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Vail Just Found the Limit of the Epic Pass
The pass model still protected revenue. It did not protect trust. After one of the worst Western winters in modern ski history, Epic Pass units are down 10% and the snow hangover finally made it into Vail's sales funnel.
Week Ahead: Winter Just Crossed the Equator
Australia opened on fresh snow, New Zealand's first real wave lands this week, The Remarkables wants to become the country's biggest ski area, and Park City is suddenly a boardroom fight again.
Colorado Just Lost 3.4 Million Ski Visits
The official postmortem is here: Colorado ski areas fell 24% in 2025-26, the steepest visitation collapse in decades. This is what a bad snow year looks like after the receipts come in.
900 Ski Industry Pros Walked Into Whistler. Here's What They Talked About.
Mountain Travel Symposium 2026 brought the global ski industry together at exactly the moment it needed to be in the same room. A recap from Whistler.
52.6 Million Visits and a Whole Lot of Regret: The 2025-26 Season by the Numbers
The NSAA just confirmed what we all felt in our bones: this was a historically bad winter for Western skiing. Here's the full autopsy -- with data.
Vermont Has More Open Resorts Than Colorado. Nobody Saw That Coming.
Nine mountains still spinning in the Green Mountain State while the West shuts down. Plus: Vail angers Swiss locals, the antitrust lawsuit goes deeper, and where to ski this weekend.
The Ski Pass Duopoly Is Getting Sued
A class-action antitrust lawsuit claims Vail and Alterra rigged the game. Here's what it means for your wallet.
The Season in Numbers: A Statistical Autopsy of 2025-26
Today is April 1 -- the single most important day in western snowpack measurement. This year, the numbers are a horror show. Here's every stat that matters from a season that fell apart.
The Reckoning
A disastrous season, an antitrust lawsuit, and a CEO admitting the model is broken. The ski industry's worst winter just became an existential moment.
The Season That Fell Apart
California is melting. Colorado bookings are cratering. Resorts are shutting down weeks early. And the CEO of Alterra just walked out the door. A postmortem on the worst Western ski season in decades.