Top 5 Fridays - Weekly Ski Industry News

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The week's ski industry news: 30 ski resorts opening in North America this weekend, Boyne and Bohemia betting on closing date, Gunstock reports 11% decline in business, Boston Herald reports on backcountry skiing in New Hampshire, edits of the week from Notion, Jackson Hole, MSP Films, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Boyne Resorts purchases 6 resorts, new Vermont laws could affect ski areas, Summit Daily reports on North American skier visits, Amazon donates some rocks, edits of the week from Audi Nines, Drop the Mic, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Blacktail Ski Resort for sale for $3.5 million, Wolf Creek Ski Area land swap updates, new ski rack concept from BYU students, Killington local on pace to ski 6.4 million vertical feet this season, edits of the week from Kimbo Sessions, Jackson Hole, and more!

 

[Jilly]

Doesn't Thule or Yakima make a rack like the students are trying to do?

 

[KingGrump]

Thule SnowPack Extender.

You tube video.

 

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The week's ski industry news: Telemark skiing proposed for the 2022 Olympics, Emily Coombs steps down from Doug Coombs Foundation, GoFundMe on behalf of Lisa Korthals, Tanner Hall gets a Wild Card Freeride World Tour spot, edits of the week from the Oakley Team, Redbull, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Vail Resorts purchases Okemo, Mount Sunapee, Crested Butte, and Stevens Pass, Rob Katz writes op-ed piece on immigration for Outside, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Lindsey Vonn at Hardvard Business School, Kanye West hosts album listening party in Jackson Hole, edits of the week from Brandon Craddock, Ethan Swadburg, Jerry of the Day, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Mammoth Mountain closing this Sunday, Vail in-bounds avalanche lawsuit update, world's largest indoor skiing coming to Norway in 2020, southern VT high school student proposes ski recycling program, edits of the week from Ski The East at Sunday River, YUCCA films, Crankworx, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: A decision is made in the Vail in-bounds avalanche lawsuit, Vail Resorts could be blocked from buying Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire, Alterra Mountain Company acquires Solitude, US Ski and Snowboard interested in more urban location events, a throwback movie of the week, some sand skiing, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Saddleback Mountain in Maine could be sold to a local non-profit now, a 4.3 mile long gondola is planned for Nordic Valley to connect to North Ogden, the closed Maple Valley Ski Area in Vermont could be transformed into a brewery, the women of the FIS Alpine tour out-earn the men, edits of the week from Windells, X Games Norway, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Big Snow America to open March 2019, Sheffield Ski Village announces redevelopment plans, an interview with the Alterra Mountain Company CEO, Steamboat hosts a July 4th Ski Jumping Contest, edits of the week from Mons Royale, RedBull, Brandon Semenuk, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Peak Resorts reports record year, Timberline purchases Summit Ski Area, UVM and Craftsbury Outdoor Center experimenting with snow saving techniques, Iran accuses Israel of stealing their snow (seriously), edits of the week from MSP, Freeride World Tour, GoPro, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Skiing Big Air added to 2022 Olympics, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Afriski in South Africa, Mt. Ascutney revival, the benefits of ski area owner consolidation, edits of the week from Saga, Windell's, Wiley Miller, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to ski K2 mountain, the highest snow-making in the world at Titlis Glacier, New York State Energy Research and Development to provide up to $5 million to ski areas, Colorado Public Radio reports on wealth inequality in ski towns, the village at Wolf Creek Ski Area gets the green light, and multiple edits of the week including the trailer for TGR's newest film.

 

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The week's ski industry news: Our 2019 Ski Test is live, The Ski Area Fee Retention Act proposed by Congress, Freeskier highlights Hunter Mountain Expansion, Vail Resorts officials meet with the Sunapee community, edits of the week from Sam Smoothy, GoPro, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Killington World Cup schedule announced, Sierra Sun reports on four season ski area tourism, Swiss scientists create a 3D avalanche simulator, edits of the week from MSP, TGR, Hoji, and more. We also pose the question: is skiing the 11th most difficult sport?

 

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The week's ski industry news: NSAA seeking Director of Marketing and Communication, Aspen to spend $75,000 on researching the uphill recreation economy, New England resorts violating child labor laws, the sale of Burke and Jay Peak is on hold, edits of the week from Tim Durtchi, and plenty more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Lee Canyon looking to expand, an interesting chairlift-related lawsuit out of Gore Mountain, another lawsuit, this time pond-skim-related, out of Snow King Mountain, CPR examines local state of affairs in Crested Butte, edits of the week from Tanner Hall, Connor Pelton, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Aspen increases their minimum wage, the future of The Balsams in question, Snow King Mountain owner Op-Ed article on small resorts, SkiRacing.com article on the ROI of ski racing, 2 edits of the week, and more!

 

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The week's ski industry news: Alterra Group plans to buy Crystal Mountain Resort, Epic Pass and Ski.com present the Epic Dream Job, Aspen requests return of stolen chairlift, introducing the Cimarron Mountain Club, edits of the week from Yucca Films, Warren Miller Entertainment, and more!