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A Fifth Ski Pass Just Entered the Ring. Here's Why It Might Actually Work.

Snow Partners is launching Snow Pass -- a cooperative, sub-$400 multi-mountain product that gives resorts 80% of revenue and zero exclusivity clauses. In a market dominated by Epic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective, it's either brilliant or insane.

May 4, 20267 min readski-passes, snow-pass, snow-partners, pass-wars, multi-mountain, epic-pass, ikon-pass, indy-pass, mountain-collective, 2026-27-season

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New Hampshire Just Told Vail Resorts: You Can't Charge Sales Tax Here

The state's attorney general is investigating Vail's new 3.2% 'blended sales tax' on Epic Passes. In a state that famously has no sales tax. This should be fun.

Apr 29, 20267 min readvail-resorts, epic-pass, new-hampshire, sales-tax, antitrust, pass-wars, 2026-27-season, ski-industry