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"\"&lt;p&gt;BROOMFIELD, Colo.\\u2014April 13, 2009\\u2014Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) today announced that, beginning with the 2009-2010 winter season, the Company will require all employees to wear helmets when skiing or riding on the job at each of its five mountain resorts: Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly. Helmets will be provided to every employee next fall as part of their standard uniform for working on the mountain. This new initiative is part of Vail Resorts\\u2019 overall commitment to skier and snowboarder safety programs.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cAt Vail Resorts, the safety of our employees and guests is a top priority and we believe the time has come for us to take our commitment to safety to the next level. Our employees will set the example next year for all who enjoy skiing and riding our slopes,\\u201d said John Garnsey, co-president of Vail Resorts\\u2019 Mountain Division and chief operating officer of Beaver Creek Resort.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Company also announced that it will require all children, ages 12 and under, who participate in a group lesson through one of its five resorts\\u2019 ski and ride schools to wear a helmet. Furthermore, a helmet will become a required part of any child\\u2019s (ages 12 and under) ski and snowboard rental package offered at all of Vail Resorts\\u2019 retail and rental outlets, unless a parent or legal guardian signs a waiver to decline use of the equipment.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cWe firmly believe when children are participating in our ski and ride school programs that we must provide them with the proper equipment that promotes enjoyment of the sport while also reducing the possibility of injury. Even though we will now require children in our ski and ride schools to wear helmets and make them a mandatory part of every child\\u2019s rental package, we strongly recommend the use of helmets for all of our guests, regardless of their age or ability level,\\u201d said Blaise Carrig, co-president of Vail Resorts\\u2019 Mountain Division and chief operating officer of Heavenly Mountain Resort.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Vail Resorts&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company&amp;#8217;s subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, the Heavenly Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Company&amp;#8217;s subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN).\\u00a0 The Vail Resorts company website is&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.vailresorts.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt; www.vailresorts.com&lt;\\/a&gt; and consumer website is &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snow.com \\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.snow.com &lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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