by Dan Giesin | Apr 18, 2017 | Ski Industry News
T.S. Eliot famously referred to April as the cruelest month, and though the old poet wasn’t much of an outdoorsman, skiers and snowboarders across the land can feel his pain. For this is the month that generally signals the end of another season of riding and...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Apr 13, 2017 | Ski Industry News
In the push for dominance of the ski industry, the new partnership between Aspen Skiing Co. and KSL Capital Partners just got one step closer to challenging Vail Resorts’ reign. Fresh off of their announcement that the ski group had bought Intrawest Resort...
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...
