Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Launches $100 Million Improvement Plan, Largest in Resort’s History Sugar Bowl Resort, one of California’s oldest ski areas, has launched a $100 million infrastructure upgrade, the largest investment in its 86-year history, according to an announcement by the resort this week. The improvements include a complete renovation of the Village Lodge, replacement of the resort’s original gondola, a reimagined day lodge experience, and expanded culinary offerings—all part of a […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Big White Ski Resort, BC, Announces $9.4M Infrastructure Investment for 2025-26 Season Big White Ski Resort will invest $9.4 million in infrastructure improvements ahead of the 2025 winter season, with upgrades aimed at enhancing sustainability, expanding guest services, and modernizing key lift systems. The resort announced the investment Thursday, June 11, calling it a strategic step in its long-term development plan. The focus for this summer includes expanding power and fiber infrastructure […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 18, 2025 0 Comments
The Supreme Court Changed the National Environmental Protection Act. Here’s What It Means For The Ski Industry The United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in Seven County County Infrastructure Coalition vs. Eagle County, which drastically changes how the highest court in the land views the National Environmental Protection Act, or NEPA. These changes could have profound implications for anyone who uses public lands, whether for recreating or for business, including the ski industry. The case, […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | June 17, 2025 1 Comment
Saudi Arabia Completes Key Tunnel as Desert Ski Resort Trojena Moves Toward 2029 Asian Winter Games Saudi Arabia’s first-ever ski resort project is advancing in the desert mountains of Neom, where developers have now completed excavation of a key tunnel linking future guests to the resort’s centerpiece lake. The milestone was announced this week as part of ongoing construction updates from Trojena, a high-altitude region within the larger Neom megaproject, a $500 billion-plus futuristic urban development […] Martin Kuprianowicz | May 27, 2025 0 Comments
League to Save Lake Tahoe Files Lawsuit Challenging the Palisades Tahoe, CA, Development Project The League to Save Lake Tahoe, Califoria, the nonprofit environmental advocacy organization behind the movement to Keep Tahoe Blue, has filed a lawsuit formally challenging Placer County’s approval of the Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan a development they claim would worsen traffic congestion, increase air pollution, erode roadways, and degrade water quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin. “As a […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 5, 2024 0 Comments
The Battle Over The Future of Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley, in addition to being home to Palisades Tahoe, a world-class ski resort, has been the site of a fierce development battle between residents of the region and Alterra. The Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan is a sweeping 25-year vision for development in Olympic Valley. Its primary stated goal is to transform Palisades Tahoe into a year-round vacation […] Zach Armstrong | September 24, 2024 0 Comments
The Race is on For Wyoming to Sell Land to Grand Teton National Park Before it’s Sold to Developers The clock is ticking for the Kelly Parcel, a 640-acre plot adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park’s southern boundary. Wyoming state land commissioners are pressured to sell land, which resulted in the Kelly Parcel being put up for public auction last year. The pressure comes from a constitutional agreement that many Western states made that requires the states to raise […] Industry News Luke Guilford | August 12, 2024 0 Comments
Luxury Four Seasons $1 Billion Development Set to Transform Telluride, CO, Mountain Village Telluride, Colorado, is set to welcome its first new luxury residential development in 15 years as Florida-based real estate firms Fort Partners and Merrimac Ventures launch sales for the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Telluride. Related: First Residential Project at Deer Valley’s New East Village Sells Out The nearly $1 billion project in the prime Mountain Village ski area […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 2, 2024 0 Comments
Ketchum, ID, Property Owner is Suing Sun Valley Resort, ID, Over New Base Terminal Lift drama is unfolding at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. The owner of a property adjacent to the new Flying Squirrel base terminal is asking Sun Valley Resort to remove and rebuild the new base terminal further away from her lodge. Marda Phelps’ property is located at 121 Picabo Street in Ketchum, Idaho, and offers a premier ski-in/ski-out experience. Along with […] Industry News Luke Guilford | May 12, 2024 0 Comments
