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Winter Park Resort, CO Changes Derogatory and Offensive Chairlift Name

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Winter Park Resort, CO, has this season changed the potentially derogatory name of one of its oldest chairlifts. The Eskimo Express, installed in the early 1960s, will henceforth be known as the Explorer Express. Last year, the resort looked over all their runs and lifts to determine if any of them were offensive (shame they didn’t have a crystal ball, as […]

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