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Vail Resorts completes $18M Kirkwood deal

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Vail Resorts Inc. has completed the purchase of Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., and some undeveloped sites near the ski resort for about $18 million.Vail Re...

Lake Tahoe resorts welcome spring with events and new snow

Spring is in the air at Lake Tahoe, and Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California and Kirkwood Mountain Resort are gearing up for spring skiing and riding with concerts, competitions and new snow. The three resorts each received between 12-21 inches of snow since Saturday, March 31, and March snowfall totals range from 110-146 inches.

Kudos & Kindness: Heavenly, Vail went the extra mile for ski club event

Heavenly and Vail Resorts: Thank you for all you do for our local children. The Zephyr Cove Ski Club had a great year with 86 children participating. Our kids came from South Lake Tahoe, Stateline,...

Heavenly and Kirkwood extend the ski season

On the heels of the most powerful storm to hit the Lake Tahoe region this winter, Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort have announced plans to extend their respective ski and snowboard seasons.

Kudos & Kindness: Vail Resorts' skiing day opened students' eyes to opportunities

Mount Tallac High School staff and students would like to thank Mike Allen, Vail Resorts and all the incredible employees of Heavenly Ski Resort for a great day of riding and skiing. As part of a g...

Best of Lake Tahoe snowsports season coming up now; storms line up for weekend skiing

OK, so it hasn't been the best snowsport season so far, but hold on, more snow is coming with storms over this weekend and we'll be able to ski off-piste without worrying about slightly hidden rock and logs. And on top of that, it's spring skiing, always the best of the year. Forget those crowds of December and January, don't recall those icy January days when the wind howled. It's spring skiing, lightly clad with plenty of sun for sitting on the lodge deck.

Vail announces 2012-2013 Tahoe season pass prices

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts announced pricing for ski and snowboard passes for the 2012-2013 winter season Monday. "Each of our Tahoe resorts offers a different type of skiing and ridin...

Vail announces 2012-2013 Tahoe season pass prices

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts announced pricing for ski and snowboard passes for the 2012-2013 winter season Monday."Each of our Tahoe resorts offers a different type of skiing and riding...

Vail Season Passes on Sale Today, Includes New Lake Tahoe Local Pass

Vail Resorts, Inc. ski and snowboard season passes for the 2012-2013 winter season go on sale today and feature the best prices in the industry.

Vail Resorts posts 'modest declines' early in ski season

BROOMFIELD, Colorado - Given Mother Nature's stubborn refusal to provide snow during the first months of the ski season, it would be easy to assume Vail Resorts' CEO is tuning to the blues station ...

Drop in skier visits brings Vail Resorts revenue down

Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Sale to finance development

RENO, Nev. - Last week's sale of ski resort operations at Kirkwood Mountain Resort to Vail Resorts allows Kirkwood's former owners to focus on creating a world-class community in the Kirkwood Me...

Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Sale to finance development

RENO, Nev. - Last week's sale of ski resort operations at Kirkwood Mountain Resort to Vail Resorts allows Kirkwood's former owners to focus on creating a world-class community in the Kirkwood Me...

Denver Post: Trio of Lake Tahoe investors covers all the bases

The trio of Colorado players investing in Lake Tahoe covers the spectrum of resort development and management.
East West Partners is a land developer. Vail Resorts is largely a lodger and resort operator. KSL Capital Partners is working in both operations and real estate.
Go here for the Denver Post story: Lake Tahoe's trio of Colorado investors covers all the bases.

Ski Area Reality: Corporatocracy Strikes Again

As the news spread on Wednesday morning that Vail Resorts had purchased Kirkwood Mountain Resort, there was, naturally, a genuine concern for one the future of the one of the most iconic ski areas in the American West. As someone who made a personal decision a few years ago to stop supporting a corporate-owned ski resort (Heavenly) and start buying my pass at one of the last independent ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area (Kirkwood) – the fact that Kirkwood is a better mountain for all the right reasons didn’t hurt either – this news affected me, but it did not shock me.

