"Telluride Ski Resort in southwestern Colorado began to reopen Friday after a vote by striking ski patrollers to accept a contract and return to work. The resort shut down Dec. 27 after the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association rejected a company pay proposal. The resort remained closed except for beginner carpets and a lift serving two beginner runs that were staffed this week by managers and temporary ski patrollers."
"With help from artificial snowmaking and a foot (30 centimeters) of recent snowfall, more lifts and runs will open starting this weekend, resort officials said in a statement. "We are confident that this last offer represented a fair compromise," resort representative Steve Swenson said in the statement. Neither the resort nor the ski patrol union divulged details of the deal endorsed by the union with a Thursday vote. Negotiations had been ongoing since June."
Telluride Ski Resort resumed broader operations after striking ski patrollers voted to accept a contract and return to work, ending a shutdown that began Dec. 27. Operations had been limited to beginner carpets and one lift staffed by managers and temporary patrollers. Artificial snowmaking and a foot (30 centimeters) of recent snowfall will allow more lifts and runs to open this weekend. The resort and the union did not disclose deal terms after the Thursday vote; negotiations had been ongoing since June. The union had sought raises for new patrollers and much larger increases for experienced patrollers, and welcomed supervisor inclusion in the unit. Ski patrollers elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region are also unionizing over pay and local cost-of-living concerns.
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