Your Phone Is Your Ticket to the Slopes: Vail Resorts Plans Hands-Free, Digital Access to Its North American Resorts New Guest Experience Innovation Expected by the 2023/24 North American Season Vail Resorts yesterday announced its plan to introduce a new technology that will allow guests to store their pass or lift ticket directly on their phone – eliminating the need to carry a plastic card, visit the ticket window, or wait to receive a pass or lift ticket in […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 29, 2022 3 Comments
How Dangerous is it to Leave Snow On Top of Your Car? Is it dangerous to leave snow on the top of your your car? The answer is YES! Snow and ice are very heavy and when it falls off a vehicle, it can become airborne. Ice and snow can hit oncoming cars and easily shatter windshields, injuring people inside. If California Highway Patrol (CHP) finds a vehicle with excess ice and […] Brains SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 1 Comment
The Ticket Wicket – Do You Wicket Your Ticket? Early on in the start of resort skiing, ski resorts across the country and around the world sold day passes, or lift tickets, to their customers in the same way that they still do today. The way they affixed them to skiers’ clothing in a visible manner has changed. In order for lift attendants, or “lifties,” to efficiently check them […] Industry News Chad Walker | November 15, 2019 1 Comment
Ski. Bike. Golf. Repeat | Mammoth Mountain Offers $99 Ticket Covering all Activities this Holiday Weekend Mammoth Mountain, one of the two ski areas still open for in California, and staying open through at least June 17th, will offer a $99 ticket valid for skiing, mountain biking and a round of golf on the same day this Memorial Day weekend. Available Memorial Weekend | May 26–28 Pack in as much Sierra fun as you possibly can […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 25, 2018 1 Comment