Vail Resorts

We believe the future of our sport is inclusion. Our Epic for Everyone Inclusive Access Programs, through thoughtful investment and partnership, work to ensure all feel welcome, invited, and included in the mountains. We’re thrilled to have this program honored as a 2024 Skift IDEA Awards Winner, recognizing excellence in businesses redefining the future of travel. Read more about Skift and our fellow award winners here: https://lnkd.in/gnBVSyuV

Meet Briony Johnson, Hotham Terrain Park Supervisor and long-time Hotham Skiing Company ripper. “I hope that taking on this role, I can encourage more females to apply for positions like mine...and that they will take that opportunity to start their journey. I haven’t necessarily had many females above me in my position and to lean on, and I think it’s a really special thing for me to be able to do that for the other females that will take on this job in the future. This resort, this community, and working here has completely changed my life in the best way possible.” If you're interested in learning more about jobs like Briony's across our company, you can learn more and join our team here: https://bit.ly/4cB1BES https://bit.ly/4dRyqhS

Start those countdowns - target winter season opening dates are here! Don't miss out, secure access to our 42 resorts with the Epic Pass before Sept. 2 before prices go up. Learn more details on the 24/25 winter season here and stay tuned for East opening dates: https://lnkd.in/eNkuh6qW

Hali Scroggins didn't learn to ski until after college, spending any time she could taking laps at Park City Mountain Resort to up her skills. Now as a ski patroller at Stevens Pass, Hali is chasing her professional ski patrol career by taking her Pro1 Avalanche course, thanks to the EpicPromise Employee Foundation's Educational Ascent Grants. Hali's Pro 1 course gave her the opportunity to advance her technical skills and knowledge and be more heavily involved the Stevens Pass snow science team while starting the process of becoming an avalanche educator. "As a woman in a male dominant industry and career, education is a key part of empowerment. I want to facilitate mentorship opportunities and create more spaces for women to be leaders in the mountains and increase our visibility in the avalanche industry." If you're an active team member, the deadline to apply for the grants is Friday, Aug. 16. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gCAi6vdG

Our team at Hotham Skiing Company just held the inaugural FIS Freeride World Tour Qualifier - the first of its kind to be held in Australia! This was an exciting opportunity for our team to host events in freeriding, an ever-growing part of the sport. 200 athletes spent two days in Hotham's Peach Bowl for the competition where they were judged on criteria like line choice, control, technique, air and style, and fluidity. Congrats to all the athletes and team Hotham on the amazing event!

Out of more than 350 submissions, we're thrilled to be named as finalists for the Skift IDEA Awards! Two of our efforts are finalists within the Change Makers category, recognizing organizations that elevate the Travel Industry's role as a force for good through affecting meaningful change. The Gondola Gallery by Epic has been recognized as a finalist for the People & Community award, and our Epic for Everyone Inclusive Access Programs are a finalist for the DEI Champion award. Learn more about the awards here: https://lnkd.in/gPQwJVGa

Happy Swiss National Day from our teams at Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis and Crans-Montana! Learn where the Epic Pass can take you in Europe and explore our Swiss resorts, here: https://lnkd.in/gCT7U3s5

At the end of the 2023 winter season, Hotham Skiing Company hosted a group of Surfing Victoria's most promising participants from the Indigenous surfing programs for a special pilot program to showcase the mountain environment and highlight the opportunity for seasonal work in surfing and on-snow. These young Indigenous surfers were taught how to snowboard, as well as given a tour of mountain operations and hear about employment opportunities. Inspired by his visit, surfer Joe Murray decided to spend the winter 2024 season working at Hotham as a maintenance assistant. Since joining Hotham, Joe is now a highly valued member of the team and mountain community. “It’s absolutely awesome up here," said Joe. "I’ve fallen in love with the snow. It’s probably the longest time that I’ve been without surfing, but I’ve replaced it with snowboarding.”

Water 🤝 Snow This Colorado River Day, we’re excited to announce our $1 million pledge to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in support of their restoration of the Colorado River. Our gift will support TNC’s work over the next four years to restore parts of the 1,400-mile river that starts as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains, and provides water for more than 40 million people. “We are a company that recognizes the importance of investment to inspire real action, and today, Vail Resorts reaffirms its dedication to sustainability through both investment and community engagement,” said Kate Wilson, Vice President of Environmental and Social Responsibility for Vail Resorts. “Our desire to support The Nature Conservancy is rooted in shared values, and motivated by a shared passion for preserving the natural environments we all love.” With support from Vail Resorts, The Nature Conservancy in Colorado will focus on balancing water needs, upgrading traditional and natural water infrastructure, and working with Tribal Nations to create a more sustainable Colorado River Basin. “The Colorado River that we depend on, depends on us,” says The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River Program Director Taylor Hawes. “Through individual and collective actions such as the support from Vail Resorts, we can scale up solutions and make a difference for all who depend on this iconic river system. https://bit.ly/4fic3n4 📷 by Jason Houston.

Save the date for 2034! 🥇 🥈 🥉 Park City Mountain is now a proud venue for the Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City-Utah 2034! Our team will be hosting men’s and women’s snowboarding halfpipe, snowboarding slopestyle, freestyle skiing halfpipe and freestyle skiing slopestyle. We can't wait to welcome the world with the Park City Mountain team in 2034!