Seriously, why does anyone ski at this place. Did you need yet another reason? Well...
http://ramzee.net/Files/SSVStatementOfClaim.pdf
Long and short is that SSV is suing the fired ski patrollers for engaging in a campaign to try to discourage people from skiing at SSV (as if anyone really needed to be discouraged). Fun fact: Newschoolers is named in the lawsuit as a medium through which the alleged defamation took place.