ski industry

Sierra-at-Tahoe, a ski resort south of Lake Tahoe, got creative defending itself from the rapidly spreading Caldor Fire by repurposing its snow guns to spray water on the property.

California’s popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort is considering changing its name to remove the word “squaw” — a derogatory term for Native American women — amid a national reckoning over racial injustice and inequality. The word “squaw,” derived from the Algonquin language, may have once simply meant “woman,” but over generations, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term…

Ski resorts across the West that were shut down amid coronavirus fears are grappling with an economic blow at a time they would normally be welcoming hordes of spring break revelers.