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New Formula Ranks World’s Largest Ski Areas

Largest Ski Area

Ski Industry experts Montenius Consult have released a 40-page report detailing and ranking the world’s largest ski areas. The report was compiled by Christoph Schrahe, known in the industry for accurately measuring ski area statistics. In The Snow reports that Schrahe used an updated and more comprehensive formula for his 2019 report, using a measurement called “SkiMiles” to rank the […]

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Dylan Craig | July 31, 2019
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Fire at Michigan’s Boyne Highlands Main Lodge Injures 12

Harbor Springs, Michigan: Over the weekend an early morning fire ripped through the Main Lodge at Boyne Highlands ski resort. The blaze began at approximately 1:30 am Sunday morning. Sixty-four of the rooms were occupied that night, with a total of 113 guests. Twelve of the guests were injured, one seriously. The 23-year-old man was transported to a nearby hospital […]

Robin Azer | December 12, 2016
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Powder Mountain, UT = The New Largest Ski Resort in the USA at 8,000-Acres…

Powder Mountain ski resort in Ogden, UT will soon be the largest ski resort in the USA at 7,957-skiable acres (8,464 acres if you include their cat skiing terrain).  The only ski resort with more lift served terrain in North America is Whistler Blackcomb, B.C. at 8,171 acres. Powder Mountain is currently going through the largest lift-served ski terrain expansion […]

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Park City, UT Is Now the Largest Ski Resort in the USA

Park City + The Canyons now = "Park City"

After buying bought Park City for $182.5 million, Vail is now now connecting Park City to The Canyons (which Vail already runs) to create the largest ski resort in the USA at 7,300+ acres. The new ski resort will simply be called “Park City” but the old canyons […]

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Park City & Canyons to Connect in 2015 | Largest Ski Resort in USA Being Formed

Park City and Canyons will connect

Park City was bought by Vail this year after an epic legal battle with PowdrCorp. Vail now owns Park City and The Canyons ski resorts and they are adjacent to each other. The logical next move? Join them together and make the largest ski resort in the USA at 7,300 acres of skiable terrain. Vail will be putting $50 million into the two resorts. Projects include a new gondola, a new restaurant, some undefined new chairlifts, and more. This […]

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