Salt Lake City, UT – Summer is on its way out the door, and that can only mean one thing: Another incredible Wasatch winter season is on its way. Utah’s 14 ski resorts, down in count by one this winter due to the new combination of Park City and The Canyons under the Vail Resorts umbrella, worked … Continue reading Utah’s Ski Resorts Upgrade for 2015-16
Salt Lake City, UT – A cool mid-September trough brought the season’s first snowfall to ski resorts from California to the Rockies this week. The early harbinger of winter stacked up as deep as 16 inches in some locales, and while it’s refreshing to see summer breathing one of its last gasps, these early dustings … Continue reading PHOTOS: Season’s First Snows Pile Up at Western Ski Resorts
Denver, CO – Denver-based industry research firm DestiMetrics has confirmed the third consecutive summer lodging occupancy and revenue record last month, and as bookings continue to roll in for September and October, those record numbers continue to mount up for western mountain ski destinations. The company sampled data from approximately 290 property management companies in 19 … Continue reading Western Ski Resort Summer Lodging Sets Record
Denver, CO – Mountain lodging activity and snow sports retail equipment sales are up, while skier and snowboarder visits for the 2014-15 ski season are on pace to match last season’s tally of 56. 2 million, according to industry executives who convened as part of The Assembly 2015 presented on Wednesday at Snowsports Industries America’s (SIA) … Continue reading Ski Industry Veterans Remain Bullish on the Future
Denver, CO – The monthly Market Briefing released last week by the Denver-based market research firm DestiMetrics revealed that lodging activity at 19 mountain resorts in six states continued to increase through December and posted steady increases in both occupancy and revenues through the remainder of the 2014-15 ski and snowboard season. According to DestiMetrics, which tracks … Continue reading Lodging Companies at Western U.S. Ski Resorts Enjoy Very Happy New Year
Broomfield, CO – Ski resort operator Vail Resorts, Inc. today reported certain ski season metrics that show an increase in both visitation and revenue at the company’s destination mountains across the western U.S. The results are provided for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 11, 2015, and for the prior … Continue reading Strong Early Colorado Ski Season Boosts Vail Resorts Results
American Fork Canyon, UT – A 61-year-old skier reported missing near Alta on Sunday was located this morning in American Fork Canyon. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s office reports that the unidentified skier first called 911 via cell phone and reached dispatchers with the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake. At about 5:45 a.m. he … Continue reading Missing Alta Skier Found
