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Construction Season
Aspen Just Spent $80 Million Because Winter Is Getting Shorter
Two new lifts, a gutted restaurant, and aggressive snowmaking upgrades -- all in one summer. Inside Aspen Snowmass's biggest single-year investment and why climate change is driving the urgency.
May 15, 20269 min readaspen-snowmass, construction-season, elk-camp, cirque, ullrhof, snowmaking, climate-change, lifts, aspen-one
News
The Forest Service Just Told Ski Resorts They Don't Have to Be Ski Resorts Anymore
A quiet rule change dropped three weeks ago. After the worst season in 50 years, it might be the most important story in skiing.
Apr 17, 20267 min readforest-service, climate-change, summer-operations, ski-industry, closing-dates, spring-skiing, mountain-biking, public-lands
News
Week Ahead: The Last 23 Standing
Only 23 western resorts are still open. Utah gets a surprise April storm. A 'forgotten coup' explains how the ski monopoly happened. And 85% of ski workers are alarmed about climate change.
Apr 13, 20267 min readweek-ahead, spring-skiing, utah, climate-change, antitrust, closing-dates, prediction-markets, april-2026