Inside the American cowboy town that became a multi-million dollar ski resort

Steamboat has gone from a small border town to a big-dollar ski resort, thanks to a recent $200 million investment “Do you hear that sound?” asked my host Ray Heid, sun-wrinkled and dressed in his signature cowboy hat and homemade moosehide duster, as he turned and looked up at a plane flying through the brilliant … Read more

Seven signs your ski vacation has become Americanized

Critics worry that American influence will ruin the charm of Europe’s ski resorts – Switzerland Tourism/Silvano Zeiter Will skiers in the Alps start bartering soon? pichets for pitchers, or flipping burgers on the 4th of July, instead of sipping onion soup on the 14th? The recent announcement that US conglomerate Vail Resorts had purchased the … Read more