Vail Resorts 2020-21 Skier Visits Are -17%, Ticket Revenue -21%, and Dining Revenue -66% Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 3, 2021, and for the prior-year period through January 5, 2020. The reported ski season metrics are for their North American destination mountain resorts and regional ski areas and exclude the results of Australian ski areas […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 15, 2021 1 Comment
Vail Resorts Refusing Refunds to Customers Unable to Use Epic Pass Due to Covid-19 Travel Restrictions Epic Pass holders on the east coast are unhappy with Vail Resorts for “forcing them to either violate state pandemic travel restrictions or lose significant money they paid for ski passes,” reports WVCB. Related: Epic Pass Announces New Pass Coverage — Free with Every Pass Vermont travel restrictions, requiring any out of staters to quarantine, mean some Epic Pass customers […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 15, 2021 85 Comments
Free Avalanche Beacon Training Park Near Vail, CO White River National Forest and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) just installed a new beacon training park just off of the I-70 near Vail, CO. The new training park gives backcountry users a free and convenient location to practice avalanche rescue. Users need to provide their own avalanche rescue equipment: a beacon, shovel, and probe. The training park is […] Avalanche Dominic Gawel | December 26, 2020 1 Comment
Vail Resorts Requests Summit County, CO (Breckenridge, Keystone) Remove Current Skier Capacity Limits Social media posts put out by Vail Resorts’ Summit County, CO ski areas reveal that the company has submitted a request to the Summit County Public Health Department to have the current capacity restrictions at ski resorts removed. Both Breckenridge and Keystone posted the message yesterday. While capacity limits have not been made public (they’re trade secrets), skier capacities at […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 23, 2020 0 Comments
Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz Apologizes to Guests for Recent ‘Unacceptable’ Customer Service Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz has admitted in an open apology letter that the recent customer service experience for many guests is unacceptable and details how the company will address the issues going forward. There were always going to be many unknowns going into this season, and Katz admits for all they got right, there are areas where they clearly […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 14, 2020 5 Comments
Vail Resorts Blames Covid-19 for $153.8-Million Loss Last Quarter | Advanced Pass Product Sales Up 20% to More Than 1.4-Million Units Yesterday, Vail Resorts announced a net loss of $153.8-million in the first quarterly earnings call of their 2021 fiscal year. The loss represents a decrease of 44.4% compared to the same quarter last year as the reality of covid-19 bites. Revenue of $136 million was down 50.8% year over year. Our results for the first quarter continued to be negatively impacted by […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 11, 2020 1 Comment
Vail Resorts Colorado Employees Not Allowed to Ski This Weekend as Reservations Are Full Employees of Vail Resorts’ Colorado ski areas might as well be working this weekend because they won’t be allowed to ski or ride. Reservations at Vail (and also Breckenridge and Keystone) are full for Saturday and Sunday this weekend, meaning employees go to the back of the line. Related: Vail Resorts Blames Covid-19 for $153.8-Million Loss Last Quarter | Advanced Pass […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 11, 2020 0 Comments
3 Employees File Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts Alleging Federal and State Labor Law Violations Three employees have filed a lawsuit against their employer, Vail Resorts, alleging the company “systematically fails to pay its hourly employees for all hours worked” and repeatedly violates federal and state labor laws in California, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. “Vail Resorts has exploited plaintiffs and thousands of other seasonal employees in violation of federal and state […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 9, 2020 5 Comments
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