A Utah court’s decision rejecting an appeal by Vail Resorts could finally expose the complicated calculus behind “comfortable carrying capacity,” the secret metric used by all resorts for managing crowds
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Eldora ski patrollers are the latest to join a growing effort to unionize the resort industry
The number of unionized workers in the resort industry has nearly doubled as patrollers, lift mechanics organize in 10 Western communities where the cost of living is skyrocketing
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Monarch Mountain plans new terrain as visitation, pass sales soar
The expansion plan at Monarch ski area is the first in nearly 20 years for a resort seeking Forest Service approval to expand beyond its special-use permit boundary
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Serial entrepreneur buys Echo Mountain ski area in Clear Creek County
Dan Dietrich is the fourth owner of the tiny ski area above Idaho Springs since it was revived in 2005
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Silverton Mountain ski area sold to Aspen-based adventure travel company
Aaron and Jenny Brill began building the steep and deep, expert-only ski area in the remote San Juans ski area nearly 25 years ago
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Town of Vail must pay $17.5 million for parcel where Vail Resorts planned housing but town wants for wildlife
The valuation decision marks the final chapter in an 18-month battle that has pitted housing against wildlife and resort operator against its namesake town
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Fort Lewis College suddenly pulls plug on rare skiing injury database
Ski resort managers rarely discuss injuries and limited injury data is shared only through industry-supported researchers.
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Alterra Mountain Co. goes big — bigger than Vail — on a Utah resort for skiers only
Plan for $3.2 billion Deer Valley expansion includes 3,700 new acres of ski terrain plus a village built by the developer of posh New York City residential towers
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More than 100 Summit County homeowners sue over crackdown on short-term rentals
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to overturn “misguided and unlawful” regulations. “We want to make Summit County ground zero for this fight.”
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Copper Mountain starts seeding to spark a landscape-scale biodiversity effort
Copper Mountain’s 10-year plan to sink carbon into native grasses on ski slopes is one of many sustainability projects underway at Colorado ski areas that are working together to deflect the impacts of climate change