Past 300: Indy Pass's Biggest Expansion Yet for 2026-27
2026-09-07 · News
Indy breaks 300
The Indy Pass is entering its biggest season yet. For 2026-27, Indy is adding 60 new partner resorts, its largest single-season expansion, and crossing 300 total resorts worldwide for the first time in the pass's history. Fifty-nine of those additions have already been announced; the 60th is being revealed September 8 in a letter from Indy Pass director Erik Mogensen. Public sale for the 2026-27 pass opens at 10:00 a.m. ET that same day, and given how the last few seasons have gone, it is expected to sell out.
We have been tracking this rollout in two waves. The first batch of 21 newly announced partners went up on FirstChair back in late summer. This post covers the second wave: 28 more resorts, freshly web-verified against official sites, indyskipass.com, and press coverage, bringing FirstChair's own Indy roster to 296 mountains. Between the two batches, that is 49 of Indy's 60 new partners now searchable, mapped, and linked on the site, spanning 13 regions from Alaska to Austria.
What else changed
Two smaller but notable updates came out of this pass. First, King Pine Ski Area in Madison, New Hampshire, has graduated from the limited Indy AddOn tier to a full Indy Pass partner, meaning passholders now get two free days there instead of a discounted ticket. That leaves Indy AddOn with three mountains: Cherry Peak Resort, Sleeping Giant Ski Area, and Mont Ripley Ski Area.
Second, Indy now separately lists Nordic operations at three resorts that were previously alpine-only entries on the pass: Jay Peak Resort in Vermont, Granby Ranch in Colorado, and Spirit Mountain in Minnesota. All three keep their existing alpine access and now show up as cross-country destinations too.
One thing we are not adding a mountain page for: North Cascade Heli in Washington is joining Indy's roster as a discount partner, not a full pass resort, so it will not appear in our mountain database, but it is worth knowing about if you are chasing Cascades powder by helicopter this winter.
The new resorts, region by region
Northeast: Eastman Cross Country, Osceola Tug Hill XC Ski Center, Scotts Cobble Nordic Center, Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski & Bike Center, and Veterans Memorial Recreation Area join a Northeast list that already grew this spring with Bethel Village Trails, Carter's XC Ski Center, Fort Kent Outdoor Center, Franconia Inn & Outdoor Center, Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center, and Northern Maine Community Trails.
Rockies: Frost Fire Park in North Dakota, Kendall Mountain Ski Center in Colorado, and Showdown Montana join the previously announced Haymaker Nordic Center, Pebble Creek Ski Area, and Steamboat Ski Touring Center.
Midwest: Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area and Nutt Hill Winter Park, both in Minnesota and Wisconsin, follow spring's Thrill Hills and The Loppet.
Mid-Atlantic: Spring Mountain Adventures outside Philadelphia and Winter4Kids in New Jersey are both new to the roster this round.
Western: Skeetawk and Ski Land, Alaska's two newest Indy additions, join a growing list of far-north resorts on the pass.
Canada: Mont Kanasuta in Quebec's Abitibi-Temiscamingue region and Ski Saint-Bruno just outside Montreal follow spring's Murray Ridge Ski Area in British Columbia.
Switzerland: Engstligenalp above Adelboden and Tschiertschen near Chur join Bergbahnen Hohsaas and Pizol from the spring batch.
Austria: All four Austrian additions are new this round: Heiligenblut am Grossglockner beneath the country's highest peak, Obertauern, Petzen, and St. Johann in Tirol.
France: Orcieres Merlette 1850 in the Hautes-Alpes joins a France lineup that already included Les 7 Laux, Valmorel, and Domaine Skiable des Contamines from the spring wave.
Finland: Pyha Ski Resort and Ruka Ski Resort in Finnish Lapland join Levi, announced last spring.
Norway and Sweden: No new additions in this batch, but Stranda Ski Resort in Norway and Stoten i Salen in Sweden are both already live from the first wave.
Japan: Kandatsu Snow Resort, Togari Onsen Snow Resort, and Snow Resort The Cupid of Romance join Onikoube Ski Resort from the spring batch. Worth a note: Snow Resort The Cupid of Romance is a distinct Nagano property from the long-listed Cupid Valley in Niigata, despite the nearly identical English name. They are not the same mountain, and both are on the pass.
Why this matters
Indy has always sold itself on breadth over brand names, and this expansion pushes that further than any prior season. A skier who buys the pass on September 8 is not just getting access to another dozen recognizable names; they are getting a genuinely global, mostly independent network that now stretches from an Alaskan community hill to a Nordic pilgrimage village at the foot of Austria's tallest peak. You can browse the full, current roster on our Indy Pass page.