That closed in 1949. And it was only rope tows. The thing preventing ski areas in National Parks today is that parks like Rainier and Oly are...

What ski areas that were in National Parks have closed due to low traffic? As AD points out, the only two I know of are still there. Paradise...

If Kircher sold Crystal because he was afraid of fire he has no business owning any ski area in the Western lower 48. The only ski area I can think...

Land swaps. Not selling off federal land for development. It appears a large chunk of Moonlight was on private land, even before the land swap. The...

He didn't privatize it. It was federally owned BLM land and Obama made it a National Monument. Trump undid parts of that National Monument. But it...

I did look, and upon close inspection, there is wilderness that goes to near the summit of Loan Peak. But it appears Big Sky is all on private land....

There is no way in our lifetimes National Forests, let alone wilderness areas and National Parks get privatized. Most likely not in our children's,...

You're really arguing that Big Sky is just like Crystal? Big Sky is surrounded by private land, roads, homes, and development. There is a 100%...

That already exists: https://www.denverwater.org/recreation/dillon-resevoir Pumps water across the Continental Divide to Denver.

The PNW is different. Unlike resorts in the Rockies, our ski areas are surrounded by National Forests with very little private land. Our ski resorts...

I guess that's my biggest complaint with Kircher. I don't agree with all of the master development plan. Kircher wanted to sell to an owner that...

I'll never boycot Crystal, no matter what. I have no choice. It would be like you refusing to ski at Bachelor. Then what's the point of living in...

Great, now that East Peak has mostly burned, you don't have to worry about the base area burning for a long, long time. The burn zone is one giant...

I know this is a joke but Greenwater is a massive flood/lahar plain. There is not much more development that you will see there. And we have urban...

It's because Bachelor is owned by another spoiled rich kid who was handed all his money from daddy.

Vail, Inc. has been around and traded publicly since 1997. By comparison, Amazon was founded in 1994. So Vail is just as entrenched as other...

Alterra has already announced plans to build a 100 room hotel at the base. They break ground on that after they finish the new lodge that is being...

Ok, where do we draw the line? Forcing electric vehicles on the public is ok. Should we force solar on all new construction? Should we ban natural...

But the person in the city who doesn't drive and relies on transit and ride shares to get around would still be paying their fair share. The gas tax...

To be completely honest, Alterra's management of Crystal has irked me in some ways, but overall, the skiing experience is still enjoyable and not...

A per miles driven tax is not anti free market. It is simply forcing those who consume resources to pay for the true costs of their consumption....

In a perfect world, California wouldn't force people to go electric whether they want to or not. But in a perfect world, we wouldn't have...

I agree with AR that a free market economy is the essential basis of the American economy and that we should only rely on regulation to manipulate...

Lots of fucking apologist here. The guy was handed a ski area by his daddy and then said, I don't want it, and sold it to Alterra. His family owns 11...

The owner of White Pass can claim that Vail (or Alterra) doesn't want to buy White Pass all they want, but I don't believe it. It's just posturing so...

I totally understand why Alterra and Vail each desperately wanted to acquire a Seattle area ski resort. There's 4 million people in Seattle metro,...

Bacherlor, Big Sky, and Sun Valley are all legitimate destination resorts. Crystal and Stevens are not, and never will be no matter how hard Alterra...

He bought it from his Dad. Is that really buying it? Alterra and Vail would love to buy all these ski areas but they can't if the current owners...

I completely agree. Have you seen Alterra's plans for Palisades in California? Rip out all the parking to build hotel, condo, timeshares, along with...

Then why doesn't Baker sell to Vail? Why doesn't White Pass sell to Alterra? Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming are all devoid of Alterra and...