{"id":25343,"date":"2019-06-13T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:08:00","slug":"arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Arapahoe Basin Ski Area\u2019s Bickel, Corrigan win Ski Country USA awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8349954669084\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-367356-545\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA | Award winners take a photo together at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver. The group of award winners included Ski Patroller of the Year Scott Bickel (far right) and Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Mary Corrigan (fourth from left), both of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Award winners take a photo together at last week&#8217;s 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver. The group of award winners included Ski Patroller of the Year Scott Bickel (far right) and Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Mary Corrigan (fourth from left), both of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419.jpg\" alt=\"Award winners take a photo together at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver. The group of award winners included Ski Patroller of the Year Scott Bickel (far right) and Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Mary Corrigan (fourth from left), both of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA | Arapahoe Basin Ski Area ski patroller Scott Bickel takes a photo accepting his Ski Patroller of the Year Award at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Arapahoe Basin Ski Area ski patroller Scott Bickel takes a photo accepting his Ski Patroller of the Year Award at last week&#8217;s 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-1.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin Ski Area ski patroller Scott Bickel takes a photo accepting his Ski Patroller of the Year Award at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA | Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's Mary Corrigan takes a photo accepting her Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Award at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Arapahoe Basin Ski Area&#8217;s Mary Corrigan takes a photo accepting her Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Award at last week&#8217;s 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Marc Piscotty Photography, Colorado Ski Country USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-ABasin-SDN-061419-2.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's Mary Corrigan takes a photo accepting her Food and Beverage Professional of the Year Award at last week's 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A pair of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area employees won best-of awards at last week\u2019s 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA annual meeting in Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A-Basin ski patroller Scott Bickel took home the nonprofit trade association\u2019s Ski Patroller of the Year award while Mary Corrigan won Food and Beverage Personnel of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bickel previously worked at Keystone Resort before joining A-Basin nine seasons ago. Bickel also won the ski area\u2019s \u201cA-Mazing\u201d award in 2017. In a press release announcing the news, Ski Country said Bickel is praised companywide for his instincts for safety, his passion for guest service and his determination to continue improving his skills and abilities. The trade association also quoted A-Basin operations director Tony Cammarata as lauding Bickel for \u201cnever forgetting that the quality of his work has tangible impacts on thousands of people who depend on him to get it right every day. He is exactly the type of professional by which the next generation of ski industry leaders should measure themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Corrigan has worked in food and beverage for a dozen years, including the past seven at A-Basin. In the Ski Country press release, Corrigan was praised for her passion, consistency and attention to detail in helping to cultivate A-Basin as a \u201cworld-class dining experience.\u201d Corrigan also was recognized for her integral role in the conception and opening this winter of the highest elevation restaurant in the U.S., Il Rifugio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The trade association represents 23 of the state\u2019s ski and snowboard resorts and areas, including A-Basin and Copper Mountain Resort here in Summit County and Loveland Ski Area just over the Continental Divide in Clear Creek County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/arapahoe-basin-ski-areas-bickel-corrigan-win-ski-country-usa-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award winners take a photo together at last week&#8217;s 56th annual Colorado Ski Country USA meeting and Double Diamond Awards banquet at the JW Marriott Hotel Cherry Creek in Denver. 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