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Move over $350 lift tickets and full-bar gondolas—we’ve got a new level of ski bougie in town. A covered parking spot at Whistler Blackcomb’s Glacier Lodge is currently on sale for $76,000 (that’s USD, folks), and I spit out my morning coffee. Stall 106, which offers 8 by 16 foot landing strip just a short walk from the Blackcomb Gondola, might be a coveted piece of property for the diehard first chair rider, but boy is it going to come at a pretty penny. A similar spot sold last year for just slightly less, which somehow makes it okay to give it another whirl. Hey, go make that money, but what the heck, guys?!
Driver follows GPS onto Keystone ski slope.
Hey, you can’t park there. Keystone skiers woke up to an unanticipated obstacle on the slopes this week after a Boulder driver accidentally drove his Audi sportscar onto the Schoolmarm trail and left it stranded in the snow. According to the Summit Daily, the driver followed GPS directions into a less-than-ideal parking spot, leaving a note and contact number behind. Never a dull day in ski country, am I right?
Washington ski resort is now offering pocket bacon for lift riders.
We’re only a week in, but is there hope for 2025? I was officially this many days old when I discovered that Washington’s Mission Ridge ski area offers tin-foil-wrapped pocket bacon, completely changing the game of on-hill snackage and proving that good exists in the world. Yes, we could conceivably make our greasy pork trimmings at home, wrap them ourselves, and shove them into jacket pockets, but sometimes having someone else taking care of you just tastes a little sweeter. Or is it saltier?
Jackson Hole discontinues vertical feet leaderboard to dissuade fast skiing.
Well, that didn’t last long. According to an email sent by resort CEO Mary Kate Buckley, the vertical feet leaderboard included in Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s JH Insider app has been discontinued due to its promotion of “fast skiing,.” The email follows complaints by local activist groups that “game-ifying” skiing leads to reckless behavior and even injury.
