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POWDR Corp. Announces It Will Not Sell Mt. Bachelor, OR, After All

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After nearly eight months of speculation and anticipation, POWDR Corp. announced on Friday, April 4, that it will no longer pursue the sale of Mt. Bachelor. The company, which has owned the Central Oregon resort since 2001, stated that it had evaluated all factors involved and ultimately decided to retain ownership “indefinitely.” “There are numerous factors involved in evaluating a […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | April 5, 2025
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All the Latest Updates on Locals’ Plan to Purchase Mt. Bachelor, OR

[Updated March 10, 2025] On August 22, 2024, POWDR Corporation announced it was selling Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, Vermont, to local pass holders, as well as three other resorts, including Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, which it has owned since 2001 and is the largest ski resort in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly after the announcement, a local group, now called Mount Bachelor Community […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | March 10, 2025
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Solitude, UT, Calls Locals a “Threat” to its Business, Later Offers Clarification

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At its annual end-of-season Town Hall meeting, Solitude Mountain, UT, presented a PowerPoint presentation that labeled locals as a threat to its business. Related: [VIDEO] All The Snow Records Utah Ski Areas Broke Last Season The presentation was a five-year plan with a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. Under “Threats: What could prevent us?”, it simply listed “Locals.” […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | June 29, 2023
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Big Sky Resort, MT

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Growing up in Big Sky, I learned to ski when I was two and I was in Ski School every week until I was too old.  As part of gym class at Ophir School, we also had the opportunity to ski during school days on Fridays during the winter.  And, extra bonus, on Wednesdays I got out of school early […]

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Gabrielle Gasser | June 12, 2020
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Vail, CO Opening Day 2019

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Vail, Colorado is now open for the 2019-2020 winter season! Lifts started spinning at the resort last Friday, November 15th. New for this season at Vail is a snowmaking system with approximately 80 fixed location cannons lining the sides of runs like trees.  Snowmaking crews have been hard at work all preseason, and locals report that the snow was riding […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 19, 2019
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