They point to other alpine resorts where payoffs are based on the number of times ski passes are clicked through individual turnstiles. It seems reasonable, but how soon the situation is resolved is anybody's guess. There may be a splintering and a new ticket arrangement between only a couple of resorts. Meanwhile, U.S. tour operators are asking how to quote prices for lift passes. Individual skiers planning a trip to the region will want to study just what they are getting when they sidle up to that window, whoever owns it.
Most people think of the city in terms of auto manufacturing and high commerce.
The skiing venues are going to be as far-flung as the dung in a cowpie pitching contest. An also-ran in the bidding was the Swiss city of Sion, in the heart of the canton of Wallis, with ski areas everywhere. And there are folks in the town who are still pee-ohed, believing the IOC sought revenge for whistle blowing by its member Marc Hodler, a Swiss. It was he that opened the can of worms about shenanigans that won the 2002 Games for Salt Lake City. Swiss equipment sales up A trade magazine in Switzerland is reporting a 20 percent increase in ski and snowboard orders for the new season.