Vail Resorts to Increase Employee Minimum Wage by 11.3% Despite a ‘Challenging Snow Year’ Thanks to new US tax law, Vail Resorts will increase the minimum wage at its US and Canadian resorts and has announced a 40 percent increase in its quarterly dividend to shareholders, reports Vail Daily. During a Thursday, March 9, earnings call, Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz said the company will see a cash savings of about $40 million in […] Industry News Steven Agar | March 9, 2018 0 Comments
Hakuba Valley, Japan Joins the Epic Pass for 2018/19 Season Hakuba Valley, Japan is the latest international destination to join the Epic Pass for the 2018-19 season. Hakuba Valley is located in the northern part of the Nagano Prefecture at the base of Japan’s Northern Alps and played host to the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, reports opensnow.com. “We are pleased to include Hakuba Valley among the world-class mountain resorts that […] Industry News Steven Agar | March 7, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tribute to Henry, Vail’s First Avalanche Dog From his first shift in January of 2009, rescue dog Henry is still serving on Vail’s patrol team all these years later. Now a much larger team of rescue dogs, this tribute video to the founding member is one that will have you holding back the tears. Industry News Steven Agar | February 16, 2018 0 Comments
Hiker Lost Near Vail Failed to tell Searchers he was with a Friend when Rescued | Friend Later Found Dead in same Area A man who got lost in the woods east of the Vail ski area Monday was rescued by searchers, but the body of his friend who had gone hiking with him was later found in the same area, reports The Denver Post. The dead man was identified as Samuel Failla, 24, of New Jersey. The first man called 911 about 7 […] Steven Agar | February 7, 2018 3 Comments
VIDEO: NBC Release Inspirational Lindsey Vonn SuperBowl Commercial Hot on the heels of Mikaela Shiffrin’s SuperBowl commercial, NBC have released their Lindsey Vonn ‘Winter Olympics best of U.S.’ SuperBowl ad. You go girl. Goosebumps much? Olympics Steven Agar | January 31, 2018 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn Claims 79th World Cup Victory | Needs Only 7 More to Equal All-Time Record Lindsey Vonn reignited her Olympic hopes with a victory in the downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy on Saturday, only her second downhill win in a year and moves to within seven of the record of World Cup wins. This latest victory takes her tally to 79 World Cup victories, the most of any woman and second only to the 86 […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 22, 2018 0 Comments
Body in Creek Spotted by Skier Riding Gondola at Vail, CO A skier riding a lift at Vail ski area spotted the body of a man lying face up in Gore Creek near Lionshead Tuesday morning, reports The Denver Post. According to police, the man was Maldwyn George Zang, 59, a longtime Vail local. He wasn’t wearing snow gear and there were sunglasses and a backpack (containing a Vail Daily newspaper […] Steven Agar | January 17, 2018 0 Comments
Go Mikaela! Shiffrin Claims 40th World Cup Victory | Just 2 away from World Cup History A day after achieving her 39th World Cup victory, Mikaela Shiffrin (Vail, CO) swept towards World Cup history with her 40th victory in Sunday’s slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. In spite of a touch of flu, the rainy weather, and adverse course conditions, Shiffrin opened up a 1.47sec first run advantage and on her second run extended her winning margin […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 8, 2018 1 Comment
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