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Construction Season

Park City Mountain's Lift Upgrades Have Been Stuck in Court for Four Years. The Olympics Are Eight Years Away.

Vail Resorts wants to turn Silverlode into an 8-pack and replace the aging Eagle lift with a 6-pack. Residents want answers about traffic. A judge sided with the residents. Now Round 2 is underway -- and the clock is ticking toward 2034.

May 14, 20269 min readpark-city, vail-resorts, silverlode, eagle-lift, construction-season, doppelmayr, 2034-olympics, planning-commission, lift-upgrades, utah
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
News

Week Ahead: Vail Closes Wednesday. The Lights Are Going Out.

The biggest ski resort in Colorado is calling it quits 11 days early. Just 7 resorts remain statewide -- and the numbers are dropping fast everywhere.

Apr 6, 20266 min readweek-ahead, closures, vail, spring-skiing, april-2026, colorado, utah, pnw, california, mammoth, season-end
News

Last Call: The Biggest Closing Weekend in Decades

Easter Sunday will kill more ski seasons simultaneously than any day in recent memory. Here's where to make your last turns -- and who's hanging on.

Apr 3, 20267 min readclosures, spring-skiing, april-2026, storm-recap, colorado, utah, pnw, california, closing-day, easter
Week Ahead

Week Ahead: April's Last Gift -- A Storm Arrives Just in Time for the Funerals

Reuters is writing obituaries for the ski industry. Meanwhile, 6-9 inches are headed for the Rockies and PNW. Here's who can still use them.

Mar 30, 20267 min readforecast, closures, april-storm, spring-skiing, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, predictions, colorado, utah, wyoming, pnw
Week Ahead

Week Ahead: The Great Meltdown -- 50+ Resorts Closed Early and the Dominoes Keep Falling

The 2025-26 ski season is in full collapse across the West. Here's who's still standing, who gave up, and what comes next.

Mar 23, 20267 min readforecast, closures, heatwave, spring-skiing, utah, colorado, california, idaho, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, vail-resorts, gen-z
Guide

The Spring Skiing Survival Guide

Half the West is closing early. The other half is hanging on. Here's exactly where you can still ski -- and where you should be heading right now.

Mar 20, 20267 min readspring skiing, closures, 2025-26, california, utah, colorado, tahoe, mammoth, jackson hole, guide, weekend preview