Skiing Business

Weather insurance? Yup. And one resort that had a policy is suing its insurance company for not paying. Read more here.

High Sierra announced plans to move into a new energy-efficient headquarters in Gurnee, Ill. next week.

Scarpa promoted Paul Nanawa as its new sales service manager and Steve Jozefczyk as its new direct sales coordinator. The company also named Summit Sales as it's new rep group for the PNW.

We scoped out REI's national headquarters in Washington and managed to sneak in a few photos.

Do they discourage as many skiers as they attract?

Jean-Yves Couput is leaving his post as Salomon's marketing director to become Suunto's global marketing director.

More and more consumers have a handheld computer with them at all time, and retailers can capitalize by targeting those mobile phone users.

Pro skier Jess McMillan signed a contract with Garmont, joining fellow skier Chris Davenport on the Ring of Fire Volcano Tour.

Snowsports Industries America announced that the 2013 reached "sold out" status, but the group is starting a waiting list that normally gets tapped.

Cross Skiwear relies on its specialty-shop focus to put it on the map.

Outdoor Retailer announced it will move the show dates up one day to start with on-snow demo on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.

Sally Grimes, the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition's executive director, resigned, and the organization is still looking for a replacement.

Vail Resorts' season-to-date lift ticket revenue was down 0.3 percent year-over-year despite skier visits being down 12.6 percent for the same period. Click here for more.

The two organizations partnered to create a grant program open to current employees of Grassroots Outdoor Alliance stores in an effort to get youth outdoors.

Klaus Lenhart, owner of Leki poles, died in a plane crash on Monday. He was 56 years old.