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05/12/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. employee accused of running into a child on the slopes in March is facing charges of reckless endangerment and assault.
05/09/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. has filed court papers indicating it is preparing for trials involving two people who sued the company after being injured in separate incidents. read more
02/18/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. could be in hot water because of hot dogs. A Basalt teacher is suing SkiCo, contending he was injured while trying to board the Deep Temerity ski lift at Aspen Highlands nearly a year ago. The lawsuit by Ryan Bradley, filed Thursday in Pitkin County District Court, seeks more than $100,000 in damages. read more
02/17/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. this summer will embark on a nearly $6 million remodel of the Merry-Go-Round restaurant located mid-mountain at Aspen Highlands. The project will commence at the end of this season and is scheduled to be completed before the ski area opens for the 2011-2012 winter. read more
02/13/11 The 2010-11 ski season passed the half-way point Tuesday with the first half receiving good but not great marks from tourism officials. The Aspen Skiing Co.'s skier visits were up 7 percent through Dec. 31 over the start of the prior season, but business faded a bit last month.
02/06/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. put additional thought last summer into building the Pandora's chairlift on Aspen Mountain but officials decided the time isn't ripe yet for the project.
01/22/11 Skier and snowboarder visits are up so far this season, with Snowmass' boost in lodging occupancy receiving some credit for the increase. The Aspen Skiing Co. logged a 7 percent increase in skier visits through Dec. 31 compared to the start of last season, spokesman Jeff Hanle said this week.
01/03/11 The Aspen Skiing Co. suspended one of its ski instructors Thursday after he passed out fliers on Skico property that were critical of the company's owners and its pay for beginning instructors.
12/20/10 ASPEN - The Aspen Skiing Co. raised its lift ticket prices to their highest level of the season at $99 Saturday, while Vail and Beaver Creek broke the $100 barrier with their single-day, window price, information from the resorts shows. The Aspen Skiing Co. ratcheted up its single-day, window price since the start of the season as more terrain became available. The $99 price will be the Skico's ...
11/24/10 ASPEN - The Aspen Skiing Co. has prepared big plans for the opening of Aspen Mountain and Snowmass for ski season, knowing full well a blizzard could blow it all away. Aspen Mountain will open top to bottom via Spar Gulch and Little Nell Wednesday for the benefit for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. Terrain at the mountaintop served by the Ajax Express chairlift will also be open. In ...
10/19/10 Skiers and riders make for a bustling base of Buttermilk last season. The Aspen Skiing Co. has budgeted for a single-digit increase in visits for the coming winter.
10/12/10 ASPEN - The Aspen-Snowmass ski areas placed respectably in SKI Magazine's latest resort rankings, but they fare much better in two other publications geared toward younger audiences. The Aspen Skiing Co. had three entries in the top 10 of SKI's 24th annual resort rankings. Snowmass placed sixth, same as last year. Aspen Mountain jumped to seventh from 14th the prior season. Aspen Highlands ...
08/18/10 The Aspen Skiing Co. is holding the line on the prices of its two most popular ski passes and is resurrecting the two-days-per-week pass, which had been eliminated before last season, the company announced Monday.
08/18/10 A snowboarder slices through fresh powder last year. The Aspen Skiing Co. this winter will hold the line on the prices of its two most popular ski passes and resurrect the popular two-day-per-week pass.
06/09/10 Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol director Eric Kinsman died of suspected heart failure Sunday while riding his motorcycle in Utah. He was 66 years old. Kinsman, an Aspen Skiing Co. employee since 1969 when he joined the Snowmass ski school, became patrol director on Aspen Mountain in 2004. He had been a ski patroller on Ajax since 1980. read more
04/23/10 DENVER - A powerful spring storm dropped snow, sleet and rain across much of Colorado on Friday, spawning tornadoes and snarling traffic. In the mountains surrounding Aspen, 10 to 20 inches of snow are possible, according to the National Weather Service. The Aspen Skiing Co. reported 7 inches of new snow fell overnight Thursday on Aspen Mountain, which opens for two final days of skiing on ...
04/16/10 ASPEN - The Aspen Skiing Co. has purchased the Limelight Lodge for nearly $38 million, according to closing documents filed with the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder's office. The sale closed earlier this week and was recorded by Stewart Title on Thursday. The official sales price is $37,925,000. The Skico took possession of the 126-room hotel located at 335 S. Monarch St. across from Wagner ...
04/13/10 ASPEN - Aspen Skiing Co. officials felt they were "on the right track" this season after suffering through one of the worst winters in years in 2008-09. Customer visits probably increased a small amount, business was more robust for the ski and snowboard school, and travelers' wallets "have loosened up," Skico Senior Vice President David Perry said Friday. "I would say it met expectations for us ...
04/12/10 Aspen Skiing Co. officials felt they were "on the right track" this season after suffering through one of the worst winters in years in 2008-09. Customer visits probably increased a small amount, business was more robust for the ski and snowboard school, and travelers' wallets "have loosened up," Skico Senior Vice President David Perry said Friday. "I would say it met expectations for us," he ...
04/12/10 ASPEN, Colorado - Aspen Skiing Co. officials felt they were "on the right track" this season after suffering through one of the worst winters in years in 2008-09. Customer visits probably increased a small amount, business was more robust for the ski and snowboard school, and travelers' wallets "have loosened up," Skico Senior Vice President David Perry said Friday. "I would say it met ...
03/31/10 Aspen's ski season will be extended by two extra weekends. The Aspen Skiing Co. will keep the lifts running on Aspen Mountain on April 17-18 and April 24-25, company Senior Vice President David Perry told the Aspen Chamber Resort Association board of directors on Tuesday morning. "We have enough snowpack. Even if we start to lose snowpack at the bottom, we've got enough up high," he said ... | 
