Steamboat Ski Area provides free meals to employees still waiting for work

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — They are ready to start working, but the lack of snow means many of the 1,542 seasonal employees at Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. are still waiting for their first shifts.

"Obviously, we normally have more terrain open at this time," said Loryn Kasten, senior communications manager for Ski Corp. "We are dedicated to helping our employees through this time. Twice a week, we offer heavily discounted meals to our employees throughout the entire season, and during these first few weeks of the season, we have waived the $3 fee that we normally charge to any employees who are not receiving a paycheck because we do not have terrain open."

In addition to the free meals, the resort is also offering $2 breakfast burritos to its employees to help them through a period of time when they are not getting paid on a regular basis.

"We are planning to continue them (free meals and discounts) through this week, and we will evaluate again next week to see if they are necessary to continue,” Kasten said. "We have some employees who have not started their shifts yet; we have some employees that have been cut back on shifts."

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