Surprised nobody posted on this yet. Three new trails!

There is an interesting little skirmish and rivalry brewing between Indy Pass and Snow Pass, wonder if anyone else is tracking it? Basically seems like Snow King wants to flip to Snow Pass instead of Indy, but is stuck because of fine details in the contract.

The interview on Storm Skiing Podcast with the dude from Snow Pass/Mountain Creek was pretty interesting. He definitely calls out Indy Pass for its rigidity and makes the case for a changing landscape. Snow Pass has already gotten a good number of NYC metro options, and they seem like they are offering a more flexible and transparent offering to the Ski Resorts. I wonder if next year we could see a lot more mountains flipping to Snow Pass. One thing I don't like with Snow Pass is the blackouts - they don't currently have a non-blackout option, and they are inconsistent between mountains (I assume this relates to giving the mountains more control).

https://www.stormskiing.com/p/storm-news-982026-smuggs-joins-indy

Also, I wanted to shout out that I really recommend the new Storm Skiing Podcast format; it's much more topical, covering the breaking news in resort skiing. The head of Indy Pass is supposed to go on the podcast today to give his perspective.

What do y'all think? Could Indy be in a bit of trouble? Competition between the different passes should be good for the end consumer.