Vail Resorts Incorporated

A state-of-the-art ski and snowboard school for children, the arrival of snowboarders where none had been welcomed before, a variety of multimillion-dollar improvements at a premier resort and a new tram. Winter resorts in Western states are banking that...

Mike and Pam Mathe have taken their two kids skiing at Beaver Creek over Christmas break each of the past five years. It's their one big vacation for the year, a luxurious respite from Mike's traveling, the kids' classes. "We need this vacation; this...

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) _ Mike and Pam Mathe have taken their two kids skiing at Beaver Creek over Christmas break each of the past five years. It's their one big vacation for the year, a luxurious respite from Mike's traveling, the kids' classes. No...

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VAIL Colo.— William "Sarge" Brown, who as mountain manager at Vail helped develop the Colorado resort into one of the world's top ski areas, has died. He was 85. Mr. Brown died Sunday at his home in Grand Junction, Colo., Vail Resorts officials...

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The sign on the shoulder of U.S. 40, west of Truckee, says it's "Old School Thursday" at Donner Ski Ranch, lift tickets $10 a day. They must be pretty desperate to offer tickets that cheap, I think as I pull into the rutted parking lot that is only a...

The sign on the shoulder of U.S. 40, west of Truckee, Calif., says it's "Old School Thursday" at Donner Ski Ranch, lift tickets $10 a day. They must be pretty desperate to offer tickets that cheap, I think as I pull into the rutted parking lot that is...

IF a ski or snowboard trip induces euphoria, the first trip to the ticket window may provoke just the opposite. Daily lift tickets at many of the larger U.S. ski resorts now top $80. But those prices fluctuate wildly depending on when you buy. There'...

Mountains of snow fell early on ski haunts, jaunts and jibs across the West this fall, motivating some mountain resorts to throw the lift switches well ahead of schedule. It's a welcome boost for an industry that's seen the number of guests remain flat...

SKI season in the West is just getting started — many resorts are yet to open — but already lift ticket prices are hitting higher elevations, rising above $80 a day in Colorado. In much of California, high temperatures thwarted snowmaking....

A battalion of concierges, masseuses, chefs, sommeliers and valets has secured another frontier outpost, establishing a stronghold of luxury here in the midst of the Rocky Mountain wilderness. The weekend before Thanksgiving, I was lucky enough to come...