Vail Resorts: Earnings are WAY Up This Quarter Day lift passes at Vail Mountain, Colorado and neighboring Beaver Creek will hit $219 a day during the holiday season, the most expensive walk-up lift passes in the country. Related: Vail and Beaver Creek, CO Will Charge $219 for a Walk-Up Lift Ticket this Holiday Yesterday, Vail Resorts reported that season pass sales through December 2 for the current North American […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 11, 2019 1 Comment
Vail Resorts Announces $215-Million Capital Plan for 2020 | New Chairlifts at Breckenridge, Keystone; New Terrain at Beaver Creek Vail Resorts, Inc. yesterday announced a series of major capital improvements across its resorts that are designed to make getting on and around its mountains faster and easier through terrain expansions, new lifts, and expanded restaurant experiences. The new projects are part of the company’s calendar year 2020 capital plan of approximately $210 million to $215 million to enhance the […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 10, 2019 4 Comments
Vail and Beaver Creek, CO Will Charge $219 for a Walk-Up Lift Ticket this Holiday Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado have revealed that their single-day walk-up price during the holiday period will be $219 this year. Similarly, Deer Valley in Utah will charge $209. Elsewhere, Aspen Skiing Co. will charge $184 per day if purchased in advance, but they have yet to release their walk-up price. Last season, Vail and Beaver Creek caused an uproar […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 9, 2019 4 Comments
Huge Storm Will Enable Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Northstar California to OPEN this Week The winter storm hitting the Sierra Nevada this week comes just in time for many resorts who have opening days on the horizon. Kirkwood Mountain Resort, CA who were originally scheduled to open last week, will finally get their lifts turning this Friday, 29th November with the added bonus of up to 4-feet of fresh snow, and Heavenly Resort plan on […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 26, 2019 0 Comments
Tahoe Fund Meets Campaign Goal For Lily Lake Trail Thanks to Triple Funding Match by Vail Resorts Contributions from Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise guest donation program helped meet funding gap required to complete new multi-use trail accessing Fallen Leaf Lake and Desolation Wilderness Thanks to a triple match from Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise guest donation program at Northstar, Heavenly and Kirkwood, completion of the Lily Lake Trail will be a reality in 2020. Earlier this year, the planned 2.1-mile […] SnowBrains | November 22, 2019 0 Comments
Vail Resorts’ Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Northstar Are ALL Postponing Opening | Blaming Warm Weather Vail Resorts’ Heavenly Mountain, Kirkwood, and Northstar California announced yesterday that opening days will be postponed, due to unusually warm November weather that limited snowmaking production. Related: NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Sierra Nevada | California Ski Resorts Could See 6-12″ SNOW Heavenly will now target Wednesday, Nov. 27 and Northstar will target Friday, Nov. 29 to open for skiing […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 20, 2019 1 Comment
Vail, CO Opening Day 2019 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 […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 19, 2019 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Releases 2018/19 EpicPromise Progress Report | Significant Progress Made Towards Sustainability Goal Vail Resorts Inc. today released its second annual EpicPromise Progress Report which highlights significant progress toward the company’s bold sustainability goal, Commitment to Zero, and details its ongoing community and employee giving programs. The report, which covers the 2018/19 season, outlines big wins in energy efficiency and waste reduction as well as $14.5 million in community and employee grants. Related: Vail […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 18, 2019 1 Comment
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