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The move follows calls for safety from friends of a deceased skier.

Unions at three Colorado mountains penned a letter to Vail Resorts CEO Kristen Lynch, objecting to the company using their colleagues to backfill striking workers in Utah.

As Wyoming’s recreation industry continues to grow, new trails and outdoor facilities are popping up all over the state to give mountain bikers, skiers, snowshoers and hikers more options for basking in the wilderness. That includes the Happy Jack Recreation Area near Laramie.

Sleeping Giant Ski Area & Zipline owner Nick Piazza said they are dealing with slow insurance payments to a lodge that flooded this spring, among other issues.

A recent incident involving a Lift Lines comic and a parking loophole in Teton Village illustrates an underlying friction in ski towns throughout the Mountain West.

The group was commemorating a similar ascent from the 10th Mountain Division, a specialized unit which helped hasten the end of WWII and give birth to the outdoor industry in the U.S.

A ski resort near Yellowstone National Park’s East Entrance has decided to pull the plug on the entire winter season. That’s after getting little snowfall and having issues with its snowmaking system.

The limited snowfall could have big implications for the Colorado River, which gets most of its water from snow in the Rocky Mountains.

Mom and pop ski resorts are often the heart of ski towns. They’re usually pretty affordable, safe and not very crowded – lending themselves to being family oriented where a lot of kids learn to ski. But what happens when winters become less predictable and there isn’t even enough snow to open around Thanksgiving – which has become widely thought of as the start of ski season? How can these resorts afford to stay in business?

Over 3,000 people took to the slopes recently to claim the title, decked out in Canadian tuxedos, denim shorts and the occasional jean speedo.