National group wants freeze on benefit pension plans for public workers

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts Inc. announced today that it has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million.According to a press release, Vail is purchasing the ski resort...

Vail Resorts to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts Inc. announced today that it has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million.According to a press release, Vail is purchasing the ski res...

Vail Resorts to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts Inc. announced today that it has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million.According to a press release, Vail is purchasing the ski res...

Vail Resorts buys Kirkwood Mountain for $18 million

Vail Resorts to buy Kirkwood in $18 million deal

Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., recognized by skiers and snowboarders as offering some of the best high alpine advanced terrain in North America.

Vail Resorts to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million

LAKE TAHOE - Vail Resorts is set to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort, located south of Lake Tahoe, for roughly $18 million, the Colorado-based company announced this morning.According to Vail, Heav...

Vail Resorts to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million

LAKE TAHOE - Vail Resorts is set to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort, located south of Lake Tahoe, for roughly $18 million, the Colorado-based company announced this morning.According to Vail, Heav...

Lake Tahoe planning agency announces 2011 Best in The Basin award winners

Recognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.

Despite snow woes, Vail Resorts prospering

EAGLE COUNTY - This is a down snow season just about everywhere in North America, but one analyst still has Vail Resorts on his "buy" list.Vail Resorts' stock closed at $44.35 per share Friday. Tha...

Despite snow woes, Vail Resorts prospering

EAGLE COUNTY - This is a down snow season just about everywhere in North America, but one analyst still has Vail Resorts on his "buy" list.Vail Resorts' stock closed at $44.35 per share Friday. Tha...

Heavenly to Host Nike Winter Chosen Tour on Saturday

Heavenly Mountain Resort has teamed up with Nike Snowboarding to host the fifth stop of the Nike Winter Chosen Tour on Saturday, February 4, 2012. The slopestyle rail jam will take place from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on World Cup run at the California Main Lodge.

Heavenly and Northstar to open more terrain this weekend

With last week's winter storms dropping nearly four feet of snow at Lake Tahoe's south shore, Heavenly Mountain Resort will open more trails and terrain beginning Saturday. Heavenly will open Galaxy Chairlift and the associated trails, Groove Terrain Park with six jumps and 18 creative features, and Lakeview Lodge, which is the final of Heavenly’s nine on-mountain restaurants to open.

Vail Resorts spending big bucks to reassure skiers there is snow

Carrig, Wirth join Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition Board of Directors

Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts, and Vail Resorts co-president Blaise T. Carrig have been elected to the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition's Board of Direct...

Carrig, Wirth join Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition Board of Directors

Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts, and Vail Resorts co-president Blaise T. Carrig have been elected to the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition's Board of Direct...

Skier visits down 15.3 percent at Vail Resorts

DENVER (AP) - With snowfall lagging, fewer skiers and snowboarders are hitting the slopes at Vail Resorts properties so far this season.The company said Friday that visits were down 15.3 percent co...

Skier visits down 15.3 percent at Vail Resorts

DENVER (AP) - With snowfall lagging, fewer skiers and snowboarders are hitting the slopes at Vail Resorts properties so far this season.The company said Friday that visits were down 15.3 percent co...

Shaun White's halfpipe open to public

Having an Olympic champion call your local ski resort home has its privileges. A 22-foot-high high, 500-foot-long halfpipe co-designed by snowboarder Shaun White was opened to the public last week near Truckee at Northstar California, one of Vail Resorts Inc.'s properties formerly called Northstar-at-Tahoe.

Skier visits to Vail Resorts down 15% so far

While visits are down this season throughout the six Vail Resorts ski areas, the company is not downgrading its earning projections with three-quarters of the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../skier-visits...

Heavenly kicks off new safety campaign

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With National Safety Awareness Week kicking off next weekend, Heavenly Mountain Resort, along with all of Vail Resorts, is launching a new safety program."Safety of bo...

