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Don’t be confused by the soft powder. Ski-nomics at Vail and Whistler/Blackcomb is a hardened and savvy industry. Meet the mile-high strategies that keep America’s largest ski resorts in the black.
The view is best from the top. It’s the moment you disembark from the chair lift that’s borne you over the boulevards of snow carved with “S”-shaped grooves. Some skiers cherish the first morning vista, in the thin and freezing air, before they tighten their boots and point their twin sheaths of metal down a vertical field of white. I prefer the last run, wobbly and a little reckless, down the peak’s backside at three o’clock, toward the room with a fire, a hot mug, and a bag of ice. These moments, and the many between them, inspire  … More