Highlands’ lift fleet has changed little since a push for upgrades in the ’90s. SkiCo wants to “be in business forever” and can’t do that on essence alone.
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Aspen’s World Cup ski racing future depends on clarity around Lift One corridor development
An FIS spokesperson relayed concerns from race officials that “some of the proposed developments in that zone could potentially restrict the space and infrastructure needed to deliver a top-tier event” and, in turn, negatively impact Aspen’s World Cup prospects.
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Now ‘Chalet Alpina’ and an Aman hotel, two lodging projects in the Lift One corridor work through city permit review
Earlier projections from developers indicated construction would already be underway by now, but to date, no one has started major digging on their projects. Many of their plans are intertwined, requiring collaboration between stakeholders to ensure the order of operations flows smoothly.
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APSPA: From corporate burr to community asset
The role Aspen’s Ski Patrol has played in holding Ski Co. accountable through ownership and management changes for fair wages and working conditions, which benefitted employees across the board.
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You fall, we haul
As the slow-boiling frog of unaffordability in Aspen approached lukewarm in the 1970s, the ski patrol again challenged Brown to increase wages and compensate seniority skills. Standing out in the recollections of a local few was the failed affiliation with the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters and the resulting strike between 1971-1972.
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SkiCo closes Hero’s ski area boundary, impacting backcountry access
The move to close the boundary, unveiled when the company released this winter’s trail map in August, came in part at the request of landowners of two adjacent parcels, one of which is being marketed as a multimillion dollar real estate investment.
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SkiCo-funded methane-capture project no longer generates electricity
Aspen Skiing Co. had provided most of the capital investment for the system, which was generating 3 megawatts of baseload power. But things didn’t turn out exactly as Caskey and the rest of the project partners had hoped,
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Aspen’s skiing history: an evolving timeline
In February 1880, B. Clark Wheeler ‘skis’ into town from Leadville on Norwegian snowshoes to complete the first survey of Ute City. He renames the town Aspen.