Telluride Ski Patrol Strike Ends With New Contract, Resort to Re-Open This Weekend

January 9, 2026

Tense negotiations between Telluride owners and workers have finally come to a resolution, at least for now. This week, Telluride Ski Resort and the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association (TPSPA) came to an agreement, ending the patrollers’ strike in time for the resort to re-open this weekend.

Negotiations between the parties first began when the contract between the TPSPA and the resort expired at the end of August. In November, the union’s 72 members voted unanimously to authorize a strike after a deal had still not been reached. In December, all but one of the union members rejected resort owner Chuck Horning’s “last, best and final offer,” leading to a work stoppage on December 27. THE Inertia