Homewood Mountain Resort, CA, Shares 8-Year Master Plan The Master Plan by Homewood Mountain Resort, California, has been a long time in the making. In 2011, the original Master Plan was fully approved, and 11 years later in 2022, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) approved another revision of Homewood’s Master Plan. In 2024, Homewood has finally revealed its eight-year Master Plan that will result in a major […] Industry News Luke Guilford | May 1, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT’s, New Owner Pulls Real Estate Off the Market Tucked away in the Wasatch Mountains sits Powder Mountain, North America’s largest ski area by acreage, with over 8,484 acres of skiable terrain. Just this past month, Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix, became the majority owner of Powder Mountain. Hastings’ latest action as owner has paused the real estate sales of Powder Mountain. This decision has removed 25 of […] Industry News Luke Guilford | October 16, 2023 0 Comments
Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia, Lodges Application to Expand Accommodation For the first time in 30 years Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia, is looking into expanding its amount of accommodation. Event Hospitality and Entertainment (‘EVT’), which owns Thredbo Ski Resort, has lodged a Development Application with the New South Wales (‘NSW’) government to subdivide land near the Thredbo golf course and add 186 bed licenses spread out across 19 separate lots. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 13, 2023 0 Comments
Placer County Rescinds All Approvals for Massive Development at Palisades Tahoe, CA The Placer County Board of Supervisors rescinded its approval of a massive development proposed for Tahoe’s Olympic Valley at a public hearing yesterday. The vote was unanimous, and the action was compulsory. Conservation non-profit Sierra Watch had secured a court order commanding the County to “vacate and set aside its approval” of Alterra Mountain Company’s proposal to remake Tahoe with development […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 9, 2022 0 Comments
Alterra Mountain Co. Remains Committed to Stalled Development of Palisades Tahoe, CA At a Town Hall meeting in Olympic Valley Saturday, Alterra Mountain Company doubled down on its stalled development project, promising to seek a new round of approvals for its massive Tahoe proposal in 2023. Alterra owns the resort now known as Palisades Tahoe, formerly Squaw Valley, including most of the land at the mountain base. Their massive Olympic Valley development […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 1, 2022 7 Comments
47-Acres of Land for 38 Custom Homes at Base of Alpine Meadows, CA on Market for $15-Million [arve url="https://vimeo.com/618132879"] SnowBrains | October 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 8 Comments
Largest Development in Decades at Aspen Mountain, CO in Jeopardy as Key Developer Walks A key developer walked away from the voter-approved Lift One corridor project at the base of Aspen Mountain last week, leaving the whole project up in the air. Lift One Lodge developers Aaron and Michael Brown informed the city Wednesday that they are bailing because they no longer have confidence in the Gorsuch Haus group, reports the Aspen Times. Related: VIDEO: […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 23, 2019 0 Comments
Bryce Astle: An Avalanche Death that Prompted Change and ‘Good Vibes Only’ in the Community On January 5th, 2015 Bryce Astle (19) and Ronnie Berlack (20) died in an avalanche while in Austria for training with the US Ski Team. The tragedy greatly impacted people in the ski community along with family, friends, and peers of Bryce in Salt Lake City. Despite these hardships, Bryce’s family chose to focus their response with the motto Bryce […] Avalanche Sydney Stephens | November 2, 2018 0 Comments
Alta’s Proposed Mt. Baldy Tram: A Closer Look A large and controversial part of Alta’s master plan released in December of 2015 is the Mt. Baldy Tram. Seeing that Alta has been approved and able to move along with their master plan by adding a new chairlift this summer, it is important to look at what impact this tram would have. The tram is planned to run from Germania […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | August 9, 2017 0 Comments
Jumbo Glacier = Canada’s Largest Ski Resort Gets OK for Development The owners of the Jumbo Glacier ski resort have been given approval to begin construction of chairlifts and lodges by the newly designated resort municipality of Jumbo. The local Jumbo area has been designated a ‘resort municipality’ by the British Columbia Government. This area is large and extremely mountainous with no real local population. Jumbo Mayor Greg Deck and the […] Featured Article Miles Clark | May 31, 2013 6 Comments
Judge Temporarily Blocks Development at Homewood Ski Resort, CA With so much attention focused on Squaw and KSL’s planned village development, another Tahoe ski resort development has been largely overlooked. Homewood Mountain Resort on Tahoe’s West Shore has been experiencing its own “renaissance” plans the last two years as owners JMA have pushed forward proposals to build a village complete with and ice skating rink, slopeside condos, and even an amphitheater. While […] Featured Article Jesse Cassidy | April 7, 2013 5 Comments