Or look around the parking lots at the ski behemoth's various properties, which include Park City, Beaver Creek, and Stowe, where cars are frequently adorned with "Vail Sucks" stickers.
Vail Resorts, which faced backlash over a Park City ski patrol strike, gets hate from locals and ski bums over the corporatization of skiing.
A recent strike at a major resort has put the spotlight on what a bad deal both workers and visitors are getting.
The 2024–2025 ski season has ushered in unprecedented ... This surge has left many skiers reeling from sticker shock. At premier destinations like Vail in Colorado and Park City in Utah, walk ...
They’re called ski bums, after all ... with one of two giant corporations: Vail and Alterra. This consolidation is perhaps the main reason the sticker price of skiing, never cheap, has become ...
But cheaper skiing hasn't deterred people from lampooning Vail online or displaying angry bumper stickers in ski town parking lots — spotlighting a tension over the soul of Vermont ski culture ...
We were, I realized, always living history, and needed to respect it. Sure, every ski area has its quirks to make fun of, but ...
Needless to say, Colorado is kind of a ski mecca and home to some of the nation’s biggest and most renowned ski resorts and best snow in places like Vail ... bumper stickers you'll see on ...