Whiteface, Gore, Belleayre’s NY SKI3 Pass Offers Deferrals, Pushes Early-Bird Deadline to Sept. 2
Bretton Woods now stands alone among large Northeast ski areas in not offering any sort of season pass guarantee
July 16, 2020
Whiteface, Gore, and Belleayre, the trio of New York State-owned ski areas managed by the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), yesterday announced a season pass protection program and pushed the deadline for their lowest pass prices from Aug. 12 to Sept. 2.
ORDA was one of the last remaining large ski organizations to release a season pass protection plan after Covid-19 abruptly shut down the North American ski season in mid-March and cast uncertainty over next season’s operations. The plan had been in the works for several months. Today’s announcement leaves Bretton Woods as the largest ski area in the Northeast to not offer some kind of refund, credit, or deferral option to passholders.
Under ORDA’s plan, skiers will have until Dec. 1 to trade in the full value of their SKI3 Pass – which is good for unlimited access at all three mountains – for a credit that can be used any time through the end of the 2021-22 ski season. While most similar plans have only offered credits for unused passes, ORDA will allow skiers to tap their passes as much as they’d like prior to Dec. 1.
Here’s a more detailed look at what the announcement means: READ MORE
Posted from The Storm Skiing Journal & Podcast
