Idaho case could make skiing costlier and force small ski hills to close, industry warns

It was clear and shady on a late-November afternoon in 2019, as a 65-year-old, 210-pound skier from Boise made his way down Lower River Run at Sun Valley, skiing with poor control on the moderately crowded groomed run, according to court records. He skied across the backs of another skiers skis and yelled, then fell and crashed head-first into a tall, yellow-padded snowmaking tower gun in the middle of the run. What happe