“We're seeing the confluence of several things,” said Dineen, who is the president of the Breckenridge Ski Patrol Union ... time a major ski area (Beaver Creek) was built from the ground ...

Vail Resorts has given the same raises to a handful of non-unionized ski patrols that the Park City Mountain union won after ...

Still, since it opened in 1980 Beaver Creek has earned a reputation as a premier ski destination that rivals the heavyweight Vail Ski Resort (even though they're both owned by Vail Resorts).