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Balsams Resort Placed on Market Tuesday, June 25, 2019, NewEnglandSkiIndustry.com The defunct resort is being advertised as ‘virtually shovel-ready. Just weeks after the $28 million state funding bill was signed into law, the Balsams has been placed on the market. According to the listing on CBRE (“the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm”), […]
Several departments responded to a two-alarm fire at the mountain operations building at Mount Snow, in West Dover, Vt., on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Fire at Mount Snow takes out carpentry shop, snowmaking controls KRISTOPHER RADDER — BRATTLEBORO REFORMER June 4, 2019 By Chris Mays, Brattleboro Reformer WEST DOVER — A fire ripped through a […]
An inside look at the short-term foreign workers who make ski resorts go round. March 27, 2019 By Powder Magazine Words by Megan Michelson Photos by Zach Doleac MARTIN BOBILLIER’S ALARM GOES OFF at 7:50 a.m. Which gives him just enough time to peel an orange over the trash can, throw on ski pants, and rush out the door to […]
SKI Magazine’s content producer pops her Aspen cherry. Jenny Wiegand Mar 26, 2019 I was a 31-year-old Aspen-virgin. Despite having lived in Crested Butte, Colo.—just 24 miles south of Aspen as the crow flies—for a number of years, I’d never made it to the ski mecca located just on the other side of the Maroon […]
The Battle for the Best Ski Pass Alterra and Vail Resorts are going head to head snapping up resorts. Can they save skiing and make selling lift tickets a viable business? By Kyle Stock Even among the world’s most polished ski resorts, Deer Valley—with its vast carpets of flawlessly groomed snow spread across four Utah […]
Skiing: Resurgence in the Catskills by Iseult Devlin, Special to NorthJersey.com February 14, 2019 This winter, Hunter, Windham Mountain and Belleayre tout major improvements boosting the ski experience in the Catskills. Altogether, the biggest areas in the region invested $25 million in new lifts, convenient ticketing systems and improved snowmaking. “People are rediscovering the Catskills,” […]
Featured Image: Courtesy of Arapahoe Basin Arapahoe Basin ends partnership with Vail Resorts February 18, 2019 by Erin Spong Hitting airwaves this morning, Arapahoe Basin announced it will no longer be a partner of Vail Resorts, starting in the 2019-20 season. This decision comes after the resort–affectionately known as The Legend–has seen significant growth both in its […]
Sun Valley & Snowbasin Join Epic Pass for the 2019-20 Season By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist February 6, 2019 Sun Valley Resort in Idaho and Snowbasin Resort in Utah will join the Epic Pass beginning with 2019-20 winter season. Epic Pass holders will receive seven days of skiing or snowboarding with no restrictions at both […]
Grand Targhee Is Wyoming’s Powder Paradise Grand Targhee is a Powder Paradise. With 200 inches of snow already this season, Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort is a powder paradise and a hidden gem among all the major Western resorts.Celebrating its 50th season, Grand Targhee Resort is a year-round mountain resort situated in the Western slope of the Tetons […]
Jay Peak Resort, VT Will Be For Sale in ‘a Few Weeks’ Could Vail Resorts be Interested? SnowBrains | January 8, 2019 Restoring the tram was one of the many improvements made by Goldberg. Image: Jay Peak Jay Peak Resort, VT which was at the center of one of the biggest EB-5 frauds in history, moved […]
Vail Resorts Just Took Over Australia | Purchases Falls Creek & Mount Hotham Oz Brains | December 20, 2018 Falls Creek, Australia. Credit: Falls Creek Vail Resorts is planning to buy Victoria’s Mount Hotham and Falls Creek ski resorts for about $120 million to expand its global offering of resorts reports the Australian Financial Review (paywall). […]
PCMR indefinitely closes two upper-elevation bowls after losing lease Jay Hamburger December 14, 2018 Park City Mountain Resort has closed two tracts of high-elevation terrain as a result of an unidentified landowner opting not to renew a lease, the resort said on Thursday. A spokesperson for the resort provided the information in response to a […]