Heavenly kicks off new safety campaign

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With National Safety Awareness Week kicking off next weekend, Heavenly Mountain Resort, along with all of Vail Resorts, is launching a new safety program."Safety of bo...

Three cheers for Vail going for safety on the slopes

Those of us who have spent most of our adult life on ski and snowboard slopes know how important it is to follow the rules on the slopes. From our earliest snow days we have followed the Skiers Responsibility Code, simple rules that make fun on the trail safer. If you don't know the Code, check it out next time you're at a mountain resort.

Woman sues following collision with Heavenly employee

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Florida woman filed suit against Vail Resorts, Heavenly Valley and a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee this week after being injured during a ski collision with the emp...

Woman sues following collision with Heavenly employee

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Florida woman filed suit against Vail Resorts, Heavenly Valley and a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee this week after being injured during a ski collision with the emp...

Northstar California completes $30 million in upgrades

By Sam Bauman
Northstar California did up things well Tuesday (name change, used to be "at-Tahoe") by officially opening its new multimillion dollar Zephyr lodge at the top of Zephyr lift and a new chairlift, the Promised Land Express. The new quad chair services two new trails. This completes a spending program of $30 million on upgrades, trails and support activities at the Lake Tahoe resort.

Vail Resorts reports wider Q1 loss

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Vail Resorts Inc. reported Wednesday that its loss widened in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting weaker real estate sales and seasonal losses at a resort that it acquired...

JMA Ventures Buys Residential Property at Lake Tahoe from Ritz-Carlton

San Francisco-based JMA Ventures has purchased a ski-in, ski-out residential property adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe.
Located mid-mountain at the newest Vail Resorts-owned resort, Northstar California, the fully furnished, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom mountain homes built by the Ritz-Carlton Development Company are available this ski season for rent or sale as fully owned, private homes.

Heavenly and Northstar Ignite with winter opening this weekend

With the Vail Resorts tie-in Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort and the newly renamed Northstar California mountain site are entering the early opening race behind Boreal. This is rare for Northstar to open early and with the new trails it's gotta get the season to a quick start. I hope to be there!

Here's Heavenly's announcement: Click here for details.

Heavenly Mountain Resort gets favorable environmental certification

Heavenly Mountain Resort has announced that its new multi-million-dollar Tamarack Lodge received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Tamarack Lodge is the first LEED-certified, on-mountain building at Lake Tahoe. It will serve as the blueprint for the construction of Northstar California's new on-mountain lodge and as a guide for future Vail Resorts development.

Tamarack Lodge at Heavenly Receives LEED Environmental Certification

Heavenly Mountain Resort announced today that Tamarack Lodge received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Tamarack Lodge is the first LEED-certified, on-mountain building at Lake Tahoe. It will serve as the blueprint for the construction of Northstar-at-Tahoe’s new on-mountain lodge and as a guide for future Vail Resorts development.

Vail Resorts 4th-quarter loss widens

Broomfield, COLO. - Vail Resorts Inc. lost more money in its fiscal fourth quarter than it did a year ago, weighed down by seasonal losses at a resort that was acquired.The company, which runs ski ...

Vail Resorts revenue tops $1 billion

Vail Resorts Inc., parent company of Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at- Tahoe, posted a 30.4 percent increase in revenue for its fiscal year, which ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../vail-resorts-re...

Vail Resorts announces fiscal 2011 year-end earnings release date

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) announced it will release the Company's financial results for its fiscal 2011 year ended July 31, 2011, prior to market open on Sept. 22. The Comp...

Tahoe Fund partners with Heavenly, Northstar

The nonprofit Tahoe Fund partnership with Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, called the "Ski Conservation Fund", will raise an estimated $75,000 annually for the nonprofit Fund to support environmental improvement projects within the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Vail Resorts, Shaun White reach partnership deal

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Vail Resorts Inc. has reached a multiyear partnership agreement with snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White.The two-time Olympic halfpipe gold medalist will represent ...

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