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December 27, 2006

Feeding The Holiday Spirit At Mammoth

So, you're one of about 1,000 brand new season employees ready to go to work (or ski or ride) at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. The problem is the early season was the biggest bust in a decade and there wasn't much terrain that could be opened. Uh-oh. No paycheck. Rent due. ...continue reading »

Eastern Resorts Suffering, Europe Not Far Behind

Unfavorable conditions in the Eastern U.S. and Europe has prompted a host of cutbacks at resorts from Pennslvania to Switzerland. Pagan rituals, aggressive snowmaking, and creative administration has yet to sway the weather, but some areas say they can't hold out much longer. ...continue reading »

Snowmass Slide Claims Local Skier

The first fatal avalanche of the 2006/07 season claimed the life of a local man who died while skiing the Lower Ladder section of the Hanging Valley Wall at Snowmass Ski Area. An area spokesman said the skier apparently entered an area closed due to the potential for avalanche hazard. ...continue reading »

Ski Quotes Of The Week

December 11, 2006

Ski Areas Throw Dogs A Bone

Many lodging operators who once eschewed four-legged companions now pursue customers with canines and are being delighted in the results. ...continue reading »

Sponsorships - 'Where'd All The Big Money Go?'

The recent failure to find enough sponsorship dollars to be able to bring the cancelled European Alpine World Cups to our little neck of the globe may not have been endemic to the tightening of sponsorship money in general. But, if nothing else, it served to illuminate the issue. ...continue reading »

Tour Operators Name Top Ski Areas

Europe, Candadian ski-destinations fare well in recent ranking by Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). ...continue reading »

Bar-Hopping Boarder Contrite After Collision

A snowboarder suspected of riding drunk when he collided with an 8-year-old girl on Vail Mountain last week paid the piper when the child's father arrived on the scene - and may pay again after a court hearing - but says he "understands" why the father did what he did. ...continue reading »

Ski Quotes of the Week

Turnabout is fair play... in Colorado, at least. ...continue reading »