Telluride Ski Patrol Strike Ends as 2 Sides Approve Deal

Telluride Ski Patrol is headed back to the slopes: Resort, union reach agreement, more terrain set to open

As much-needed snow fell over Telluride Thursday evening, Telluride Ski and Golf and the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association announced the two parties have ratified a contract, and patrollers are back on the slopes as of Friday morning.

Telluride ski patrol strike ends, resort to begin reopening this weekend

After 13 days on strike, the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association has accepted a new offer from Telluride Ski & Golf to end the work stoppage.

Telluride ski patrol union approves a new contract, ending strike and preparing resort re-opening this weekend

TELLURIDE — As light flakes fell, the ski patrollers in this town voted. It wasn’t what they wanted, but it was time.  After an unprecedented resort closure and 13-day ski patrol strike that drained holiday business in a community that relies on skiing vacationers, the 75-member Telluride Professional Ski Patrol union on Thursday voted to accept an offer from the resort owner and return to the slopes. It’s been an ugly two weeks in Telluride and…

Telluride set to reopen this weekend as ski patrol strike comes to an end

Telluride Ski Resort will reopen this weekend after the ski resort and ski patrol union came to an agreement ending a strike which began in late December.

Telluride ski patrol strike ends as 2 sides approve deal

Ski patrollers and the resort ratified a new deal Thursday afternoon, ending the strike that began Dec. 27.

‘Pow to the people.’ Telluride residents take to the streets as ski resort closure divides town.

With an economic crisis looming, Telluride business owners and residents took to the streets Wednesday to urge the town’s ski resort and its patrollers, who are currently on strike, to come to an immediate agreement in hopes of salvaging what’s left of the winter tourist season. About 100 people congregated downtown around midday to effectively beg both parties to end their negotiation stalemate and reopen the mountain. The ski patrollers went o…