Updated 5/16/2025
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Council News: EPSC, NSCF, Met/NYSC
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat
March 2025
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Women Ski Jumpers Win Equal Pay for First time at First Women’s World Cup in USA. For the first time in history, a Women’s World Cup ski jumping event was held on U.S. soil, marking a major milestone for the sport. The competition also made history by awarding equal prize money to female athletes for the first time, a significant step toward gender equity in professional ski jumping. More. Park City Town Lift via Google Alerts
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Indy Pass Adds Six Ski Areas for 2025-26 Season. Indy Pass will include six new ski area partners in 2025-26, including the first Southern Hemisphere partner resort. The new additions are Burke Mountain, Vt.; Tenney Mountain, N.H.; Corralco Mountain Resort, Chile; Rauriser-Hochalmbahnen, Austria; Pila, Italy; and Mt. Washington XC, British Columbia, Canada. Indy Pass holders can ski this summer at Corralco when it’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere. More.
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Mountain Collective 2025-26 Pass Adds Benefits, Loses A-Basin. For the 2025-26 season, the Mountain Collective Pass will once again offer two days of access to 26 ski partner resorts with some changes from the previous year, including the departure of Arapahoe Basin, Colo., and the addition of new pass-holder benefits. More.
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Idaho Supreme Court Reconsiders Ski Area Liability Ruling. Initially, a lower court ruled in favor of Sun Valley Resort, citing Idaho’s 1979 Ski Area Liability Act, which limits ski area operators' liability for inherent risks of skiing. The Idaho Supreme Court reversed this decision in December 2023, stating that a jury should determine whether the resort had failed to meet the duties of ski area operators outlined in the state's Ski Safety statute, regardless of the skier’s actions. The December 2023 ruling could lead to higher insurance costs for all ski areas. Sun Valley asked the court to rehear the case on the basis that the court failed to factor in considerations such as the duty of skiers in its original ruling. More. SAM
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Keystone Ski Patrol ratifies contract after months of negotiations with Vail Resorts. The Keystone Ski Patrol Union announced that members voted to ratify a contract with Vail Resorts. More. KDVR-TV Denver via MSN.
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Majority Sale of Powderhorn Brightens Future for Colorado Resort. A deal to make the managers of Powderhorn Mountain the majority owners of the western Colorado mountain promises to build upon recent upgrades. Located less than an hour's drive from Grand Junction, Powderhorn first opened in 1966. More. SnoCountry
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The 11 Oldest Ski Gondolas Still in Use in North America Today. While new gondolas are being installed each year across North America for skiing, this article will focus on the oldest gondolas still in operation for skiing access. More. SnowBrains
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Honoring 60+ Years of East Coast Spring Skiing Tradition at Killington, VT, as Resort Begins Construction for New Superstar Chair in April. The legendary Superstar Express Quad is being replaced with a new six-passenger chairlift and will close to the public on April 13, after providing almost 40 years of incredible spring skiing. The new lift will be finished in the fall, though not in time for the annual Thanksgiving World Cup race, which has been moved to Copper Mountain, Colorado, for 2025. More. SnowBrains
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This May Be the Best East Coast Ski Season in Almost 20 Years: It Just Keeps Snowing. While it’s still relatively early, 2024-25 is shaping up to be a memorable year on the East Coast. More. SnowBrains
EPSC Needs Your Help
Your Ski Council could use your help. If you have an interest in learning more about Eastern Pennsylvania Ski Council and helping them in their mission in providing positive benefits to it’s member clubs and their members consider running for an elected office, volunteering to chair a committee or be a part of one of the many committee who could use your help.
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Elected Officers:
President – one candidate
Vice President – one candidate
Treasurer – one candidate
Recording Secretary – one candidate
Corresponding Secretary – Vacant – need candidate
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Standing Committee Chairs*
Fund Raising
Meeting Coordinator
Publications
Safety
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Committee Vancancies
Western Carnival Planning
Eastern trips Planning
*these are appointed. not elected positions
If you are interested in being more involved in organized skiing and helping your council, contact EPSC President, Dave Schoneker at dschoneker@aol.com or your EPSC Council Rep, Lydia Hill at LHill99@comcast.net
The MNYSC is again selling Ikon Passes.
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The Metropolitan New York Ski Couoncil is again selling both the Ikon Pass & Ikon Base Pass.
They are available for the following.
Adult - 23 & up
Young Adult - 13-22
Child - 5-12
4 & Under
If you are buying the pass for the first time, or did not purchase a pass for the past season, the council has special pricing for these passes that are cheaper than buying them online.
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This is for new purchases only.
The prices we have are good until May 1, 2025. After that, they will increase. They will also increase online, so we will still have them at a special price. For those with children between 5-12, if you purchase one of the passes for yourselves, you will get a little extra off the child pass
The council is not allowed to list the pricing in general public notice like this so if you are interested in purchasing a New IKON Pass contact
Mike Calderone
Met NY Ski Council Chairman
for pricing and purchasing instructions.
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For those members who are renewing, please reach out to Mike with last year’s pass number and the new pass number you receive.
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This way the Council will get credit for the renewal and that will help us get free passes to help support council activities. The more we have on record, the more free passes we can get. Last year we earned enough credits for two passes, which we sold .
If you have any questions regarding these passes, please contact Mike or your Met NY council rep. Lydia Hill at LHill99@comcast.net
Ever-Changing Landscape of Group Travel​
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The National Ski Council Federation is inviting you to join them on June 4th as Sara Clemons, President of Sports America, addresses the ever-changing landscape of group travel. She will touch on the value, or lack thereof, group air contracts, booking cycles of trip planning, pass products and more.
This is a NSCF Education Committee Zoom Presentation and will be interactive with time for Q&A. We encourage all Trip Planners and Trip Leaders, Club Boards Members and interested club members to hear the latest on the continuously changing environment of Group Travel. Everyone is welcome!
Last year we had over 200 on the call, I know we can surpass that this year. We know that many of you do not go to MTS (Mountain Travel Symposium) where Sara does a presentation on Travel, so we want to be able to share that information and more with all Trip Planners and Leaders and our skiing community.
The link will be in a follow up email next week. Date is June 4, 2025 at 7pm EST.
Lisa