Scholarships and fee waivers
Nobody at Inclusive Ski Touring is turned away over money, and you never have to prove anything to us. Here is exactly how each one works.
On-resort days, $20
There is no application. Use the code inclusive at checkout and our $20 fee is waived in full. No questions, no explanation, no form, and anyone can use it. The code is not secret and it is printed on every program page.
The one thing the fee waiver does not cover is uphill access at the resort, because that money goes to the mountain rather than to us. A ticket is $15 at Mt. Abram, $19 at Cranmore and $20 at Bromley, and an Uphill New England season pass covers all of them instead. At Dartmouth Skiway there is nothing to buy at all, because Dartmouth gives Inclusive Ski Touring participants free uphill access. An Uphill New England season pass is the cheaper route if you uphill more than a handful of times a season.
Backcountry programs
We hold ten full scholarships across our backcountry programs each season. A scholarship covers the entire program fee. These are guided days with professional guides and a real cost behind them, so there is a short application rather than a simple ask.
Backcountry programs and what a scholarship covers
| Program | Normal price | With a scholarship |
|---|---|---|
| Intro to Backcountry | $150 | Free |
| Women's Intro to Backcountry | $150 | Free |
| Queer Intro to Backcountry, either date | $100 | Free |
| BIPOC Intro to Backcountry | $100 | Free |
| Intro to Ski and Snowboard Mountaineering | $175, or $225 with gear | One fully covered place per date |
Applying for a backcountry scholarship
The application asks your name, your email, which program you want, and three short questions about what has stood in your way and what you would like us to know. It takes about ten minutes. You do not need to send tax returns, pay stubs, or documentation of any kind.
- Pick the program you want from the list above.
- Fill in the application. Write as much or as little as you like in the three open questions.
- We read every one and reply either way. If we cannot offer you a scholarship, we will tell you what else we can do, which is usually a waived fee on an on-resort day and a place on the list for next season.
Gear, uphill access and getting there
Our fee is the part we control, so our fee is the part we waive. The other two costs belong to other people, so what we do about those is negotiate them down. If you do not own touring gear, there is a shop or rental partner at every location we run at a discounted rate for our participants, and at Cranmore the $20 reservation comes back to you as store credit. Uphill access is the resort's own charge, and at Dartmouth Skiway the Skiway donates it for our programs. If getting to the mountain is the problem, tell us, because somebody in the group is very often driving past you.
Why we do it this way
Because means-testing costs more than it saves. Asking somebody to prove they are poor in order to go skiing filters out exactly the people the program exists for, and it costs us more in administration than the fees we would collect. In 2026 we subsidized every participant by an average of $137, and the total came to $83,905 of support delivered across the season. The $20 is not really the price of the day. It is a way of making sure you turn up.