{"id":22576,"date":"2020-04-24T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64365"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:34:51","slug":"lawsuits-filed-against-ski-industry-giants-vail-resorts-and-alterra-over-lost-season-pass-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/lawsuits-filed-against-ski-industry-giants-vail-resorts-and-alterra-over-lost-season-pass-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuits filed against ski industry giants Vail Resorts and Alterra over lost season pass value"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Lawsuits-SDN-042220-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Lawsuits-SDN-042220-1-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Lawsuits-SDN-042220-1-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Lawsuits-SDN-042220-1-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>A closure sign Tuesday at the base of Copper Mountain Resort. Powdr Corp., which owns Copper Mountain, has a partnership with Alterra Mountain Co. on the Ikon Pass. <\/strong><br \/><em>Jason Connolly \/ jconnolly@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DILLON \u2014 A class-action lawsuit was&nbsp;<a class rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/HuntvVailCorporationDocketNo420cv02463NDCalApr102020CourtDocket?1586855225\" target=\"_blank\">filed against Vail Resorts<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>&nbsp;on April 10 claiming false advertising, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, among other counts, due to lost mountain resort access without pass refunds.<\/p>\n<p>Four days later on April 14,&nbsp;<a class rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classaction.org\/media\/kramer-v-alterra-mountain-company-et-al.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a similar lawsuit was filed against Alterra Mountain Co<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>., citing that by retaining revenue generated from Ikon Pass sales, the company holds tens of millions in unjust profits as the ski areas and resorts were closed prematurely.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff in the suit against Vail Resorts is Brian Hunt, a Tahoe Local passholder for the 2019-20 season. The lawsuit says Hunt was promised mountain access from October 2019 to June 2020 as long as snow continued to be on the mountain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-announces-closure-for-the-remainder-of-19-20-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vail Resorts made the decision March 17 to close all North American resorts for the remainder of the season due to the new coronavirus pandemic<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>, but the lawsuit reports that Hunt has not been refunded any part of his pass fee for lost access to Vail Resorts mountains. The lawsuit claims Hunt would \u201cnot have paid for the annual pass, or would not have paid for it on the same terms, had he known that he would not have access to any \u2026 resorts.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, the class action is on behalf of all Epic Pass holders for the 2019-20 season as well as those with unused days on the Epic Day Pass. There is also a subclass Hunt wishes to represent that consists of those who purchased these passes specifically in California as some claims reference California law. In addition to certifying the class, Hunt seeks compensatory and punitive damages to be determined by the court or jury, among other judgements.<\/p>\n<p>Following the closure, Vail Resorts Chief Marketing Officer Kirsten Lynch sent an email to passholders March 25 that read: \u201cWe intend to reach back out to you with more information by the end of April.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Breckenridge Ski Resort spokeswoman Sara Lococo reported that the company is working on a \u201ccomprehensive approach\u201d for passholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff in the lawsuit against Alterra is Robert Stephen Kramer, who is also a California resident but does not list a California subclass. The proposed class is listed simply as Ikon Pass and Ikon Base purchasers, both of which are season passes. The suit alleges that Ikon passholders did not receive the benefits that they paid for when the resorts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-suspending-operations-sunday-through-march-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed in mid-March<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>. The lawsuit gave the example of Colorado\u2019s Winter Park Resort, which the suit says is typically open into late April or May.<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Jacobson, an attorney at Dovel &amp; Luner, the law firm that filed the case against Alterra, said that while Colorado resorts were closed following an executive order from the governor, the resorts are still obligated to refund passholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alterra has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alterramtnco.com\/news\/2020\/04\/14\/ikon-pass-announces-updates-to-20-21-season-passes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doubled the renewal discount<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>&nbsp;for the purchase of 2020-21 passes and has added&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alterramtnco.com\/news\/2020\/04\/17\/ikon-pass-introduces-adventure-assurance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAdventure Assurance\u201d<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>&nbsp;for 2020-21 passholders to defer next season\u2019s pass to the 2021-22 season for any reason, but has not made deferment or refund options available to 2019-20 season passholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jacobson said the next step in the legal process will be to ask the court to certify the class so the lawsuit can proceed as a class action. He said this could take months or up to a year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/lawsuits-filed-against-ski-industry-giants-vail-resorts-and-alterra-over-lost-season-pass-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A closure sign Tuesday at the base of Copper Mountain Resort. Powdr Corp., which owns Copper Mountain, has a partnership with Alterra Mountain Co. on the Ikon Pass. Jason Connolly \/ jconnolly@summitdaily.com DILLON \u2014 A class-action lawsuit was&nbsp;filed against Vail Resorts&nbsp;on April 10 claiming false advertising, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, among other counts, due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 14:14:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}