$175 million for staff is 30% more per hour, capital projects announced, too By Karen D. Lorentz Vail Resorts recently announced a $20 per hour minimum wage for all 37 of its North America resorts, effective for the 2022-23 ski-and-ride […]
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24-hour trail sign auction to be held March 4-5
It’s your chance to own a piece of Okemo history Last summer, Okemo began a project to update trail signs all over the mountain — starting with Jackson Gore. On March 4-5, 22 of the first signs to be replaced […]
Celebrating the unsung heroes of the slopes: groomers
By Karen D. Lorentz ‘Tis the season of making snow and the weird weather start to winter 2021-22 with its plentiful ups-and-downs has made the importance of making snow abundantly clear. Perhaps less obvious though is the significance of what […]
Meet Okemo’s John Boudro
By Karen D. Lorentz It’s interesting when a person who is responsible for overseeing the grooming of ski trails has never skied. That’s the case of Okemo’s grooming and trail maintenance team leader John Boudro who has long answered the […]
“Breaking down that barrier of entry,” Okemo’s new terrain park manager Joey Leppien looks forward to winter
By Brooke Geery A ski resort’s terrain parks and halfpipe features can vary greatly from season-to-season and even day-to-day, but the deciding factor in their quality is definitely the brains that decide what they’ll look like in the first place. […]
Okemo set to reopen Nov. 22
Vail Resorts announced reopening dates across North America for 2021-22 season Vail Resorts has announced its schedule of opening dates for its 34 North American resorts. The action kicks off at Keystone in October, with the resort set to open […]
Okemo back to the future — summer and winter updates
By Karen D. Lorentz It’s summer, and in a sign of life getting back to normal, Okemo Mountain Resort has resumed summer operations and construction on two lift projects. The mountain opened its adventure zone and mountain bike park on […]
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 27 – July 7-13, 2021
Jackson Gore documentary takes 1st place
“Paleoindians at Jackson Gore,” the short (20-minute) documentary produced in collaboration between community access station Okemo Valley TV, the state archaeologist and UVM’s Consulting Archaeology Program, received a first place Nor’easter Award for Historical Documentary from the northeast regional chapter of the […]
Okemo plans biggest opening day in resort’s history
Okemo is planning to open Nov. 22 with the biggest opening day in Okemo’s history. As many as 25 trails and four lifts will be open, which is more terrain than any other opening day. There will be a First […]