In New York, the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) approved 15.9 million dollars in capital investments across Whiteface, Gore, and Belleayre mountains. The funds will go toward snowmaking, trail, and electrical improvements, as well as conveyor lift upgrades at Gore and Belleayre.

Utah’s Powder Mountain plans a 40 million dollars investment in a terrain expansion and base-area improvements on the public side of the resort as part of its evolving public/private operating model. The multi-year investment plan includes three lifts, a new lodge, and a 1,000-acre terrain expansion.

Reed Hastings, the Netflix co-founder who acquired a controlling stake in the resort in 2023, has been shifting Powder Mountain toward a model in which revenue from private memberships and real estate development helps fund improvements to the public ski area.

In Wisconsin, Little Switzerland Ski Area will install two new quad chairlifts this summer, a four million dollars investment that more than doubles uphill capacity – the largest single capital project in the resort’s history.

Meanwhile, Vail Resorts launched sales for the 2026-27 Epic Pass with new pricing options for customers aged 13-30, offering a 20 percent discount compared to the full adult Epic Pass. Vail Resorts also adjusted the other age brackets. The teen tier shifted to ages 13-17 from 13-18 for the 2025-26 season, while the adult tier now begins at age 31 instead of 19.