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Vail Juggles Epic Experience & Birds of Prey, Aspen Expansion gets a Green Light

Vail Juggles Epic Experience & Birds of Prey, Aspen Expansion gets a Green Light

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Rick Bolger
That noise you hear coast to coast is the grumbling from some Epic® Pass holders, pissed off about the number of Vail Resorts properties that are epically delaying opening day. From California’... Read More
Eastern Resorts Running & Gunning

Eastern Resorts Running & Gunning

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Rick Bolger
If you live in New England, West Virginia, and other eastern locales with some altitude and attitude, that roar you’re hearing is some awesome snowmaking power that is currently hammering the hi... Read More
Weekend Highlighted by Openings, Speed Events

Weekend Highlighted by Openings, Speed Events

December 6, 2019 Rick Bolger
Openings include the debut of Big Snow in the New Jersey Meadowlands; yesterday they had none less than Lindsey Vonn to kick it off as the first official skier on this long awaited indoor piste. Time ... Read More
Encore Weekend on the way

Encore Weekend on the way

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Rick Bolger
This is the time of year when the non-destination resorts have banged it up for the season, but in some cases the snow keeps lingering. In other cases, a rare April storm blankets the shrinking snowpa... Read More
Baby It's Cold Outside

Baby It’s Cold Outside

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Rick Bolger
Closings coming fast and furious as the arctic temps set in across the heartland. Northeast, however, conditions are prompting the weekend-only resorts to spin lifts today and tomorrow. Among those op... Read More
More Opening Scheduled, SkiCo Suit Resolved

More Opening Scheduled, SkiCo Suit Resolved

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Rick Bolger
Leading off with a retraction; reported yesterday that eastern Pennsy’s biggie Blue Mountain would be adding a new intermediate trail this season — they won’t. They’re not sure... Read More
3/2/18 News & Putting on the Ritz with Ronnie

3/2/18 News & Putting on the Ritz with Ronnie

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Rick Bolger
Ronnie’s Utah adventures took him from the twists and turns of Little Cottonwood Canyon to the luxury digs at Snowbasin; photo above taken in the Strawberry Fields section if my memory serves co... Read More
1/2/18 Happy New Year News Roundup!

1/2/18 Happy New Year News Roundup!

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Rick Bolger
Happy New Year…biggest industry news this week, aside from super cold in the east and snow finally falling in Colorado, probably the debut of the new gondola at Belleayre in southern New York. Y... Read More
12/20/17 Rocky Start:  No Snow=No Paychecks

12/20/17 Rocky Start: No Snow=No Paychecks

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 Rick Bolger
While the season has jump started in parts of the east and midwest, the picture remains bleak in much of the west. Biggest problem in the region? Without snow, a lot of workers get no paycheck. As a r... Read More
11/30/17 Christmas comes early at Grand Targhee

11/30/17 Christmas comes early at Grand Targhee

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 Rick Bolger
We’re on the brink of December and this early season is similar to many early seasons before it: Colorado resorts are spotty, some of them watching their precious base slowly melting. New Englan... Read More
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