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On the morning of October 19, 1998, a group of Earth Liberation Front activists set fire to several lifts and buildings at Vail Ski Resort. [1] This was one of the most serious ecotage attacks in the history of the United States, causing $12 million in damages, which caught the attention of the nation. [2]
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado.At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, [1] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin.
The FBI indicated that some of the charges relate to a 1998 arson attack, claimed by the ELF, on the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. Other charges were related to another attack on the botany labs at the University of Washington in 2001. [11] The combined cost of the damage from the attacks is estimated at approaching $80 million.
Vail Resorts was in the hot seat this month when a Park City ski patrol strike disrupted holidays. For years, Vail's rapid acquisitions and high costs have sparked criticism from skiers and locals ...
19 October 1998, Vail, Colorado: The ELF claims responsibility for burning five buildings and four chair lifts at the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing in excess of $12 million in damages. The action came only five days after a court had ruled that Vail could proceed with its planned Category III expansion into the Two Elks ...
The general area was the site of a small fire on New Year's Eve that burned for a few hours before fire officials said they snuffed it out with help from a water-dropping helicopter.
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s on-off relationship is off again, TMZ reports. Sources told the outlet that the couple, who is expecting their first child together, called off their romance ...
Frost Fire: Walhalla: North Dakota: 1,400 1,070 330 10 3 $23 September 28, 2019 [184] Hidden Valley: Wildwood: Missouri: 860 540 320 65 17 9 19 $49 September 28, 2019 [185] Snow Creek: Weston: Missouri: 1,099 799 300 25 12 5 20 $47 September 28, 2019 [186] Ober Gatlinburg: Gatlinburg: Tennessee: 3,300 2,700 600 38 10 4 9 $65 September 28, 2019 ...