Wrapping up Colorado’s 2020-21 ski season, yesterday Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) hosted its 58thAnnual Meeting and Double Diamond Awards Ceremony to celebrate excellence in the Colorado ski industry. Among the honorees were on-mountain professionals and industry veterans whose hard work, commitment and expertise made the 2020-21 season possible.

Colorado’s ski industry leaders gathered virtually to recognize and celebrate ski area employees for their outstanding performance and dedication in the pandemic impacted season.

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Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced today at its virtual 58th Annual Meeting that skier visits at its 22-member ski resorts* increased 7.6 percent from the pandemic-truncated 2019-20 season. Visit totals trailed the five-year average by 3.7 percent. Using the association’s expertise and publicly available information, CSCUSA is estimating a total statewide skier visit number of approximately 12 million for the 2020-21 season.

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Winter Park Resort is kicking off its 2021 summer season on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The famed

• Copper Opens June 11 and Will Offer Activities, Programs and Events Daily Through Sept. 26 
• Stay, Play and Save at Copper Mountain with Lodging Rates as Low as $103 Per Night 

A family friendly, all new festival series at Granby Ranch featuring some of the very best artists from the popular Americana and New Outlaw music genres. 

Granby Ranch announced today an all-new, family friendly festival, The Rocky Mountain Music Series at Granby Ranch with three dates and confirmed artists.

As the cornerstone of the 2021 series, the artists selected to perform include national acts from the “New Outlaw” and “Americana” music genres, which appeal to a broad spectrum of fans and are  among the fastest

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Ski Areas Ready to Welcome Guests to the Mountains with Activities and Events

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Modified Operations in Conjunction with Base Area Project and On-Mountain Improvements

Steamboat Resort will open for summer operations on June 18, continuing through Labor Day, Sept. 6. Land Up activities, the Steamboat Bike Park, and Christie Peak Express lift will operate five days a week, Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Construction projects, including a base area redevelopment, moving of the

Friends and associates of Hal O’Leary have created a Go Fund Me account to cover medical expenses and long-term care for O’Leary, the father of adaptive skiing and recreation for people with physical and mental disabilities. 

The direct link to the account is https://gofundme.com/f/hal-oleary

Hal O’Leary was a ski

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News from Aspen Snowmass Summer 2021

As summer approaches,