Mount Peter's 2026-27 season pass sale ends on Sunday, November 22. The mountain plans to open December 5, weather permitting. You can't pick up a pass until Thanksgiving weekend, and no pass is refundable for any reason, weather included. So anyone in Warwick thinking about a pass has to commit $499 for unlimited or $399 for midweek before seeing any snow.
At the lift ticket rates Mount Peter has posted for 2026-27, most adult skiers need six days on the hill for either pass to come out ahead. The fine print moves that number up or down from there.
The Deadline Comes Before Opening Day
This season's pass calendar is out of order. You have to decide before the first trail opens.
- March 1 to April 15. The presale ran at $399 for an unlimited pass and $299 for midweek, according to Ski Areas of New York. That window is closed.
- October 9. The second sale opened at $499 unlimited and $399 midweek, two days before the mountain's 3rd Annual Fall Fest on October 11.
- November 22. The sale ends. If you want to upgrade to an unlimited pass after that, you pay whatever the price is when you call, not the sale price.
- Thanksgiving weekend. Pickup starts. Passes are not mailed. You have to upload your photo online ahead of time, and you need ID at the window.
- Opening day. Mount Peter's online store says the mountain plans to open December 5, weather permitting. That's a plan, not a guarantee. Last winter, the 90th season opened on Saturday, December 6, 2025. OnTheSnow shows December 4 or 5, depending on where you look on its page.
If the weather cooperates with the December 5 plan, nearly two weeks will pass between the end of the sale and the first chair. Everything you decide about a pass happens in that gap, before you know what kind of December it will be.
How Many Days Pay Off a Pass
Mount Peter's rates page is labeled for the 2026-27 season. An adult all-day ticket costs $89 on weekends and holidays and $75 midweek. A junior ticket, for ages 5 to 11, costs $85 on weekends and $75 midweek. Twilight tickets cost $65 on Saturday, $55 on Sunday and $49 midweek. The unlimited and midweek passes cost the same for anyone aged 5 to 69 as of December 1, 2026. That means a 9-year-old's pass math works almost exactly like a parent's.
| Pass | Pass price | Ticket it replaces | Ticket price | Day the pass pulls ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited, adult | $499 | Weekend/holiday all-day | $89 | 6th day |
| Unlimited, junior 5-11 | $499 | Weekend/holiday all-day | $85 | 6th day |
| Unlimited, Saturday nights only | $499 | Saturday twilight | $65 | 8th day |
| Midweek, adult or junior | $399 | Midweek all-day | $75 | 6th day |
| Midweek, evenings only | $399 | Midweek twilight | $49 | 9th day |
Five weekend days on adult tickets cost $445. The sixth day takes you past $499. On midweek tickets, five days cost $375, so the sixth day takes you past $399. If you mostly ski after work, the math is slower. A twilight-only skier needs eight Saturday nights or nine weeknights before either pass costs less than buying tickets.
What Changes the Math
The table covers the basic comparison. Each item below either lowers the break-even point or raises it.
The friend ticket lowers it. An unlimited pass lets you bring one friend for one session during a non-holiday period. If that friend would otherwise buy an $89 weekend ticket, the pass effectively costs $410, and you pull ahead on your fifth weekend day. The Tiny Tot, Senior and Midweek passes don't include a friend ticket.
Midweek blackout dates raise it. The midweek pass is good Tuesday through Friday, open to close, except during three blocked periods:
- December 26, 2026, to January 1, 2027
- January 16 to January 18, 2027
- February 13 to February 21, 2027
On those dates the pass still works after 3 p.m. on weekdays. If your family's ski days fall mostly in those three periods, the $399 pass covers far fewer of them than the table suggests. The unlimited pass works whenever the mountain is open.
Tubing isn't included in any pass. The tubing page still shows 2025-26 pricing: $45 on weekends and holidays and $40 on weekdays, for adults and children. If part of your family tubes while the rest skis, budget for that separately.
Pass holders get a cafeteria and retail discount. The pass shop doesn't say how much.
The Two Cheapest Passes, and the December 1 Cutoff
The math changes at both ends of the age range. A Senior pass for skiers 70 and older costs $50, about half of one adult weekend ticket. A Tiny Tot pass for children 4 and under costs $250, with one condition: a skier or rider 13 or older, with a lift ticket and equipment, has to be with the child at all times on the snow.
Every pass age is set as of December 1, 2026. A child who turns 5 before that date needs the $499 unlimited or $399 midweek pass, not the $250 Tiny Tot, even if most of their birthday photos say 4. Proof of age is required at pickup.
December 1 is also the cutoff for racing families. Mount Peter's 2026-27 race programs are priced at $800 for Dynamites, ages 7 to 10, $1,300 for U8 to U10, $1,600 for U12 to U21 and $1,200 for High School Crossover. The youth programs require a season pass bought separately. Each registration fee goes up $100 after December 1, 2026. Dynamites training starts January 9 or 10, 2027, and High School Crossover starts January 2. For these families, the pass is a required part of the program cost, so the November 22 deadline matters more than the break-even math.
When Day Tickets Make More Sense
First-timers are the clearest case for skipping the pass. Mount Peter offers free beginner lessons with any paid all-day lift ticket or area pass, for ages 5 and up. On weekends and holidays, lessons start every half hour from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Midweek lessons start at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Each lesson runs 50 minutes, and you don't need a reservation. The Beginner Central page sets the snowboard minimum at age 6.
A new adult skier who spends three weekend days learning pays $267 in tickets, with the lessons included. That's well under the $499 pass. If those three days go well, the pass math is better answered next March, when the lowest-priced presale has opened in past years. This year, the cheapest window ran from March 1 to April 15.
What Snowmaking Means for the No-Refund Rule
The pass terms are blunt. All sales are final, there are no refunds for weather, and the mountain guarantees no set number of operating days. What protects a pass holder from a warm stretch is the snowmaking system. Mount Peter lists 100% snowmaking coverage across 13 trails: 5 beginner, 4 intermediate and 4 expert. It has 3 chairlifts and 3 carpet lifts.
Last December showed how that works. Hudson Valley Magazine reported that after a successful opening weekend, the mountain closed for a week to make snow, reopened on December 13 and set night skiing to begin January 2. That's one week lost early in the season. If that happens again, a pass bought in November still has most of the winter left to reach six days.
The mountain itself is part of why people renew. Mount Peter was founded in 1936 and calls itself one of the nation's oldest continuously operating ski areas. According to the Warwick Advertiser, Don and Gail Sampson operated it for 56 years, and it is one of the few family-operated ski areas left in the state. Their daughter, Amy Sampson-Cutler, is the executive manager heading into the 91st season. Season pass holders also ride the scenic sky rides free during foliage events like Fall Fest.
The pass terms in this post are summarized from Mount Peter's posted policies. This is general information, not financial or legal advice, so read the full terms yourself before you buy.
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