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ELIANNE “EL” FURTNEY has been promoted to the role of NSAA/FedEx
managing director of the ski and snowboard school at SQUAW Member Service
VALLEY | ALPINE MEADOWS. Formerly the director of the adult
ski and snowboard school, Furtney has been with the resort ski/
snowboard school for 28 years. NSAA members save:
•Up to 45% on select FedEx
ELIZABETH HOWE is the new director of operations for the Express International
MOUNTAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS (MCP) resorts: Colorado’s Services
Purgatory Resort and Hesperus Ski Area; Arizona Snowbowl; •Up to 35% on select FedEx
and New Mexico’s Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort and Pajarito Domestic Services
Mountain Ski Area. She has 24 years of resort operations expe- •Up to 24% on select FedEx
rience with previous roles as VP of resort operations at Telluride Ski Resort, CO, Ground Services
and senior director of operations at Vail Resorts. It’s a cost-cutting measure that
adds up — all with no enrollment
PLACES fees or minimum quotas.
SQUAW VALLEY SKI CORP, owner of SQUAW VALLEY | ALPINE MEADOWS, CA, has Sign up and start saving!
announced it will source all of its electricity from solar and other renewables by
December. If successful the resort would become the first ski operator in the country Go to the Member Services
to power operations without fossil fuels. The company is working with Liberty Section of www.nsaa.org for
more information or call the help
Utilities, a unit of Ontario’s Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., to access power line at: 800-475-6708.
from Liberty’s two solar farms in Nevada and also hopes to install an on-mountain
state-of-the-art battery energy storage system.
POWDER RIDGE MOUNTAIN PARK & RESORT, CT, is working with world-class bike
park builder Dave King of DIRTSCULPT, LLC, on a two-phase expansion of the resort’s
mountain biking park. The resort will expand top-to-bottom downhill mountain
biking trails, develop a 50,000-square-foot area for beginner trails, add three new
downhill trails for each level of biker (beginner, intermediate, and advanced), create TAKE
a BMX/dirt jump park area, and add a pump track. Also planned are a full suite of
group and private lessons, summer camp and day trip programs, sponsored competi- A RUN
tions, and an expanded rental fleet for all levels of riders.
with Us!
WILDCAT MOUNTAIN, NH, celebrated its 60th anniversary this past January with with Us!
lift ticket specials, events, and activities, including a ceremony with one of the ski
area’s original president/GMs, Stan Judge; a fireworks display; and the debut of a
special “Hairball Ale” at the Wildcat Pub. The ski area opened on January 25, 1958,
with the country’s first gondola.
VAIL RESORTS, INC, is investing $52 million (CAD$66 million) in WHISTLER
BLACKCOMB infrastructure, including a new 10-passenger gondola on the
Blackcomb side of the mountain and several other lift upgrades to provide quicker New benefit for your season pass holders:
easier access to all levels of terrain. The initiative, the largest single-year capi- FREE one-year digital
tal investment program in the resort’s history, is designed to accelerate mountain subscription to Skiing
improvements in Whistler Blackcomb’s Renaissance plan while deferring consider- History magazine
ation of a new water park.
ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT, CO, part of the POWDR adventure lifestyle com-
pany, has reached a historic agreement to a statement of principles that paves the way To sign up, call 802.366.1158 or
email kathleen@skiinghistory.org.
to renew the pursuit of modest expansion over the next three years. Eldora plans
to develop new intermediate terrain and lift access while preserving lands above
Skiing History is published by
Middle Boulder Creek and minimizing impacts to Nordic skiing and backcountry the International Skiing History
access. The agreement comes after a two-year collaborative process between the ski Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Image courtesy Hans Truöl Archives
area and Boulder County, the Sierra Club, and the Middle Boulder Creek Coalition. (antiqueskishop.com)
Eldora unveiled its new Alpenglow high-speed six-person chairlift earlier this season.

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