It looks like it’s been a tough year for ski instructors and real estate agents in ski towns. We all know about the piling up of inventories of unsold properties across ski country and I’d heard anecdotal reports of a fall off in ski lessons. At last week’s Mountain Travel Symposium, an annual affair where [...]
The Rossignol Group (Rossignol, Dynastar Look and Lange) announce plans to layoff 30% of its workforce (mostly in Europe) citing declining sales and excess inventory. They hope to return to profitability in two years. Their Dynastar brand alone, has 290,000 pairs of unsold skis! (Which they scrapped most of ????- What a waste!) Ski retailers [...]
One of the great things about skiing is the high level of concentration needed to actually ski. Most people can’t think of anything while skiing except keeping their balance, reading the snow, deciding where to turn next, and making their body do the complex skills needed to successfully turn their skis. Even the thought of [...]
The economic turbulence continues to impact the ski business. According an Associated Press report on the Denver post website Vail Resorts today announced it was cutting employee wages by up to 10% starting April 2 for non seasonal workers. This winter’s seasonal workers will not be affected. Executives will face the 10% cut and the [...]
As the Bush Depression deepens and cost cutting pressures mount, the budget ax descended at Grand Targhee and about a dozen employees lost their jobs this week. This was not simply a trimming of a few food service, housekeeping or parking lot attendant jobs. Some of these were significant year-round management positions such as the [...]
