These awards actually originated as a partnership between SKI and NSAA designed to r ecognize resorts, programs, and people in the industry making strides toward sustainability.Īlso Read: This Colorado Ski Area Turned a Coal Mine into a Power Plant

To that end, the National Ski Areas Association has been rewarding the good work done by ski resorts around sustainability and environmental issues since 1993 through its Golden Eagle Awards. Boyne Resorts, owner of over a dozen ski and lakeside resorts, was recognized for its efforts to apply best environmental practices across resort operations such as snowmaking. We might not agree on how to do it, but we know we have to change how we do things-in the ski industry and across the globe. Yet as soul-soothing as that is, we can’t say we’re not worried about the impacts of climate change on the future of our sport-or even the impact that the ski industry itself has on the environment and what we can do to stem the damage. As avid outdoorists here at SKI, we love the mountains and hope to spend many more years blazing down slopes on skis and bikes.