derek taylor

(note: Derek Taylor was the editor of Powder Magazine from 2008 to 2012. He wrote this piece for Outdoor Magazine.) Vail has gotten a lot of flak recently. Their lawyer-powered acquisition of Park City ski resort in Utah has kept them in the headlines for the past year. Vail now owns 11 ski resorts: Park City & The Canyons in Utah Kirkwood, Heavenly, & Northstar in California Beaver Creek, Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge in Colorado Afton Alps in Minnesota Mount Brighton in Michigan Some think that this enormous consolidation of the ski industry is a bad thing. Derek Taylor thinks it’s a good thing. One thing is for sure: Vail’s Epic Pass […]