Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Thursday that the company is purchasing the remaining 30-percent interest in its majority-owned retail joint venture, SSI Venture LLC known as Specialty Sports Venture (SSV), held by affiliated entities of Tom and Ken Gart, for total consideration of $31 million. The transaction is expected to close today. The … Continue reading Vail Resorts Buys Out Minority Partner in Ski and Snowboard Retailer→
Crystal Mountain, WA – Preparations for the new gondola at Crystal Mountain ski resort, Washington State’s first, began on Monday with the demolition of the Market and Bumps Espresso stand, the site where the bottom terminal of the new ski lift will be located.nFrom there, the gondola will travel up the Exterminator run and finish … Continue reading Crystal Mountain Breaks Ground on Washington’s First Ski Resort Gondola→
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. announced on Wednesday that all new and renewing Vail Resorts 2010-11 Epic Pass purchasers can now continue their winter season through the summer – in the Southern Hemisphere – with free and unrestricted skiing and snowboarding at Las Leñas Resort in Argentina when staying at select hotel properties in … Continue reading Vail Resorts Season Pass Now Includes Summer Skiing in Argentina→
Updated: Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2010 12:45 p.m. MDT Originally Published: Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2010 9:00 a.m. by Patrick Thorne with First Tracks!! Online Media staff reports Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK – Hundreds more ski areas around the world closed their lifts for the final time for winter 2009-10 last weekend. More than 100 resorts, however, remain … Continue reading Weekly World Snow Roundup: Don’t Hang Up Those Skis or Snowboard Quite Yet→
Lakewood, CO – The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) today named five member ski areas as the recipients of its annual Sustainable Slopes Grant program. The ski areas winning cash grants include: Alta, Utah; Crested Butte, Colo.; Grand Targhee, Wyo.; Mt. Abram, Maine; and Stevens Pass, Wash. The grants, this year totaling $100,000, are designed … Continue reading Ski Area Association Names Sustainable Slopes Grant Winners→
Salt Lake City, UT – Three people will be inducted into Utah’s Tourism Hall of Fame during the annual Utah Tourism Conference at The Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan, Utah, next month, including longtime Ski Utah marketing director Raelene Davis.nDavis has been the director of marketing of Ski Utah for the past 25 years. She … Continue reading Ski Utah Marketing Director Raelene Davis to be Inducted into Utah’s Tourism Hall of Fame→
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Ski resort operator Intrawest, whose flagship property Whistler Blackcomb was threatened with foreclosure by U.S.-based creditors during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced on Tuesday that it has refinanced its corporate debt which was due in December 2009. The company repaid its prior lenders in full and has completed a new … Continue reading Ski Resort Operator Intrawest Refinances Debt→
