(The Center Square) – Colorado’s public health department is seeking public feedback on its newly drafted ski area guidance, a set of standards that local planners will use when deciding how and when ski areas and resorts can open for the… Read More »Colorado health department seeks input from public on newly drafted ski area guidance
Aspen Snowmass announces a new pass line-up and will resume selling 2020-2021 season passes Wednesday, Oct. 7. New this year, the Valley Weekday Pass and the Valley 7-Pack will join the Premier Pass, offering a range of products that allow… Read More »Aspen Snowmass Announces New Product Line-Up, 2020-2021 Pricing and Winter Operations Plans
(The Center Square) – As summer turns into fall, New Hampshire ski enthusiasts will be rummaging for their clothes and equipment in anticipation for the first batch of snow to hit the ground. But things will be different this year… Read More »New Hampshire ski areas hoping for relatively normal season
Granby Ranch is expecting to operate for the 2020/21 winter season. Below are a few protocols that are expected from Granby Ranch as opening day approaches. Granby Ranch will provide a complete COVID winter operating protocol by mid-October. Already, Granby… Read More »Granby Ranch Winter Operation Plans 20/21
From Colorado towns like Vail and Breckenridge to Park City, Utah, skiers and snowboarders can expect a lot of changes on the slopes this winter. And one of the world’s largest ski resort companies has shared details on some plans… Read More »Skiing Will Look Different In Colorado This Winter. Vail Resorts Now Has A Plan
(The Center Square) – Gov. Jared Polis ordered the suspension of schools statewide and extended the closure of ski areas in the state. The executive order on education bars in-person schooling at all public and private schools in Colorado, but the… Read More »Polis orders school closures, extends ski area closures
In 50 years of skiing, my first downhill run of 2020 was like nothing I had ever experienced. The 28-degree temperature and machine-made snow were familiar enough, but I ended up skiing through a windowless rectangular box, beneath girders and… Read More »The dystopian experience of skiing in New Jersey’s new American Dream mall
Julie Rovner, the chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, joined WAMU’s “1A” host Todd Zwillich and Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway on Wednesday to talk about an innovative program to cut health care costs being used by Summit… Read More »Colorado Ski Area Opts For Novel Effort To Stop Avalanche Of Health Costs
This time of year, two distinct groups make their way to the Rocky Mountain backcountry: the skiers and the snowmobilers. In the mountain passes of Colorado, you’ll find ski tracks on one side of the highway and snowmobile tracks on… Read More »Skiing and snowmobiling are as natural as the weather
People who live and work 9,000 feet above sea level in Colorado’s ski-resort towns have long paid more for health care than almost anyone in the U.S. For years, local leaders from Summit County, home to the slopes of Breckenridge,… Read More »Colorado’s Ski Towns Could Fix the High Cost of American Health Care
