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Contact: Troy Hawks
NSAA Communications
(720) 963-4215
thawks@nsaa.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NSAA Awards Colorado Ski Executive with Lifetime Achievement Award
Former Vail Resorts President Andy Daly Recognized for Industry Contributions.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. – April 22, 2010 – The National Ski Areas Association
(NSAA) today announced that longtime Colorado ski industry executive Andy Daly is the recipient
of the association’s annual Lifetime Achievement Award for his notable ski industry involvement
and contributions.
Daly’s ski industry career began in 1970 when he moved to Colorado and took a job at Aspen
Highlands for what was supposed to be only a couple of weeks. By the end of the ski season,
Daly was completely enthralled with the Colorado Rockies and accepted a job as a ski patroller
for the next season. Daly moved to Copper Mountain in the fall of 1972 and quickly advanced,
serving as patrol director in 1973, mountain manager in 1975, VP of Ops in 1980, and was finally
promoted to president and CEO in 1982. In 1987, Daly left Copper Mountain to start his own
company, which reopened the Lake Eldora Mountain Resort near Boulder. In 1989, Daly was
lured to operate Beaver Creek Resort in addition to Eldora, and also the Broadmoor Golf
and Spa Resort in Colorado Springs.
“In 1992, Daly was named president and CEO of Vail Associates Inc., the predecessor company
to Vail Resorts. During Andy’s tenure as president, the company acquired Colorado’s Keystone
and Breckenridge resorts, Heavenly in California, and Wyoming’s Grand Teton Lodging Company.
The company filed its initial public offering in February 1997. Daly retired from Vail Resorts
in 2002 to start Gore Creek Investments. During his tenure, Daly served on the NSAA Board,
served as Chair of the Public Lands Committee and was the first person to chair the association’s
Environmental Committee. He also served on the Board of the American Ski Federation and the
Colorado Tourism Board and was a founding director of the American Avalanche Foundation. Daly
was a longstanding member of the Colorado Ski Country USA Board of Directors and currently sits
on the boards of directors for the Vail Valley Foundation, the Vail Valley Medical Center, and
the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. Daly was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in
2000. In 2009, he was awarded the Bergen Award for his numerous contributions to the success of
the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented at NSAA’s National
Convention & Tradeshow May 3 in Orlando, Fla. Find more convention details online at nsaa.org.
THE NATIONAL SKI AREAS ASSOCIATION, LOCATED IN LAKEWOOD, COLO., IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION FORMED IN 1962 FOR SKI AREA OWNERS AND OPERATORS NATIONWIDE.
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