maroon snowflake near Fort Garland is Cuchara. I'm headed towards Pagosa Springs in a week. Would be nice if nobody else knew why.

You can add comments or updates in the reddit link/see screenshot below.

 

[Tony Crocker]

Selena (Indy Pass & Entabeni Systems) Nov 27, 2025, 12:57 PM MST Hi Tony, Thanks for reaching out! Indy Passes are currently being mailed out, you should receive them in the next month. In the meantime go ahead and redeem using your ID. Thanks, Selena

 

[MarzNC]

You can add comments or updates in the reddit link/see screenshot below.

Thanks, but I don't need to deal with Reddit . . . have more than enough online timesinks related to skiing.

When Indy came on the scene, I sent comments to OpenSnow in the fall a few times about missing locations. It was very hard to keep up with additions. Maintaining a database that is accessible publicly is a never-ending task. Stuart knew why he started building tables, and that keeping them up would lead to losing sleep sooner or later.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

We'll receive our Indy Passes "in the next month"?!? Good that there's a workaround but I wonder what the holdup is.

 

[MarzNC]

We'll receive our Indy Passes "in the next month"?!? Good that there's a workaround but I wonder what the holdup is.

Since anyone with an ID can get a lift ticket at any Indy pass, does it really matter? That's always been the case. What's different for 2025-26 is that there was a fall sales period that lasted more than a few days. The office staff is only a few people.

An Indy pass is simply a convenient ID, not an RFID pass. Slightly quicker than looking up an odd name, but having a copy of the Indy receipt with the ID# accomplishes the same thing.