One of my hobbyhorses on this blog is to criticize the trend in the ski world to cater to the wealthier skiers, either by selling them special privileges to ski the powder before everyone else, providing them with special on mountain clubs on public land, designing lodges and restaurants so immense and opulent that we [...]

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 [...]