Denver, CO – Overall business at mountain destinations in the Rocky Mountain and Far West regions of the U.S. received a boost for winter bookings during the month of January lifted by local and regional visitors, according to the most recent Mountain Market Briefing released this week by Denver-based DestiMetrics. As of Jan. 31, actual aggregated occupancy … Continue reading Booking Trends at Western Ski Resorts Tick Up
Reno, NV – Franz Buser — the majority owner of Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, high in the Sierra Nevada mountains between Reno and Lake Tahoe — is now 95 years old. And after 45 years in that role, he wants out. “From a business perspective, the timing is right with the 2014-15 season proving highly successful despite … Continue reading Long-Time Owner Puts Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe Up for Sale
Denver, CO – Winter bookings edged up slightly in December boosted by strong snowfall in both the Rocky Mountain and Far West regions—despite growing instability in economic news during the month. According to the most recent Monthly Market Briefing released by Denver-based DestiMetrics, as of Dec. 31, overall occupancy for the season at ski resorts in … Continue reading Snowfall Boosts Bookings at Western Ski Resorts
Broomfield, CO – It’s a solid winter thus far for Vail Resorts. The Colorado-based ski resort operator reported certain ski season metrics on Wednesday for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 10, 2016, and for the prior year period through January 11, 2015, for its U.S. mountain resorts, excluding … Continue reading Vail Resorts Reports Skier Visits, Visitor Spending Both Rise
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Patrollers at California’s Heavenly ski resort spent much of their Sunday morning and early afternoon evacuating 65 guests from a chairlift after one of the lift chairs suddenly fell to the ground. The chair that fell from the North Bowl lift, a fixed-grip triple, was fortunately unoccupied, and was on its … Continue reading Heavenly Evacuates Lift After Chair Falls to the Ground
Washington, DC – In the arid western U.S., water rights are a valuable commodity often fought over by competing interests. So in 2011, when the U.S. Forest Service sought to transfer the water rights of ski resorts operating on Forest Service land to the federal government, the agency encountered a ferocious backlash from the ski industry … Continue reading Forest Service Abandons Plan to Take Ski Areas’ Water Rights
Stateline, NV – Officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada have cited a skier with leaving the boundaries of Heavenly Resort at Lake Tahoe. According to Sgt. Pat Brooks, at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue responded to a report of a missing skier from the Heavenly Ski Resort. It … Continue reading Authorities Cite Heavenly Skier for Skiing Out of Bounds
