Park City and Deer Valley look miserable over the holidays

This is the first thread where kingslug explained his setup. Prior posts implied a strong connection to Park City but it’s clear now that’s just for the instructor job.

Kingslug’s collection of passes demonstrates that he’s quite aware of the snow reliability disparities in Utah and that there are not infrequent early seasons where Alta is head and shoulders above anyone else. The MC gives him extra free days at Snowbird and half price after that. That will pay off in late season when Snowbird is usually the best, and after mid-April the only choice.
 
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I saw that WSJ article. Not a good month for Vail.
LINK Hopefully, this gift article link works.

Also, I saw that:
  • Breckenridge lifties staged a sick day protest due to heat/plumbing issues in employee housing—which impacted lift operations.
  • Crested Butte Lift Maintenance workers may strike.
  • Keystone Ski Patrol is in contentious negotiations with Vail Resorts - similar to the Park City incident.
That's bad when you have to monitor which ski operations group might strike.
 
In one of the previous links, it said that while Vail skier numbers are clearly down, profits are up. Despite all their mewling about "guest experience," aren't profits all that truly matters to a big corporation and if yes, why would they sack the CEO?
 
jamesdeluxe said:
In one of the previous links, it said that while Vail skier numbers are clearly down, profits are up. Despite all their mewling about "guest experience," aren't profits all that truly matters to a big corporation and if yes, why would they sack the CEO?
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I have not paid any attention to Vail Inc numbers for several years despite living 10min from their HQ (and in an industry I love). So I have no real answer, but can only guess that Kingslug has part of the answer; but also it's possible that while growing, they are not growing fast enough relative to other investable companies. Or perhaps not growing fast enough to cover both profits and the debt load. Not sure what current debt load is, but I know Vail has an above average debt load which is the opposite of the historically successful method of investing in ski biz - to keep debt fairly low...
 
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