Vote To Unionize Keystone’s Ski Patrol Struck Down 35-34 As a part of a larger movement amongst ski patrol units to unionizeย patrollers at Keystone Resort, CO, voted on the issue this winter. 69 out of 88 eligible ballots were cast, and a tally issued on March 29th declared the union-side lost 35-34. Despite the disappointingly narrow margin, union-side patrollers at Keystone understand that unionizing is not favorable without a […] Industry News Tony Miller | April 2, 2021 4 Comments
Late Season Snow In Colorado Brings Too Little, Too Late All of the snow that Colorado didn’t get this year came at once.ย Earlier this March, Colorado experienced itsย 4th-largestย snowstorm on record. Some areas of the front-range saw up to three feet of accumulation.ย After such a dry winter, the snow was a welcome sight.ย However, experts remain worried about water availability for the rest of the year. According to aย 2020 study inย Science, […] Tony Miller | March 31, 2021 0 Comments
HAPE: The High-Altitude Killer What is HAPE? The most common cause of death directly attributed to altitude is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, or โHAPE.โ Caused by a lack of oxygen, HAPE is an advanced stage of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). In conjunction with the breakdown of glucose, fats, and amino acids, oxygen is necessary for our bodies to produce energy. Too little of it […] Brains Tony Miller | February 1, 2020 0 Comments