Union Dale, PA - Robert Frost dryly quipped that “good fences make good neighbors.” Apparently the same cannot be said for gates. A long-simmering dispute between Pennsylvania’s Elk Mountain and neighboring Village of the Four Seasons (VOFS) boiled over in December of 2011 when, purportedly in response to Elk’s closing of a gate between VOFS…
Orlando, FL - America’s most powerful ski resort executive isn’t employed by Powdr Corp. or Intrawest, or even Vail Resorts. Strictly in terms of the number of ski resorts under his umbrella, it’s Steve Rice. Operating largely behind the scenes as Managing Director of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Rice manages the real estate investment trust’s (REIT)…
Salt Lake City, UT - October is the time of year when skiers’ minds turn towards their winter trips. However, no one needs reminding that the winter of 2011-12 was one of the worst on record. Snowfall was down across most U.S. ski regions and skier visits plummeted. In response, it appears that many skiers…
Highmount, NY - We recently caught up with Dean Gitter, Managing Member of the “Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park” project, a proposed resort development adjoining state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Gitter is one of the principals of Crossroads Ventures, LLC, the company which has proposed the controversial development as part…
Kulantapitha, India – Alfred Ford’s dream of setting up a massive Himalayan ski resort was resuscitated last week when a Himachal Pradesh High Court judge ruled that Ford’s “Himalayan Ski Village” project can go forward. The great-grandson of Henry Ford and presumptive heir to the Ford fortune suffered a major setback to his plan of building…
Rutland, VT - Vermont’s Killington ski resort on Monday settled a lawsuit during the second day of a trial in the U.S. District Court in Rutland. The case was noteworthy in that in addition to claiming ski area negligence in causing his fall, the plaintiff also alleged that the ski patrollers who responded caused additional…
Park City, UT – It appears that reports that Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and Talisker Corporation, owner of the nearby Canyons Resort, were close to settling a lease dispute may be premature. In March, PCMR filed a lawsuit against Talisker, based in Toronto, Canada, over lease agreements for a portion of the land…
Aspen, CO – The Aspen Daily News is reporting that Pitkin County District Court Judge Denise Lynch has ruled that a negligence lawsuit against Aspen Skiing Co. can proceed. The source of Aspen’s potential liability? A hot dog. The plaintiff in the lawsuit – a Mr. Ryan Bradley – will get a chance to convince…
Vernon, NJ - In an apparent case of first impression nationwide, Mountain Creek Resort, Inc. has sued its insurance carrier, Everest Indemnity Insurance Company, in an attempt to force the insurer to pay a claim under a weather insurance policy underwritten by the company to the New Jersey ski and snowboard resort. Although this lawsuit…
Samuel Miller, VA – Several sources are reporting that Virginia’s troubled Wintergreen ski area has settled a dispute with the state Department of Taxation as the resort has been rumored to be undergoing a “strategic reorganization” after cutting its work force in February. According to an article written by Lisa Provence in the Charlottesville newspaper…
