Ski Season Calendar

When does ski season start?

The summer solstice is, by our thinking, the farthest point from the ski season in New York. After the summer solstice, the days get shorter and forward we move closer to winter. We smile a little bit wider as it happens.

Fourteen years ago, we published our Ski Season Calendar, a list of milestones for skiers on the longest day of the year. It’s become a tradition to feature it on the home page and update it as necessary.  In the last few years life has returned to a more kind of more expensive normal.  One immutable truth: we had some excellent ski days this season.

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Indy Pass adds Hickory Ski Center

GRANBY, COLORADO – Today Indy Pass announced they are working with Unofficial Networks to provide financial assistance to Hickory Ski Center in Warrensburg NY. The goal is to help Hickory secure the insurance needed to run lifts for the first time in eight years.

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Hickory Hill was founded by veterans of the 10th Mountain Division in 1946 and has been part of the community since that time. Faced with rising costs for lift inspection and insurance, the ski area faces an uncertain future. Recently Hickory laid out the numbers and the challenge inspired Tim Konrad, publisher of Unofficial Networks.

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Indy Pass adds 50+ Partners, Pass Sales Resume

Grand County, CO. (October 10, 2023) – The Indy Pass announced today that 54 new partners have signed on for the ’23/24 season, including some big resorts in Europe, Japan, and Western Canada, and dozens of independent Alpine and Nordic resorts across North America.

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Montana Snowbowl

With a vast network of trails linked by more than 80 modern lifts, the Skiwelt is one of Austria’s largest and most popular interconnected circuits. Featuring dozens of on-mountain F&B huts and nine authentic villages offering a wide variety of accommodations, it’s a setting well-suited for a classic Austrian ski vacation.

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