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Snow Resorts Roll Over Many “COVID” Keepers After Banner Year

September 29, 2021

In partnership with Shop-Eat-Surf By Tiffany Montgomery | Originally Published September 29, 2021 The pandemic forced many companies to innovate, including snow resorts. And resorts are carrying over some of those improvements this year. Last year at this time, the snow industry had no idea to what to expect for the winter season given much […]

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Park City Mountain Announces 2018-19 Winter Operating Dates

May 29, 2018

Both the Park City Mountain Village and Canyons Village will open for the 2018-19 winter season on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

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Peak Resorts Announces Strong Pre-Season 2018/19 Season Pass Sales

May 2, 2018

Peak Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKIS) (“Peak” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of high-quality, individually branded U.S. ski resorts, announced today strong initial sales for the Company’s 2018/19 season pass offerings, including the Peak Pass. Consolidated season pass sales through April 30, 2018 increased 14% on a unit basis and 16% on a dollar […]

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Summer Booking Picture Brightened by Late Season Snowfall

April 23, 2018

Western mountain resorts benefit from late winter snowfall...

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VR Celebrates Ten Years of the Epic Pass

April 20, 2018

March 18, 2018 marked the official 10th Anniversary of the Epic Pass, one of the most immersive and industry-changing season pass programs of all time. Here’s a look back at the last decade of Epic with some interesting trivia from the Vail Resorts team: 2008: The 2008-2009 Epic Pass is introduced by Rob Katz and […]

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Permits Approved for Hunter Mountain Trail Expansion Project, Construction Starts This Month

April 5, 2018

Peak Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKIS) (“Peak” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of high-quality, individually branded U.S. ski resorts, announced today that Hunter Mountain, located in the Catskill Mountains of New York, has secured all the required permits which will allow it to move forward with the terrain expansion project announced last June. Construction […]

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Bromley Mountain Resort, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort and Cranmore Announce Extended Ski Seasons

March 26, 2018

Bromley and Jiminy Open Until April 8, Cranmore Until April 1

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Snowsports Brands Marketing Efforts Hampered by Olympic Regulations

March 22, 2018

The International Olympic Committee’s Rule 40 called for a blackout period for any marketing campaigns from February 1-28th, prohibiting brands from using any images or descriptions of athletes participating in the games.

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February Snowfall Boosts Bookings But Occupancy Not Likely to Recover

March 15, 2018

Desperately needed snowfall at many western ski resorts during February gave mountain destinations a healthy boost to their bookings for the remainder of the ski season but not enough to deliver a year-over-year increase in occupancy compared to the winter of 2016-17. According to Inntopia in their monthly DestiMetrics* Market Briefing released yesterday, as of […]

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March Delivers Over Five Feet of Snow to Vermont Resorts

March 14, 2018

March is historically Vermont’s snowiest month of the winter and this season it’s living up to that reputation. Since the beginning of March over five feet of snow has fallen at resorts, and in the last 24 hours, resorts across the state welcomed in between one to two feet with more snow forecasted for the […]

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