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In The Pre-dawn Hours Of October 19, 1998, A Commando-style Arson Destroyed Or Damaged $12 Million Worth Of Chair Lifts And Mountaintop Buildings At Vail, Colorado, The Largest Ski Resort In The United States. The Timing Of The Fires Indicated A Calculated Attack, Since The Fires Were Set On The Same Day The Ski Area's Owners Were About To Begin Construction For A Controversial Expansion Into An Old-growth Forest On Federally Owned Land. Within Days, An E-mail Arrived From A Little-known Radical Environmental Group Known As The Earth Liberation Front, Claiming Credit For The Arson In The Name Of The Lynx, A Rare Species Whose Habitat Was Disappearing In This Rapidly Developing Part Of Colorado. But The Elf's Claim Of Credit Was Never Substantiated, And The Number Of Potential Suspects Grew In Direct Proportion To The Number Of Enemies That The Ski Area's Owners Had Made. Powder Burn Is The Story Of A Particular Kind Of Trouble In Paradise. At The Time Of The Fires, Vail And Its Environs Had Become A Powder Keg Of Social And Economic Unrest, And Much Of The Tension Revolved Around The Locals' Frustration With Vail Resorts, Inc., The Company That Owns Vail Ski Area And Neighboring Be

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Author

Glick, Daniel

Publisher

Public Affairs

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781586480035

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, History, Travel

Rating

3.67 / 5 (60 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14