Mountain Collective Adds Whiteface, New York for 2025-26 Season
Whiteface becomes the third U.S. Northeast resort to join the Collective, which has retained a western-heavy portfolio in recent years but has made serious strides towards rectifying that.
New York’s Whiteface will join the Mountain Collective Pass for the upcoming 2025-26 season, according to New York State’s ORDA. At 288 acres with a 3,430-foot top-to-bottom footprint, Whiteface is home to the longest vertical drop in the Northeast. Collective Pass holders will get two days of unrestricted access at Whiteface next winter, as well as all other mountains on the pass.
Whiteface becomes the fifth Northeast ski resort on the Collective for 2025-26, joining Maine’s Sugarloaf and Sunday River and Quebec’s Bromont and Le Massif de Charlevoix. For the upcoming winter, Mountain Collective will now offer two-day access to 27 destinations around the globe, 20 of which are in North America (Arapahoe Basin has left the pass for 2025-26).
Notably, Whiteface becomes the first-ever Mountain Collective partner in New York. This also marks the first time Whiteface has joined a multi-mountain pass (besides ORDA’s Ski3 pass) since the dissolution of the MAX pass in 2018.
Our Take
The Mountain Collective Pass has struggled to establish a strong presence in the Northeast, especially after losing Sugarbush a few years ago. Until recently, the pass included only two Northeast mountains—Le Massif and Sugarloaf—leaving it with no representation in Vermont and offering limited appeal for skiers and riders based in New York or the surrounding areas. While last year’s additions of Sunday River and Bromont helped a little bit, the pass’s primary competitors—Epic, Ikon, and Indy—each maintain a far more robust presence in the region.
Adding Whiteface aims to help change that. Though the mountain isn’t perfect—it’s known for its wind-exposed layout and occasional resiliency issues—the move restores a competitive destination to the East Coast within reasonable driving distance of New York City. It probably still isn’t enough to make the pass a viable alternative to Epic or Ikon’s base options in the Northeast, but Mountain Collective is now a bit more versatile for East Coast skiers, especially those within reach of the Adirondacks.
Considering the Mountain Collective Pass? Check out our detailed comparison against competing Epic, Ikon, and Indy offerings. You can also check this comparison out in video form below.
