Season passes
The prices are published. The season they cover is not.
Every figure on this page is reproduced from the Mount Cain Alpine Park Society's own published pass page, unchanged. What that page does not say anywhere — and what this concept will not invent — is which winter these prices buy.
Season not stated
A $699 pass, and no year printed on it
The published pass page carries no season label at all. At the same time the homepage still reads "Ski season '25/'26 has now come to a close" — in the exact weeks Islanders start shopping for an early pass.
Season pass prices
As published by the Society, reproduced without change. Confirm every one of them with the Society before you buy — this is a concept site, not a shop.
Season
20— / 20—
This is the field the live page is missing. In a real build it is one line in one file, and everything else on the page — heading, table caption, page title, share preview — reads from it.
Swipe the table sideways for the full notes →
| Season pass | Published priceseason not stated | What the page does not say |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | $699 | The headline pass. No season year printed beside it. |
| Youth / Senior | $437 | Published as one line: 13–18 and 65+. |
| Family | $1400 | What counts as a family is not defined on the page. |
| 12 and under | $5 | Published as "$5 (for printed pass)". |
Reproduced, not interpreted The "$5 (for printed pass)" wording for 12 and under is the Society's, brackets and all. We have not tidied it into "$5 pass" because the bracket is doing real work — it tells you what the five dollars is for.
No early-bird claim Plenty of community hills run an early-bird window. If Mount Cain does, it is not on the published page — so this concept does not advertise one, and does not print a deadline it cannot source.
What a pass gets you elsewhere
The Society's published reciprocal benefits, quoted verbatim.
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CanWest Ski Area Association
“season pass holders receive 25% off and staff members receive a free day and 50% off additional days”
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Mount Washington
“one complimentary day for season and staff pass holders”
Quoted exactly as published. Terms at partner areas change, and the Society is the only party that can confirm what is current.
Not published anywhere
Six things a pass shopper looks for and cannot currently find.
- Day lift tickets
- Rental prices
- Lesson prices
- An early-bird window or deadline
- A purchase or renewal date
- The season the prices above apply to
Every one of these is left blank on purpose. A concept that guessed at them would be worse than the problem it is trying to solve.
Why a pass matters more here
Mount Cain is a non-profit, volunteer-run society whose stated purpose is to provide employment opportunities for North Islanders and to keep Mount Cain as a viable ski community. Pass revenue is what pays for both. That is worth saying on the page where people decide whether to buy one.
The fix
One field, once a year
The whole problem — a priced pass with no season on it, and a closing banner still up in July — comes down to information that has nowhere to live. Give it somewhere to live and it stops going stale.
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One season label, set once
A single field at the top of the price file. It prints beside every price, in the page heading, in the browser tab and in the link preview when someone shares the page.
- 02
A deadline with a date attached
If there is an early-bird or renewal cut-off, it goes in the same file as a real date — so the page can say how long is left rather than leaving people to guess.
- 03
Banners that expire on their own
A season-closed notice with an end date on it stops being visible the day it stops being true. No volunteer has to remember to take it down in July.
A note from JnP
None of this is a redesign argument. The Society's prices are clear, its reciprocals are clear and its purpose is clearer than most resorts manage. The single highest-value change to the site before next winter is putting a year next to $699 — and making that year a five-minute edit for whoever is holding the laptop.
Buying a pass
How to ask about a pass
The Society does not publish a phone number, so email is the way in. This concept site has no working form and takes no money — the details below are the Society's own.
Ask which season the current prices cover, and whether the pass you want is still available, before sending any money.
By post
P.O. Box 1255
Port McNeill, BC V0R 3P0
A mailing address, not the location of the hill. For getting to the mountain itself, see getting here.
An enquiry form, in the real build
A short form — name, what you are asking about, email — routed to info@mountcain.com would spare volunteers a lot of back-and-forth and give every enquiry the same shape. It is left out of this concept because a form that does not send anywhere is worse than no form at all.
Email the Society