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First Trails Cut at New Mayflower Mountain Resort, UT, as Construction Begins
The Wasatch County Council heard an update at their meeting last week on the proposed work for the new Mayflower Mountain Resort (MMR).
Although skiing is not targeted to open until late 2024, the New York-based real estate firm Extell Development Company (EDC) is moving ahead with construction on some of the trails; 14 skiing and 11 hiking and biking trails, to be exact. These trails only mark the beginning of the process. There’s estimated to have close to 1,000 skiable acres with 15 lifts and one gondola when it is finally completed.
To read the full article: First Trails Cut at New Mayflower Mountain Resort, UT, as Construction Begins
Utah’s Newest Billion Dollar Ski Area Hoping to Partner With Deer Valley Resort for Lift Operations
Article based on original reporting done by KPCW
As construction begins and trails are being cut at Mayflower Mountain Resort, Utah’s newest billion-dollar ski resort, negotiations are going on behind the scenes to partner with neighboring Deer Valley Resort. An agreement has yet to be made, but administrators say the two resorts could strike a deal soon.
To achieve the goal of a soft opening in 2024, the operators of Mayflower need to partner with a lift operator, with Deer Valley the primary option.
“We’re making great inroads. We have great communication going with Extell and Mayflower, and the Mayflower project is something that we’re very interested in — only if it’s additive to Deer Valley.”
– Mark Brownlie, Deer Valley interim Chief Operating Officer and COO of parent company Alterra
If guests could move between the resorts, would that mean that snowboarders would finally be allowed at Deer Valley? Unlikely, Brownlie confirmed.
To read the full article: Utah’s Newest Billion Dollar Ski Area Hoping to Partner With Deer Valley Resort for Lift Operations
Entire Management Team at Gunstock Mount Resort, NH, Resigns Over Potential Privatization of Resort
The entire management team at Gunstock Mountain Resort, NH, quit on Wednesday night at the Gunstock Area Commission meeting, walking out in protest of the potential privatization of New Hampshire’s only county-owned ski area.
For more details, check out the full article: Entire Management Team at Gunstock Mount Resort, NH, Resigns Over Potential Privatization of Resort
Top 11 U.S. Big Mountain Ski Resorts: Opinion From a Freestyle Skier
Lists are inherently wrong no matter how you look at them. There will almost always be something to argue about. So why make them at all? Well…I love a good debate.
There are no set factors that I decided to rate each resort on. The majority of this list are resorts that I have had experience skiing and I ranked them based on “general feel”. You might also be asking yourself what I mean exactly by “Big Mountain Skiing”. For starters, it does not necessarily mean resorts with large expanses of terrain or high verticals. Think of the Freeride World Tour (If you have not seen the tour check it out here). It is a style of freestyle skiing that encompasses skiing steep and technical faces while also showing off-air and style.
To read the full article: Top 11 U.S. Big Mountain Ski Resorts: Opinion From a Freestyle Skier
2 Killed in Gangland Shooting at Whistler Mountain Resort, BC
Two people were shot dead at Whistler Mountain Resort, BC, yesterday afternoon. RCMP has arrested a number of suspects.
The incident happened behind the Sundial and Pan Pacific Hotels near Skier’s Plaza, close to the base of Whistler Mountain. Police were called to the scene at 12:20 pm and arrived to find one man deceased and another in distress. Efforts were unsuccessfully made to preserve the man’s life and he died later in hospital.
For the full article: 2 Killed in Gangland Shooting at Whistler Mountain Resort, BC
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