An interesting article in Outside magazine. Go here.
As someone who lives in a Vermont ski town, I'll vouch that it's been a difficult time. Many businesses here rely on tourism -- restaurants, inns, shops -- plus the mountain laid off a bunch of people, so I've seen firsthand how people are really struggling. Typically, things shift over to summer activities when ski season wraps up, so we get a lot of off-season tourists, too, but I don't know what it'll be like this year. Okemo has given no indication that it'll be opening its golf course, which brings in a lot of people. Stowe and Mount Snow, which are also Vail properties, haven't opened their's, either. And with the financial difficulties Vail's having, it wouldn't surprise me if they stayed closed all summer
As someone who lives in a Vermont ski town, I'll vouch that it's been a difficult time. Many businesses here rely on tourism -- restaurants, inns, shops -- plus the mountain laid off a bunch of people, so I've seen firsthand how people are really struggling. Typically, things shift over to summer activities when ski season wraps up, so we get a lot of off-season tourists, too, but I don't know what it'll be like this year. Okemo has given no indication that it'll be opening its golf course, which brings in a lot of people. Stowe and Mount Snow, which are also Vail properties, haven't opened their's, either. And with the financial difficulties Vail's having, it wouldn't surprise me if they stayed closed all summer
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