Episode #5 of the Wake and Wander Podcast is now available: Small Ski Areas Selling Out to Big Corporations and the Future of Skiing With Scott Grasser.

Scott Grasser is the owner of Lost Trail Ski Area in Montana. He joins the podcast to discuss the unpredictability of ski travel, what it’s like to own a ski area, weather anxiety, why lift tickets keep increasing in price each year, Lost Trail’s unique operating schedule, how decreasing snow totals may or may not affect the ski industry in the future, the trend of big corporations buying up smaller ski areas, the pluses and minuses of corporate takeovers, whether he wants a big corporation to buy Lost Trail, and more.

Recording location: Lost Trail Ski Area, Montana

Next up, Episode 6 will take us down to St. Pete, Florida, a place on the cusp of a new identity. Thanks for listening and for sharing with friends!