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Cool. First time I've heard of using radio collars on goats and sheep. Does that mean a system like a used to keep dogs in their own yard without building a fence? Had one back in the 1980s. Goats are smart. Sheep . . . not so much. But with a smart sheep dog around, they probably won't...

Had a good time at Big SNOW in late July when I was doing a short vacation trip with a teen staying at Shawnee. Her mother started her on skis at Massanutten when she was a tween and she was a natural. Mother was willing to pay for the full package so that all the teen needed to bring was ski...

Glad the injury wasn't too bad. When it's not that busy so that there isn't much of a lift line at Big SNOW, I'm not particularly trying to share a chairlift with certain people. Most of the time I've been there, the liftie isn't making any attempt to help fill chairs. I may ask a single to...

The six additions in March besides Burke and Tenney were international. Mt. Washington XC, BC, Canada Rauriser-Hochalmbahnen, Austria Pila, Italy Corralco Mountain Resort, Chile.

If you like seeing list of resort names in tables . . . I forgot Tenney and Burke were added in March. August 28, 2025 https://www.stormskiing.com/p/indy-pass-adds-33-alpine-ski-areas

Shawnee is pretty close to NYC. They expect other resorts to join in. I wonder about Catamount and Burke. The Learn To Turn 3-day pass will be sold all season. Since people who have Indy will be able to offer friends a $40 discount coupon, could mean $149 for 3 days with lift ticket, rental...

Here's the list of additions announced today sorted by region. The addition I like the best is Tenney in NH. For people who live in the Boston area, it's an easy day trip. Far more interesting terrain than Wachusett for people who don't mind slow fixed-grip lifts. No lift line on a powder...

Dolomiti was added in 2021. The new area added in Italy is Valle d'Aosta, which is actually five resorts: Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Cervino Ski Paradise, La Thuile Espace San Bernardo, Monterosa Ski, and Pila. August 26, 2025 https://www.stormskiing.com/p/valle-daosta-italy-joins-ikon-pass...

Yes, I use Google to search ski forums. The Search built into Xenforo is silly. Only use it when I know a couple good keywords for a thread title, preferably along with the OP's username. For that search, I didn't specify any particular website to search. Just scanned the results until I saw...

NC Wooly Worm Festival is Oct. 18-19, 48th year. They start selling tickets on Sept. 1, 2025. :) The annual Woolly Worm Festival is co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk and the Avery County Chamber of Commerce. All proceeds are given back to the community to enhance our schools...

Sorry, I was actually a bit surprised. Didn't want to post a link but it was clearly a short NYSkiBlog thread. Did a quick search and don't remember what keywords I used in addition to "Champlain Valley". Can't replicate the results.

Got onto US15 in Harrisburg, PA heading north one summer on the way to Lake Placid. Eventually connected to a short section of US20 south of Syracuse heading towards the Northway. Had a wonderful time. No extra time this summer because my 20-something daughter had to be back at work on...

The Indy Passholders FB Group has almost 18,000 members as of August 2025. Lately most of the posts have been pictures of new Indy vanity plates from various states that have ski hills/mountains. The deal is that those people will get a free Indy+ pass for 2025-26. Doesn't matter if they...

Apparently batches of Wait List emails started going out on August 20. If there is still availability, public sales will start on August 28. That's also when the announcement of new locations that takes the total over 250 will be made.

It's a "pass" meant to encourage beginners who start at Big SNOW to check out a real mountain. Not transferable. These days, even tickets are assigned to a person when bought in advance online. Many more small mountains have invested in RFID using hand scanners by Axess. The liftie doing the...

Found an archive thread with posts from 2015-19. Price was $150 in 2014. Last post that info about locations said: "It's down to 12 mountains this year, but also $10 cheaper at $165. Cannon is the biggest loss from last year, but should be able to get enough days at Gore, Whiteface, Mad River...

Keep in mind that the max use at one Triple Play location is 2 days. The idea is to get people just starting out on the slopes to check out at least two mountains.

Not exactly a multi-resort pass, but found this from 2012 . . . MRG working with Sugarbush. Of course, that was before Alterra bought Sugarbush. October 2012 https://www.saminfo.com/news/sam-headline-news/9431-608-sugarbush-and-mad-river-announce-partnership "After a rocky 54-year history...

Occurs to me that Indy cannot control how many passes are bought in each region. At this point, they know the usual distribution by region and how people in that region use Indy. If the number sold during each sales period were unlimited, could happen is that regions with higher population...

At the start, the goal of Doug Fish for Indy was to provide revenue to participating resorts, along with national marketing that most didn't bother to deal with at all. Only 15% of the money taken in was kept by Indy. The "yield" is not nearly what a sold lift ticket would be, but it's still...