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After 12-day reopening, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to close on Sunday due to lack of snow
By The Associated Press Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Safety and stoke: A-Basin’s coronavirus reopening provides glimpse of what next ski season may look like
By Jesse Paul Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Arapahoe Basin will reopen Wednesday for skiing and snowboarding
By Jesse Paul Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Owner of Wolf Creek ski area wants to reopen this weekend. But first he has a major hoop to jump through.
By Jason Blevins Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Vail Resorts will credit up to 80% of unused Epic passes value to 2020-21 pass
Under pressure from skiers who bought expensive passes intending to use them in the spring, Vail also rolled out new pass insurance that covers calamities, including coronavirus-related shutdowns.
Vail chairlift attendant wasn’t paying attention during skier’s suffocation, report says
Jason Varnish, 46, died of positional asphyxia at Vail Mountain’s Blue Sky Basin area Feb. 13, the Eagle County coroner said
Vail, Beaver Creek patrollers are trading in their skis for ambulance keys in Eagle County’s coronavirus fight
Eagle County Paramedic Services’ pandemic plan worried most about what happens when crews get sick. The statewide shutdown of ski resorts sent patrollers to the rescue.
The ski resort industry is hoping for federal relief from its $2 billion in coronavirus losses
Ski areas are already slashing capital spending for next year by half as the nation's 460 ski hills in 37 states line up for small business assistance. “When the ski industry sneezes, rural economies catch a bad cold,” says Dave Byrd with National Ski Areas Association
Call to the wild: Great outdoors an escape in coronavirus times
Typically open — although national parks are increasingly limiting access and more shelter-at-home orders are being issued — the great outdoors provides a natural way to social distance
Early closure of ski resorts triggers “feeding frenzy” for uphill touring and backcountry ski equipment
Vail Resorts put the brakes on use of its mountains for skiers seeking turns without lifts, but independent backcountry ski shops across the state are reporting record sales.
Thousands of seasonal workers told to leave their housing as Vail Resorts ends ski season early
Vail Resort employs 55,000 workers and houses many of them near its resorts in Colorado, Utah, California, British Columbia, New England and across the Midwest
Gunnison County bans restaurants, bars from serving people 60 and older to slow coronavirus spread
The order initially appeared to ban people vulnerable to the new coronavirus from grocery stores. Health managers say that’s not a bad idea.
