March 2, 2009: KILLINGTON, Vermont — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in the East, today announces lower 2009-10 Unlimited season pass prices and an extended season operating schedule.
So read the headline at AlpineZone.Com a couple of days ago. Is the recession going to bring relief from rising skiing prices to skiers? [...]

So sad to learn; another members only exclusive club is in the news- Stowe Mountain Resort’s  Stowe Mountain Club recently announced the opening of their Alpine Club building as a hub for its operations.
According to their website: For generations, families have shared the magic of Stowe. Now, there is a club worthy of this inspiring [...]

The financial woes impacting the credit markets have claimed a major ski resort as a new victum. Hailed as the first new major ski resort in years when it opened a couple of years ago, Tamarack Resort will close this Thursday, according to the IdahoStatesman.com. A few months ago the resort sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy [...]

Earlier this month I blogged about the growing trend of ski resorts creating expensive, exclusive  private membership clubs to coddle (and profit handsomely from) the wealthy.  I groused about these clubs because the resorts give these members special privileges to get on the ski lifts before the rest of us. Just yesterday I overheard a [...]

Great news from John Urdi, Grand Targhee’s Marketing Director-
The first Grand Targhee “Carpool Sunday” was a great success with more than 200 coupons being handed out and roughly 60 vehicles participating. Some drove in asking point blank where to pick up coupons (one truck in particular with about 8 people packed in) and others were [...]

It’s hard to miss all the deals being offered by ski resorts and ski shops these days as they try to harvest as many of the more scarce skier dollars as they can. But, is the ski business really suffering? Are all the deals saving the industry? USA Today recently did an article on how [...]

I don’t buy a lot of junk. I’m not much of a consumer, and that includes skis stuff. The skis I do own, I ski until bases and the edges  look like they were last tuned by Red Green before I retire them. So I appreciate a good ski shop and a good ski tech. [...]

Even if you only have half as many millions in your portfolio this winter as you did last winter, why not spend a little with the Baron Benjamin de Rothschild at his B&B in the French ski resort Megeve?
His Domaine du Mont d’Arbois offers many accommodation choices, but why not book the first floor Baronne [...]

Here’s a trend I don’t like. Once resorts discover a new way to cater to the wealthy that increases their profit margin, the cost of skiing for the rest of us goes up too. The wealthy want “better” food choices; soon everyone has to pay $9 for a burger. The wealthy only do private lessons; [...]

Quite a bit of ink has been spilt this week covering and commenting upon the bankruptcy filing of the Yellowstone Club. There is definitely some “rich”  irony at work when some of the world’s richest people watch as their pricey private club falls victim to greed, mismanagement and collateral damage from the bigger financial crisis; [...]