KILLINGTON WORLD CUP FOUNDATION GIVES BACK
What’s the cheapest way to ski as many different areas as you can on one pass? Since 2019, the Indy Pass — a single pass that offers two free days at partner resorts around the country—has been adding on ski areas. For the 2022-23 season, the Indy Pass is counting close to 100 ski areas passholders can access for $299, including Vermont’s Bolton Valley Resort, Jay Peak, Magic Mountain and the resort formerly known as Suicide Six. That number is likely to grow, considering there are approximately 470 ski areas in the U.S. Vail Resorts owns 37 ski areas. Alterra owns 14. POWDR owns 10. Boyne Resorts own 9. New this season, the Middlebury Snow Bowl (above) joins Indy as an Allied ski area. What that means is if you have a Snow Bowl season pass ($439 for adults), you can buy an Indy Pass at 30% off. And if you have an Indy Pass, you can buy Snow Bowl day tickets at half price. In addition, the Indy Pass is now good for two days at cross country ski areas, including Vermont’s Rikert Nordic Center and the Woodstock Nordic Center, New Hampshire’s Jackson and Waterville Valley Cross Country Centers, and a handful of areas out West.
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That’s what you will have to pay to park at Stowe Mountain Resort this coming winter if you want to ski on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Last season, Vail Resorts started charging $30 for parking at the premium lots at Mount Snow. Now, in response to complaints about traffic and parking at Stowe, Vail Resorts is working with an outside vendor to set up the parking payment system there too. There are exceptions: if you have four or more in the car, you park for free. Parking is also free at the Toll House lift area and at the Stowe Cross Country Center.
Photos by Angelo Lynn
INDY PASS ADDS ON
A new rope tow at Cochran’s Ski Area, new snowmaking and grooming for a sprint course at the Prospect Mountain cross-country area in southern Vermont, a new airbag for Killington Mountain School’s jump facility, lift tickets and beginner rental gear for the Bromley Outing Club: These are just some of the things that the Killington World Cup Foundation 2022 grants will help fund. In June, the foundation announced $289,000 in grants will go to 31 non-profit organizations around New England. Over the last four years the foundation, which was made possible by the Homelight Killington World Cup, has donated nearly $2 million to youth programs and sports infrastructure The 2022 grants range from $1,500 to $25,000. Many of this year’s grants went toward programs that can help people access the sport. One grant will help grow the program for the Share Winter/Association of Africans living in Vermont. Another grant went to the New England Nordic Skiing Association (NENSA)’s Nordic Rocks program, which gets school children on Nordic skis. A number of adaptive programs received grants as well, including Adaptive Sports Foundation, New England Disabled Sports, the STRIDE Foundation and the Kelly Brush Foundation.
