Business Week Names Jackson Hole #1

While no surprise to those of us who live here, Business Week magazine has found that Jackson Hole is the No. 1 ski resort in North America.

“On the strength of nonstop flights from 12 U.S. cities, the resort had its most visitors ever last winter … At the same time, the owners—the ski mountain is still independently owned and operated by the Kemmerer family—have invested $135 million in capital improvements over the last 12 years.”

The article also cites, “What the No. 1 ranking may signal most, however, runs a little deeper than convenience, or the clever method the resort has devised for grooming steep slopes with a winching system, impressive as that is. Jackson has managed ‘to soften its edges,’ … without losing its edge altogether.  ‘They’ve made it for more than just the hard-core skier,’ {Greg Ditrinco, editor of SKI magazine] says. ‘And now it’s up to them to prove if that is a good evolution or a bad evolution. I obviously think it’s a good evolution, because I’d like the sport to grow.'”

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“Once Extreme, Now Mainstream: Jackson Hole Is Named North America’s No. 1 Ski Resort” – businessweek.com 9/18/2013