It sounds good on the surface, but is short on detail and feels more like public relations than meaningful policy.
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Opinion: Climate change is the most critical business issue ski resorts face
Our 4 resort companies will speak with one voice to reduce climate and environmental degradation.
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The ski industry used to only be about operations. Women leaders are helping refocus it on experience.
VAIL — The U.S. ski resort industry started with a bunch of mustachioed dudes focused on uphill transportation. Sixty-plus years later, resort skiing has transformed from an operation into an experience, with attention paid to safety, snow grooming, speedy lifts, lessons, food and fewer hassles. The evolution of skiing can be attributed to a more […]
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Colorado liftmaker Leitner-Poma entering boom as ski industry battles heat up and cities seek to innovate
GRAND JUNCTION — Cody Wells lifts his welding helmet and takes a step back from the massive steel wheels dangling from the girders of the Leitner-Poma of America warehouse. “It’s like a mad-scientist piece. There’s not another one like this anywhere,” he says. Wells is welding together two bullwheels — one on top of the […]
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Resorts, desperate to stem crushing traffic, bet on a new ridesharing app that splits lifts to the lifts
Utah’s Snowbird ski area typically boasts the best snow in the country. Yet, even with its new partnership with the wildly popular Ikon Pass, it’s one of the loneliest resorts, with a very low skier-per-acre tally. That’s because it has a long, snowy and often-crowded driveway winding up Little Cottonwood Canyon. “The comfortable carrying capacity […]