Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Friday, March 1, 2019 thru Thursday, March 14, 2019
- Actually, the Mega Season Pass Is Killing Skiing 03/13/2019 outsideonline.com - The recent additions to the Epic Pass highlight, again, the massive consolidation occurring across the ski industry, which is driving up rents and turning mountain towns into company towns.
- The North Face To Sponsor Mountainfilm 03/13/2019 sgbonline.com - Mountainfilm, the documentary film festival held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, CO, announced The North Face as its new presenting sponsor. North Face global athlete team and mountaineer Conrad Anker...
- Vail Resorts Reduces Earnings Outlook 03/08/2019 sgbonline.com - Vail Resorts Inc. is lowering its earnings guidance for its fiscal year ending July 31, primarily due to the disappointing results from destination visitation in the pre-holiday period and also due to...
- National Park Service Visitation Tops 318 Million In 2018 03/07/2019 sgbonline.com - Visitation to America’s national parks in 2018 exceeded 300 million recreation visits for the fourth consecutive year. The 318.2 million recreation visits total is the third highest since record keeping began in...
- Meet National Geographic’s 2019 Adventurers of the Year 03/06/2019 nationalgeographic.com - Each year National Geographic asks writers, photographers, filmmakers, and athletes to tell us which explorers and adventurers inspired them the most. Read the stories of six of the biggest moments and achievements...
- Let the Battle Begin: Delayed Half Dome Permit Lottery Opens March 13 03/06/2019 adventure-journal.com - Normally the pre-season lottery to nab a hiking permit to haul yourself up the Half Dome cables opens on March 1, but this year, computer glitches stopped the process before it started....
- Luis Benitez is leaving Colorado’s outdoor rec office for VF Corporation 03/06/2019 snewsnet.com - Luis Benitez is leaving his leadership post in Colorado for VF Corporation. Benitez will be VP of government relations and global impact for VF, which is relocating headquarters from North Carolina to...
- New leadership at Active Interest Media 03/06/2019 snewsnet.com - Active Interest Media is shaking things up at the leadership level. David Perry joins AIM as GM of SKI, Warren Miller Entertainment and the Fly Fishing Film Tour. Sharon Houghton is GM...
- Patagonia Hires Former General Counsel Of EPA 03/05/2019 sgbonline.com - Patagonia has hired Avi Garbow, the Environmental Protection Agency’s longest-serving general counsel, as environmental advocate to ensure the agency is doing everything it can to protect the planet. Garbow has decades of...
- Alterra Announces $181M In Capital Improvements For 2019/20 Winter Season 03/04/2019 sgbonline.com - Denver, CO-based Alterra Mountain Co. said it will invest $181 million in capital improvements across its 14 North American mountain destinations for the upcoming year. Marquee 2019/20 projects aimed at enhancing the...
