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Vail, CO Is Attempting to Permanently Ban Marijuana

Mike Connolly is the general manager of Triumph Mountain PropertiesMike Connolly is the general manager of Triumph Mountain Properties

Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado. However, the town of Vail has put a temporary ban on marijuana sales in 2014. Vail is now trying to make that temporary ban permanent. On Tuesday night, the Vail Town Council will consider the first reading of a permanent ban on marijuana sales in Vail. That ban could be potentially overturned by the same town council in the future. Colorado passed Amendment 64 and legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. This amendment gives towns and counties the ability to ban retail marijuana operations if desired. Very few towns and counties have chosen to do so.
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Colorado Supreme Court Rules on In-Bound Avalanche Liability

When skiing in-bounds, you probably aren’t thinking about the potential of a deadly avalanche – resorts take care of that, right? But in a single day in 2012, two men died in avalanches IN BOUNDS on open trails in Colorado. Taft Conlin from Eagle County, only 13-years old, died in a snowslide on the Prima Cornice trail at Vail. Christopher Norris, a 28-year old father of two, was buried in a slide within the ski area at Winter Park. Both tragic deaths spurred lawsuits, and the Colorado […]
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Vail Raises Single Day Ticket to $160

Single day, walk-up lift tickets have seen another increase in pricing this week at numerous Colorado ski destinations owned by Vail Resorts. Selling at $145 the Wednesday before Christmas, single day tickets to Vail and Beaver Creek are now $159 during the holiday season. These tickets also provide access to Breckenridge, Keystone, and Arapahoe Basin, all of which are owned by Vail Resorts. Resorts outside of CO are raising prices for the holiday season too – Deer Valley, Utah, went from $114 to $120. Whistler/Blackcomb, in […]
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“Vail Is Not the Enemy” | By Derek Taylor

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(note: Derek Taylor was the editor of Powder Magazine from 2008 to 2012. He wrote this piece for Outdoor Magazine.) Vail has gotten a lot of flak recently. Their lawyer-powered acquisition of Park City ski resort in Utah has kept them in the headlines for the past year. Vail now owns 11 ski resorts: Park City & The Canyons in Utah Kirkwood, Heavenly, & Northstar in California Beaver Creek, Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge in Colorado Afton Alps in Minnesota Mount Brighton in Michigan Some think that this enormous consolidation of the ski industry is a bad thing. Derek Taylor thinks it’s a good thing. One thing is for sure: Vail’s Epic Pass […]
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VAIL: Park City & Canyons WILL CONNECT in 2015/16

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Vail just bought Park City ski resort last week for $182.5 million. What many of us missed in the announcement is that they stated that they will be connecting Park City ski resort to the Canyons ski resort (also run by Vail). When these two ski resorts connect, it’ll create the largest ski resort in the USA. The Canyons has 4,000 skiable acres. Park City has 3,300 skiable acres. Combined, they’d have over 7,400 skiable acres making it the biggest ski […]
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Park City, UT Pays $17.5 Million to Operate This Winter:

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On Friday, September 5th, 2014 a Utah District Judge stated that Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) would have to post a $17.5 million bond to operate the Park City ski resort during the 2014/15 winter season. If they don’t post this bond, they’d be evicted and would not be able to open the ski resort this winter. Yesterday, PCMR agreed to pay the $17.5 million to operate this winter. This is great news as it means that the ski resort will be open this winter. PCMR is appealing the ruling that they have to move out and Vail is going to move […]
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Did Park City Execute the Greatest Blunder of All-Time?

A recent court order all but seems to have closed the book on the struggle to control the resort at Park City, Utah. In what apparently was an oversight of the most colossal variety, the former operators of Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) missed the deadline for renewing their lease. Always the opportunist, Vail Resorts swooped in and snatched it from their grasp. A shocking turn of events to say the least. Somewhere, someone at PCMR […]
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