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Mountain leadership changes at Vail Resorts - Heavenly, Kirkwood and others

Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 2:29pm

Several executives with Vail Resorts are changing positions in anticipation of the closing of the Peak Resorts acquisition as well as the departure of Executive Vice President Chris Jarnot.

Vail Resorts are creating three new regional leadership roles to support their growing global portfolio:

Bill Rock, currently chief operating officer of Park City Mountain, will relocate to Vail headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado and will now oversee the Company’s mountain resorts in Colorado and Utah.

Deirdra Walsh named vice president and general manager of Northstar California Resort

Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 9:28pm

Vail Resorts has appointed Deirdra Walsh as the Vice President and General Manager of their Northstar California Resort.

The former senior director of mountain dining at Park City Mountain in Utah is moving to Lake Tahoe full time with her husband Rob and two children Henry, 7 and Bridget, 4 later this summer.

She is replacing Nadia Guerriero who moved to Vail's Beaver Creek Resort as their new vice president and chief operating officer.

Park City taps Tahoe official for transportation planning efforts

Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 7:47pm

By Jay Hamburger, The Park Record

City Hall has tapped an official from the Lake Tahoe region to helm the municipal government's transportation planning efforts, selecting someone from one of Park City's mountain resort competitors for the position.

Alfred Knotts will leave the Tahoe Transportation District to become the transportation planning manager in Park City. He will succeed the retiring Kent Cashel. City Hall announced the hiring in a prepared statement.

Vails Resorts reports 95% increase in second quarter income

Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/12/2015 - 9:44pm

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Quarterly dividends raised 50%

Good news for shareholders of Vail Resorts Thursday after the results for the second quarter of the fiscal year were released. Vail operates real estate, ski resort and lodging segments including Heavenly, Kirkwood and Northstar Mountain Resorts in Lake Tahoe.

Vail Resort's net income was $115.8 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2015, representing a 95.3% increase compared to the same period last year.

Vail Resorts buys Park City Mountain Resort

Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 12:20am

Vail Resorts, the parent company of South Lake Tahoe's Heavenly Mountain Resort, announced Thursday that they are purchasing Park City Mountain Resort for $183M.

The agreement includes the Park City resort's base area—which include property zoned for residential and commercial development—as well as parking, lower ski terrain and lifts.

South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman Leads U.S. Olympic Free Skiing Team

Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/18/2014 - 11:48pm

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From USSA

Freeskiing took another historic step towards its Olympic debut as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced the nomination of 11 halfpipe and slopestyle skiing athletes Saturday night at the conclusion of the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face.

Bowman, Wise claim ski halfpipe Grand Prix titles

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 1:13pm

Tahoe Daily Tribune

PARK CITY, Utah - Halfpipe skier Maddie Bowman has won three gold medals in 23 days, capped by Saturday's U.S. Grand Prix Championship at Park City Mountain Resort in which she was the only woma...

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Freestyle skiing trailblazer Sarah Burke dies after Jan. 10 training accident

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:00am

Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke died Thursday in a Salt Lake City hospital, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah. Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. She was injured Jan. 10 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort.
Tests revealed Burke suffered "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest," according to a statement released by Burke's publicist, Nicole Wool.

Skiers hit the halfpipe despite Burke's injury

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 6:19pm

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The afternoon sun has cast a giant shadow across one wall of the imposing 22-foot superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort.On the other, members of the French national team ...