Ski resorts can have the most luxurious lodges, the fastest lifts and
most exciting terrain. But if they don’t have snow in the winter, none
of that matters much.
We look at potential state revenue sources,
from the Earned Income Tax Credits to the gas tax to break-open tickets, and we hear how far snowmaking technology has come since its invention
70 years ago.
In the 1990s, ski resorts and state environmental officials often clashed over
the impact of snowmaking on high elevation streams.
Those
issues have mostly been resolved. But now the Stowe Mountain Resort wants a
delay in meeting some state requirements.