Vail Resorts Names Taylor Ogilvie New Urban Ski Areas Vice President
BROOMFIELD, Colo.–August 31, 2017–Vail Resorts, Inc., (NYSE: MTN) (“Vail Resorts”) announced today the promotion of Taylor Ogilvie, previously general manager of Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin, as the new vice president of the company’s urban ski areas. In addition to oversight of Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan, he will continue as the general manager at Wilmot Mountain.
Ogilvie is originally from the Chicago suburbs and grew up skiing Midwest ski areas. After attending college at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Ogilvie started his career at Vail Resorts as a ski instructor and worked his way through the ranks at the Vail and Beaver Creek Ski & Ride Schools and most recently held the position of general manager at Mt. Brighton. He was appointed to the general manager role at Wilmot in 2016 when the company acquired the ski area.
Ahead of the 2016-2017 season, Ogilvie oversaw the transformation of Wilmot Mountain as the company invested in new lifts, an expanded snowmaking system, an updated terrain park, a complete overhaul of the entire base lodge and a separate table-service restaurant, the creation of a new children’s ski school facility and a new beginner ski and snowboard area. Along with the physical transformation, Ogilvie led the Wilmot team in creating a new culture and guest-service approach for the ski area.
“We are fortunate to have someone with Taylor’s extensive experience with Vail Resorts, as well as his history at Mt. Brighton and Wilmot Mountain, to provide leadership for our teams in the Midwest,” said Chris Jarnot, the company’s mountain division executive vice president. “I am confident that Taylor will help us drive continued success as we grow our business and enhance the employee and guest experience across our urban ski areas.”
Ogilvie is originally from the Chicago suburbs and grew up skiing Midwest ski areas. After attending college at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Ogilvie started his career at Vail Resorts as a ski instructor and worked his way through the ranks at the Vail and Beaver Creek Ski & Ride Schools and most recently held the position of general manager at Mt. Brighton. He was appointed to the general manager role at Wilmot in 2016 when the company acquired the ski area.
Ahead of the 2016-2017 season, Ogilvie oversaw the transformation of Wilmot Mountain as the company invested in new lifts, an expanded snowmaking system, an updated terrain park, a complete overhaul of the entire base lodge and a separate table-service restaurant, the creation of a new children’s ski school facility and a new beginner ski and snowboard area. Along with the physical transformation, Ogilvie led the Wilmot team in creating a new culture and guest-service approach for the ski area.
“We are fortunate to have someone with Taylor’s extensive experience with Vail Resorts, as well as his history at Mt. Brighton and Wilmot Mountain, to provide leadership for our teams in the Midwest,” said Chris Jarnot, the company’s mountain division executive vice president. “I am confident that Taylor will help us drive continued success as we grow our business and enhance the employee and guest experience across our urban ski areas.”
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading global mountain resort operator. Vail Resorts’ subsidiaries operate 11 world-class mountain resorts and three urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada; Perisher in Australia; Stowe in Vermont; Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. Vail Resorts owns and/or manages a collection of casually elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning and development subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.