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Could Airline Fees Be Permanently Eliminated Post-COVID-19? Consumer advocates are pushing for airlines to reduce fees for flight changes, seat assignments, baggage, and more. BY BARBARA PETERSON June 10, 2020 As summer travel kicks off, airlines are once again extending change fee waivers for new bookings as they try to attract back nervous fliers. In fact, most carriers […]
Great American Outdoors Act heads to Trump as Cory Gardner leans on measure in reelection bid The Republican U.S. senator, who is facing an uphill election battle, has run ads touting his work on the legislation and in recent weeks toured western Colorado to celebrate the bill July 22, 2020 Jesse Paul Congress on Wednesday […]
Treat ’em right: Five tips for taking care of skis during the off-season May 18, 2020 by FREESKIER You know how it goes: After milking the last turns of the season on some slushy, muddy melting patch of snow, you throw your dirty skis in the roof rack, drive home and immediately put them in the […]
Whiteface, Gore, Belleayre’s NY SKI3 Pass Offers Deferrals, Pushes Early-Bird Deadline to Sept. 2 Bretton Woods now stands alone among large Northeast ski areas in not offering any sort of season pass guarantee Stuart Winchester July 16, 2020 Whiteface, Gore, and Belleayre, the trio of New York State-owned ski areas managed by the Olympic Regional Development […]
Some Western Resorts Go Ahead With Lift Construction; Others Put Them On Hold Andy Dennison July 12, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact has spread across the ski and snowboard industry in the West, and one of its victims has been plans for new lifts. But a quintet of resorts are pushing ahead with plans, while […]
Alterra Smashes Porsche Into Mountainside, Emerges Dazed, Offers Pass Deferrals to 2021-22 Skiers will have until Dec. 10 to defer the value of their 2020-21 pass to the following season Stuart Winchester April 18, 2020 In a hailstorm of launched tomatoes and voodoo dolls, Alterra abruptly introduced a no-reason-required deferral policy for 2020-21 Ikon Passes on Friday […]
Accepting Liftopia’s Revised Debt Calculations, Ski Companies Push Forward With Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition “Trying to understand what happened to our revenues, which to be clear, were never yours to begin with” Stuart Winchester July 19, 2020 A very brief timeline of Liftopia’s yard sale In late April, an independent ski operator forwarded me a note […]
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat June-July 2020 Will Ski Resorts Open Next Winter? Things are looking quite promising in terms of whether ski resorts will open next winter, with resorts and tour operators optimistic that a 2020/21 season will be happening. A lot of people are looking at how resorts will handle the 2020 summer […]
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 6 – Cannon Mountain by Jay Flemma May 6, 2020 Today is the second anniversary of my father’s passing, so to honor the occasion, I’ll tell you a secret. No matter how much my Dad – a world class skier who skied in the European Theatre during […]
30 Trips You Can Plan a Year in Advance by BRIDGET HALLINAN Let’s face it: With so much uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, jetting off a week after you plan a trip simply isn’t an option right now. And while we’re typically all for spontaneous, last-minute bookings (hello, cheap flight deals), it’s more realistic to look […]
How the Pandemic Is Forcing Ski Towns to Rethink Tourism When once crowded mountain communities like Breckenridge, Colorado, saw visitors vanish this spring, locals scrambled to mitigate the economic damage and plot a return, while keeping their towns’ character intact. READ MORE → Reposted from Outsideonline.com
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat May 2020 Resorts Reopen Amid Easing Restrictions. Across the country, government officials are easing restrictions enacted to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, allowing many mountain resorts to resume operations. Some resorts are reopening with snow, while others are looking toward summer. Almost everyone is restarting with modified schedules and special […]
