Mount Bachelor, one of America’s largest and beloved ski resorts, was put up for sale in August of 2024 after two decades of contentious corporate ownership. Sensing a sliver of opportunity, a high school teacher, a housing appraiser and local home builder launched a community campaign to put this ski hill back in the hands of locals. What started as a Facebook thread, snowballed into a legitimate would-be buyer with $100 million in local backing that collided into Wall Street players, the specter of climate change and the looming reality that the joy of skiing is no longer a simple business to run.
This is the 2nd episode in a two part series. Start with A Snowball’s Chance Part 1.[/vc_column_text]
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Our Many Stars • Sun Shapes • Archery • Hermon Sparks • Pastek, Joya • Sigta • Fields of Ethera • Chill Horizons Pad-Elm • JT Ruff • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided with permission from the artists or from Track Club
Mount Bachelor, one of America’s largest and beloved ski resorts, was put up for sale in August of 2024 after two decades of contentious corporate ownership. Sensing a sliver of opportunity, a high school teacher, a housing appraiser and local home builder launched a community campaign to put this ski hill back in the hands of locals. What started as a Facebook thread, snowballed into a legitimate would-be buyer with $100 million in local backing that collided into Wall Street players, the specter of climate change and the looming reality that the joy of skiing is no longer a simple business to run.
This is the 2nd episode in a two part series. Start with A Snowball’s Chance Part 1.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Our Many Stars • Sun Shapes • Archery • Hermon Sparks • Pastek, Joya • Sigta • Fields of Ethera • Chill Horizons Pad-Elm • JT Ruff • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided with permission from the artists or from Track Club
