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Colorado ski resorts are in an uphill battle for workers amid the historic labor shortage

‘Help wanted’ ads outnumber ‘for rent’ listings in communities enduring housing, worker shortages

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado ski resort offers a $49+ chance to skip the lift line, triggering a skier backlash

U.S. senator calls on Powdr to kill the program

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wolf Creek Ski Area to open this weekend, making it the first in Colorado

Owner warns of early season conditions, with 14 inches of new snow

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging ski areas’ use of waivers to avoid lawsuits

Woman injured by chairlift says no other industry in state is granted blanket immunity

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A new strategy in the season ski pass war: medical insurance policies

Telluride passes will cover up to $25,000 in medical bills

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court ends decade-long fight over teen skier’s death in Vail inbounds avalanche

Family argued resort failed to properly close run when slide danger was high

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sen. Bennet introduces bill to retain ski fees in national forests

Resorts pay millions to federal government every year

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pandemic accelerated Colorado ski resorts’ technological advances

‘We took a multiyear process and did it in like five months,’ one operator says

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ski patrollers at Breckenridge vote 43-42 to unionize

Increasing cost of living coupled with stagnant wages has buoyed efforts for unionization

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado ski areas aren’t talking about skier fatalities, but coroners are

At least 11 skiers were killed in traumatic crashes during 2020-21 season

DATE: May 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teenager breaks North American record for most vertical feet climbed in 24 hours

Grace Staberg, 19, skied up Copper Mountain more than 21 times in one day

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Purgatory Resort wraps up 2020-21 ski season

Major maintenance planned for Purgatory Village Express before next year

DATE: Apr 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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