Vail's Biggest Food Bet Isn't the Caviar. It's the Chili. Fix Your Top Seven Menu Items First.
Vail's largest food investment targets chili, burgers and fries, the items most guests buy. Here's the menu playbook any independent can copy by Monday.
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Latest — Industry Intel · October 27, 2026
Sky Tavern Got a Lease to 2118. Nederland Is Borrowing $225M to Own Eldora. Small Hills Need Tenure, Not Title.
Reno gave nonprofit Sky Tavern a 99-year lease while Nederland's $120M Eldora buy stalls. Why long tenure beats ownership for most community ski areas.
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GoPro's $99 Close-Up Filters Fix Mission 1's 2-Foot Blind Spot. That's Where Resort Content Lives.
Mission 1 can't focus closer than about 24 inches. GoPro's $99 PolarPro filter set fixes it. Which strength a resort content team should buy first.
Kalshi Now Sells Stowe Businesses a Snow Hedge at 51 Cents. Buy the Cheap Line or Skip It.
A Kalshi market lets ski-town businesses bet on Stowe's snow by Dec. 24. The coin-flip line is the wrong hedge for most. What a lodge should do instead.
Jackson Now Gives You a Free Lift Ticket the Day You Land. Your Arrival Day Is Dead Inventory.
Three Jackson ski areas now trade a same-day JAC boarding pass for a free lift ticket. Why the blackout dates are the real strategy, and how to copy it.
Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Turned Bigfoot Into a Brand. Your Mountain Has a Legend Too. Film It.
Mission Ridge's 11-ft Yeti and Sasquatch Mountain's name show how one local legend becomes years of resort content, and how to find and film your own.
A 178-Foot City Ski Hill Just Went RFID at $4.31 a Card. Small Areas Should Copy the Order, Not the Gates.
Great Bear Ski Valley added RFID lift access with a $4.31 reloadable card, two seasons after a POS overhaul. Here's the order small ski areas should copy.
Mount Waterman Is Back on the Market at $3.275M. Its Private-Club Pitch Died on a Public-Land Permit.
Mount Waterman is back on sale at $3.275M after a members-only club deal collapsed. On a Forest Service permit, you sell public access, not exclusivity.
Insta360 and DJI Both Rate Their Flagship Wireless Mics to 14°F. Your January Lift Line Is Colder.
The Insta360 Mic Pro and DJI Mic 3 are rated to 14°F, and their charging specs are stricter. Here's the cold-weather audio kit for resort content crews.
Palisades Tahoe Just Turned Three Lessons Into a $799 Season Pass. Visit Four Is the Real Product.
Palisades Tahoe's $799 Beginner Progression Pass trades three lessons for a 2026/27 season pass. The conversion play, and the visit most resorts miss.
Only One Summit County Ski Area Talked Snowmaking on the Record. Tell Your Drought Water Story First.
Four Summit County ski areas sent statements on drought snowmaking; A-Basin went on record with numbers. A receipts-first water content plan for resorts.
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