One program is working to make the ski slopes more diverse

By Samantha Wright

Published March 10, 2023 at 1:59 PM MST

Skiers free-ride down a slope despite a high avalanche risk, at the ski resort in Val-d'Isere, in the French Alps, on March 2, 2014.

Our region has some of the world's most famous ski resorts and there’s a push for more diversity on their slopes.

Ski Utah has a program addressing an imbalance that shows just around 10% of the population on the mountains to be non-white. KUER'S Curtis Booker reports for the Mountain West News Bureau on another initiative in our region.

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