VAIL MOUNTAIN If you heard large blasts going off on Vail Mountain in recent days, it wasn’t fireworks. Avalanche conditions have been considerable in recent days, with numerous loose wet slides reported across the Gore.
A record-breaking ski season brought visitation up 3.5% across the country from 2020-2021 visitation numbers, according to the National Ski Areas Association. There were a total of 61 million skier visits in the U.S. during.
The 2021-2022 ski season was record-breaking in the total number of skier visits to resorts around the country, the National Ski Areas Association announced Friday.