Park City, UT, Base Redevelopment Plans Spark Online Petition In February of 2020, PEG Companies submitted plans to redevelop the base at Park City. Over the past two years, in cooperation with Vail Resorts, Park Cityโs owner, PEG, has deliberated with the city.ย Their plans include developing up to 800,000 square feet of dense structures across a ten-acre site. It would consist of condos, hotels, a retail space that […] Industry News Aunika Skogen | March 9, 2022 2 Comments
Washington Attorney General Asking For People With Complaints About Stevens Pass Ski Area to Contact Him In a Tweet yesterday, the Washington Attorney General (AG) asked for people with complaints about Stevens Pass Ski Resort to get in touch. 80 people have already contacted him. โMy office has received more than 80 complaints about the Stevens Pass Ski Resort in the past two months. This is a significant number of complaints in a short period of […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 20, 2022 3 Comments
Man Who Started Stevens Pass, WA, Petition Asks Epic Pass Holders to ‘Cancel Auto-Renew’ on Next Season’s Pass The Stevens Pass, WA, skier who started a petition against Vail Resorts for what he calls ‘mismanagement of the ski area’ yesterday updated the petition asking Epic Pass holders to ‘cancel auto-renew’ on next season’s pass. “Vail thinks of itself as skiing as a service or a subscription, like Netflix. They have our money for 21-22 season but one key […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 18, 2022 6 Comments
Petition Started Asking Purgatory Resort, CO, to Name a Ski Run After Local Legend Who Recently Died of Cancer A petition has been organized asking Purgatory Resort, CO, to name a run after a longstanding member of the community and former resort employee who sadly passed away from cancer recently. Barry Kemler (Carmine) had a long history at Purgatory Resort. He was the F&B manager in the early nineties, in charge of feeding the entire resort including the first-ever […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 22, 2021 0 Comments
Employees Start Petition to Prevent Alta Ski Area, UT Changing Terrain Alta Ski Area, UT is planning on grading and merging Nina’s Curve and Schuss Gully runs into one more gradual slope and wider run, a move a group of locals is unhappy about. Related: How Alta Avoided Glitz & Glam and Stayed True To Its Roots The @altaliftcrew Instagram account has started an online petition to try and stop the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 14, 2021 2 Comments
Center for Biological Diversity Submits Petition to Ban “Cyanide Bombs” The Center for Biological Diversity recently submitted a petition to the public to ban the use of sodium cyanide in devices called M-44s. These devices, also known also as “cyanide bombs,” are used to kill wildlife that may pose threats to humans, livestock, or property. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Trump Administration, recently approved the use of M-44s […] Brains Galen Carrico | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
To Receive Funding Should a Chunk of Big Cottonwood Canyon become the Official Town of Brighton? Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, Utah, receive 3.5 million visitors a year and are especially busy this time of year when families flock to the canyons to take a walk or family portraits among the fall colors. To put that into perspective, Big Cottonwood Canyon receives 75% of the visitors of Yellowstone, but in a geographic footprint that is 1% […] Industry News Steven Agar | October 2, 2017 0 Comments