Park City Ski Patrol Strike

[GoreSkiMom]

The strike ended:

Park City Strike Ends With Increase in Wages for Ski Patrollers

The nearly two-week strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MarzNC]

Here's the short story by the AP that is likely to get picked up by media outlets that don't normally care about the ski industry.

January 9, 2024

Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory

Two hundred Utah ski patrollers have ended a nearly two-week strike and returned to work at the biggest ski resort in the U.S.

apnews.com

 

[Andy_ROC]

Joe Pampliano had a short video about this mess. No idea who Joe is but seemed decent.

 

[MarzNC]

Joe Pampliano had a short video about this mess. No idea who Joe is but seemed decent.

Decent, but also missing nuances as Vail Resorts grew beyond Colorado. My biggest quibble is that the implication is that the $500 Epic Pass in 2008 included a long list of resorts. The acquisition mode didn't really kick in until 2012 when VR bought the first three midwest resorts (formerly family-owned).

Also puts too much emphasis on VR building hotels. My understanding is that what was done when Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek were established is not being replicated at resorts added to the Epic pass after 2010. Depending on real estate for profits was a mistake that led to more than one ski industry company to disappear. The reason Apollo ended up with VR was that the business model at the time was a failure.