When Winter Park Resort opened for the season, it opened without the Eskimo Express.
The high-speed chairlift is still there, but it s been renamed: It s now the Explorer. In 2019, resort managers examined the names of trails and lifts, and determined that Eskimo was a “derogatory and offensive term that connoted barbarism and violence,” explains Jen Miller, communications manager at Winter Park. The name Explorer more accurately represents our resort, our brand, our team and our guests.”
But a name change doesn t end the discussion, as evidenced by comments on the
Man, imagine getting your panties in a twist because a ski lift got a new name. People be sensitive.