Olympic Valley, CA – In recognition of their dedication to service and safety, the Squaw Valley National Ski Patrol, the volunteer arm of the California resort’s ski patrol, was selected as the winner of the 2009-10 National Outstanding Large Alpine Patrol Award.nThe award’s official name is the “Charles Minot ‘Minnie’ Dole Award for Outstanding Large … Continue reading Squaw National Ski Patrol Wins Outstanding Patrol Award
Cambridge, MA – Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) CEO Mike Kaplan was in the Boston area this week at Harvard Business School for the initial teaching of a case study on Aspen Skiing Company. The case was discussed in Professor Michael Toffel’s Business and the Environment class and covers ASC’s evolution through “traditional” corporate environmentalism into … Continue reading Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Talks Sustainability to Harvard Business Students
Aspen, CO – Registration for the 5th Annual Aspen Summit for Life 2010 weekend of events is now open. Taking place Dec. 10-11 in Aspen, this weekend of activities is centered around a nighttime uphill race on Aspen Mountain to promote organ donation awareness and to help raise funds to support the Chris Klug Foundation’s … Continue reading Registration Now Open for Chris Klug Foundation’s 5th Annual Aspen Summit for Life Uphill Ski Race
Los Angeles, CA – Auden Schendler is the newest member of the Board of Directors of the environmental advocacy group Protect Our Winters (POW). Schendler is the Vice-President of Sustainability at the Aspen Skiing Company.nProtect Our Winters strives to activate the winter sports community in the fight against climate change. Previously a research associate in … Continue reading Aspen Skiing Co.’s Auden Schendler Joins Board of Directors of Protect Our Winters
Avon, CO – Organizers have announced the 36th Annual Mountain Travel Symposium (MTS-36), scheduled for Apr. 3-9, 2011 at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, Colo., with events divided between the Beaver Creek Convention Center and Vilar Center.nMTS is the largest and longest-running annual gathering of mountain travel professionals in North America that includes three days … Continue reading Mountain Travel Symposium Week Set for April in Colorado
Aspen, CO – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that they have sold the 179-room St. Regis Aspen hotel for $70 million to 315 East Dean Associates Inc., a Delaware Corporation represented by Bangkok-based OptAsia Capital Co. Starwood will maintain a 50-year management agreement and continue to operate the resort under its ultra-luxury … Continue reading St. Regis Aspen Sold for $70 Million
Litchfield, CT – A nine-member Litchfield Superior Court jury is spending this week hearing arguments in a Brewster, N.Y. college student’s lawsuit against Ski Sundown in New Hartford, Conn.nJames Malaguit, 19, was a high school sophomore at the time visiting Ski Sundown with his family on Feb. 17, 2006, when he lost his balance coming … Continue reading Connecticut Jury Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Against Ski Sundown