Was the 2024–25 Season a Turning Point for North American Skiing?
The 2024-25 ski season featured some of the most significant labor actions in decades, real concerns about safety and infrastructure, and continued questions about accessibility in the evolving ski economy—but some notable signs of resilience as well.
Deer Valley Expanded Excellence Phase 1: A Surprisingly Strong Start (With One Big Catch)
The first phase of the biggest U.S. ski resort terrain expansion in decades brings some notable strengths, although one major topographical limitation hurts its effectiveness.
Ski Lifts Explained: Basic Chairs to Engineering Marvels
A comprehensive overview of every type of ski lift you will see on your winter vacation, including surface lifts, chairlifts, gondolas, tramways, mountain railways, and snowcats.
Are Ski Lift Accidents on the Rise? A Look at This Year’s Catastrophic Failures
While lift accidents have historically been rare and isolated events, this season has seen several incidents make national headlines. And these failures haven’t been restricted to just one lift type, one company, or even one country.
Loveland Planning to Replace Chair 7, Add New Trails for the 2025-26 Ski Season
This high-alpine, locally-oriented Colorado resort be replacing its oldest and lowest capacity lift for the 2025-26 ski season.
Val Thorens’ Cime Caron Tram Involved in Serious Accident, Out for 2024-25 Season
This 135-passenger aerial tramway has been damaged beyond repair and will see a full replacement for the 2025-26 season.
Vail Resorts Financials Unpacked: Fiscal Year 2024
Is Vail Resorts still an industry leader, or is this mega-corporation on the decline? We take a look at the company’s Fiscal Year 2024 financials to find out.
Monarch, CO Planning Major Terrain Expansion into No Name Basin
This high-elevation, locally-focused Colorado ski hill is set to see its first terrain expansion in two decades. The new footprint looks to introduce more challenging trails and glades.
Breckenridge Planning Peak 9 Gondola and C-Chair Upgrade
If all goes according to plan, one of the most popular resorts in Colorado may be in for some substantial crowding relief.
Jackson Hole Upgrading Sublette Lift to High-Speed Quad for 2024-25 Season
Following this lift’s replacement, Jackson Hole will offer high-speed lift access to every major terrain pod at the resort.