by Greg Colquitt | Apr 11, 2017 | Ski Industry News
When the competition puts up big numbers, either respond or get left behind. $1.5 billion ought to keep you in the game. In an effort to maintain market share and grow their company in the face of the rapidly expanding, (and bordering obese) Vail Resorts, Aspen Ski...
by Dan Giesin | Apr 11, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Of all the tantalizing and iconic lines at Squaw Valley — Tram Face, Eagle’s Nest, the Palisades — perhaps one of the most coveted is National Geographic bowl. Overhung by an massive cornice, made famous by a photograph in National Geographic...
by Greg Colquitt | Apr 5, 2017 | Ski Industry News
When I left my home yesterday morning I wasn’t sure if I made the right decision bringing my powder skis. Turns out, I should have brought pontoons. The storm was originally predicted to drop a modest 2-4 inches throughout the day. I had no high ambitions and...
by Dan Giesin | Apr 4, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Although the storm trackers say winter isn’t quite over for the mountains of the West, the calendar says it’s spring. And that means it’s time to ditch the puffies, don the SPF 50 and party on — and off — the piste. Few places can put on...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Mar 30, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Can you believe it’s April already? Closing days are starting to be the next big thing on a number of resorts’ event calendars (although there’s a handful of spots that push their luck way into the spring and summer), and what a season it’s...
by Greg Colquitt | Mar 29, 2017 | Ski Industry News
“Have a rad day!” The words trailed after me from the window of the food truck as I dove into a piping hot Knee Deep Burrito. When first I walked to the counter I was coated with a thick layer of fresh Montana snow and dead tired. Powder days take a lot...
