This this year, thanks to several back-to-back, major weather systems, several West Coast resorts are looking at snow totals in the 600-inches-plus range that might keep the season going well into spring. This month also marks the runup to Mountain Travel Symposium, our annual ski and mountain-destination conference, and our Focus on Ski and Mountain Travel cover story.

In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin and Robert Silk, who covers ski and mountain travel for Travel Weekly, talk with Tom Foley, senior vice president of business intelligence at Inntopia, and Patrick Lacey, the public relations manager at Palisades Tahoe, about mountain ecosystems, how those snow totals impact visitation, this year’s lodging trends and how to get people to move from trying skiing to actually becoming a skier.

This was recorded March 17 and was edited for length and clarity. 

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by G Adventures. At the end of this episode, stay on for a bonus interview with Jeremy Brady, national sales manager for G Adventures, and Mary Pat Sullivan, the executive vice president of marketing for Northstar and Travel Weekly.

Related reports: 

Travel Weekly’s ski and mountain coverage: https://www.travelweekly.com/ski-travel 

Focus on ski and mountain travel, 2023: Powder days for skiers of all levels: https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days

Snowpack piles up at ski resorts in California and Utah https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Snowpack-piles-up-Utah-California 

Focus on ski and mountain travel 2022: Driving diversity on the slopes https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-Driving-diversity-on-the-slopes

Palisades Tahoe: https://www.palisadestahoe.com

Inntopia: https://www.inntopia.com

Mountain Travel Symposium: https://www.mtntrvl.com

Inntopia and Mountain Travel Symposium and owned by Travel Weekly parent company Northstar Travel Group.  

This this year, thanks to several back-to-back, major weather systems, several West Coast resorts are looking at snow totals in the 600-inches-plus range that might keep the season going well into spring. This month also marks the runup to Mountain Travel Symposium, our annual ski and mountain-destination conference, and our Focus on Ski and Mountain Travel cover story.
In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin and Robert Silk, who covers ski and mountain travel for Travel Weekly, talk with Tom Foley, senior vice president of business intelligence at Inntopia, and Patrick Lacey, the public relations manager at Palisades Tahoe, about mountain ecosystems, how those snow totals impact visitation, this year’s lodging trends and how to get people to move from trying skiing to actually becoming a skier.
This was recorded March 17 and was edited for length and clarity. 
Episode Sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.gadventures.com">G Adventures</a>. At the end of this episode, stay on for a bonus interview with Jeremy Brady, national sales manager for G Adventures, and Mary Pat Sullivan, the executive vice president of marketing for Northstar and Travel Weekly.
Related reports: 
Travel Weekly’s ski and mountain coverage: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/ski-travel">https://www.travelweekly.com/ski-travel </a>
Focus on ski and mountain travel, 2023: Powder days for skiers of all levels: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days</a>
Snowpack piles up at ski resorts in California and Utah <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Snowpack-piles-up-Utah-California">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Snowpack-piles-up-Utah-California </a>
Focus on ski and mountain travel 2022: Driving diversity on the slopes <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-Driving-diversity-on-the-slopes">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-Driving-diversity-on-the-slopes</a>
Palisades Tahoe: <a href="https://www.palisadestahoe.com">https://www.palisadestahoe.com</a>
Inntopia: <a href="https://www.inntopia.com">https://www.inntopia.com</a>
Mountain Travel Symposium: <a href="https://www.mtntrvl.com">https://www.mtntrvl.com</a>
Inntopia and Mountain Travel Symposium and owned by Travel Weekly parent company Northstar Travel Group.

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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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