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Alterra to Bolster Resorts to Tune of $550 Million by Dan Giesin | Mar 13, 2018 | Ski Industry News Well, it didn’t take long for Alterra Mountain Company to get down to business. On Monday, March 12, the Denver-based conglomerate, which was formed last year when investment firm Henry Crown and Co. (Aspen et al) and KSL […]
Crested Butte Mountain Resort joins up with Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass And there’s good news in the deal for Triple Peaks pass holders, too March 14, 2018 Crested Butte Mountain Resort, the fabled hippie ski area in central Colorado, has been added to Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass for the 2018-19 season. Vail Resorts said in a […]
Smaller, independent ski areas join forces in the shadow of Epic-v-Ikon season pass battle “Small areas will have problems adapting to such large changes in the market.” By JASON BLEVINS March 14, 2018 Independent ski resorts are laboring in the shadow of dueling giants to find their niche in an industry swiftly dividing into two distinct […]
Boyne Resorts to Acquire Ownership of Six Mountain Resorts Across North America Steven Agar | March 13, 2018 Miles Clark getting DEEP at Brighton, UT. Credit: Court Leve In a press release yesterday, Boyne Resorts announced an agreement with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate, to acquire six mountain resorts and […]
Vail Resorts Introduces $99 Military Epic Pass for the 2018-19 Season by Meteorologist Sam Collentine In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Epic Pass, Vail Resorts is honoring the service of the Company’s founders from the 10th Mountain Division, and men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, […]
Don’t Believe the Hype: Youth Snowboarding is Thriving March 6, 2018 / Morgan Tilton If you recently questioned the deterioration of snowboarding’s popularity, rest assured: The sport’s decline is debunked by evidence of a growth spurt. Last season, the number of youth snowboarders increased by 6 percent compared to the year prior, according to the 2017 “Participation […]
Meet the mentors behind Revelstoke’s exploding female ski touring community WORDS ■ Cassidy Randall // PHOTOS ■ Agathe Bernard I’ve lived in my share of mountain towns across the Western U.S. and I’ve always struggled to find consistent female ski touring partners. And seeing an all-female party in the backcountry? That’s like spotting a unicorn. Until I moved […]
It’s time to get pumped up for FREESKIER’s 2018 Ski Test We’re two short weeks away from FREESKIER’s Annual Ski Test, this year being staged in beautiful Snowmass, Colorado from March 5 through March 9. The Ski Test is the most anticipated event of each and every winter. We’ll be gathering in Snowmass with dozens […]
Your Best Ski Vacation: Should You Choose Ikon or Epic Pass? Larry Olmsted , CONTRIBUTOR Yesterday I wrote about the impending debut of the newest multi-resort ski pass shaking up the winter sports industry, the Ikon Pass. Aimed squarely at competing with Vail Resorts’ very popular Epic Pass, the Ikon product is being introduced on March 6 […]
CMO Erik Forsell on How Alterra Mountain Company Came to Be and What’s Next Leveraging the scale of 12 resorts, Alterra looks to improve the mountain experience. February 22, 2018 By Kailee Bradstreet Resort consolidation has been a hot topic the past few years, as more independent mountains become part of larger companies. These types of […]
Ikon Pass announces two pass options, pricing and access details February 22, 2018 by Donny O’Neill Alterra Mountain Company, the recently named joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company that has been acquiring ski destinations across North America since last summer, has announced pricing details for its Ikon Pass. The Ikon Base Pass will cost $599 and […]
Snowboarder Jeremy Jones Frames Combating Climate Change as Saving Snow Jobs “Our mountain economies still have a fighting chance, and we will fight for them.” February 16, 2018 By Ryan Brower Professional snowboarder and founder of Protect Our Winters, Jeremy Jones wrote an op-ed for The New York Times Friday that aims to shift the focus of the climate change debate. […]
