Colorado Ski Season Officially Ends
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, the last Colorado ski resort open for the winter season, closed its slopes on Sunday. On the last day over 2500 people came out to enjoy late season skiing. Some tested their...
View ArticleColorado Enjoys Strong Ski Season
Colorado’s ski resorts barely missed last year’s visitation record, with most counting less than 1 percent fewer visits in 2014-15 compared to 2013-14. Late spring snow helped close the gap, Colorado...
View ArticleNew Court Challenge for Wolf Creek Developer
A proposed development for the Village at Wolf Creek has advanced after federal officials approved a land exchange related to the project. But a coalition of conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit...
View ArticleLegal Challenges Continue for Wolf Creek Base
Local environmentalists took their fight against the Wolf Creek land swap deal to Washington D.C. last month. The deal reached by the U.S. Forest Service in May would allow Texas billionaire B.J. “Red”...
View ArticleHeli-skiing at Silverton May Move
The owners of Silverton Mountain have requested permission to diversify heli-terrain within the Alpine Triangle, a so-called “special recreation management area,” made up of more than 150,000 acres...
View ArticleHousing Woes for Ski Employees
It is well known that ski resort employees can rarely afford housing in the upscale communities in which they work. And now for those working in Telluride, the news is even grimmer. One seasonal...
View ArticleHigh Tech Hits High Country
Two new pieces of technology promise to jazz up the skiing experience this coming season. For those seeking the extreme-selfie will say goodbye to helmet cams and POV pole and say hello to the personal...
View ArticleWinter Park Ski Train May Return
Last week, Colorado Public Radio reported that the Winter Park Ski, for the first time in six years, may return, possibly as soon as this winter. The concept is to provide tourists the option to land...
View ArticleConservationists Enjoy Small Win Against Wolf Creek Developer
Developer Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture plans a massive, in-the-works development project near the Wolf Creek Ski Area and the Rio Grande National Forest in southwestern Colorado. But the project...
View ArticleEcho Mountain Opens to Public
Colorado’s Echo Mountain is expected to open to the public this December for the first time in three years. The resort will again be the closest public area to Denver, located just outside of Evergreen...
View ArticleLift Line Wait in Real-time
This winter, season pass holders at Vail Resorts will provide crowdsourced, real-time wait times for ski lifts offered via smartphone app. Vail Resorts says that an update to its EpicMix smartphone app...
View ArticleVoters to Consider Lift Ticket Tax
The Summit Daily News has been following the development of a possible ski lift ticket tax for the town of Breckenridge. The town of Breckenridge is in the process of adding an admissions tax, also...
View ArticleFree Parking for Park City Mountain Resort
In response to an inquiry from The Park Record, Park City Mountain Resort has committed to not charge for parking in the surface lots at the Resort Center and at Canyons Village during the upcoming ski...
View ArticleProtect Our Winters Sends Message
This week, 92 brand companies, including K2 Sports, Rossignol, North Face, Clif Bar and Burton — along with 53 resorts, 50 professional athletes and 13 snow sports trade groups signed a letter they...
View ArticleIntrawest to Use RFID at Colorado Resorts
Intrawest Resorts Holdings has announced that Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology will be initiated at its Steamboat and Winter Park resorts for the upcoming 2015 and 2016 winter season...
View ArticleForest Service Deflates Eldora’s Plan
Last week the U.S. Forest Service approved expansion plans for Eldora Mountain Resort, but only within the resort’s current boundaries. The decision results in a contraction from what was contemplated...
View Article2015-2016 Ski Season Opens in U.S.
Killington Resort in Vermont has opened the new ski season! The resort became the first to open for the season, welcoming pass holders on Sunday and the public on Monday. Skiing is open on two groomed...
View ArticleLoveland Opens Colorado Ski Season
Loveland Ski Area announced that it would open for the winter season on Thursday, October 29. After an unusually warm fall, snow began falling last week bringing a total of 17.5 inches to the area. The...
View ArticleA-Basin Joins Loveland for Opening Day
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has joined Loveland in opening today for the season. This year’s race to be the first Colorado area open developed into a tie with generous snowfall earlier this week....
View ArticleProfessional Drones to Record Your Awesomeness
In recent weeks, many sources have reported the banning of private drones at most of the nation’s ski resorts. The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), which represents more than 300 facilities in...
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