Telluride Resort ski patrollers have ended their strike, accepting a new offer put forward by TelSki, owner of the Colorado ski resort.
Members of the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association (TPSPA) approved the new contract by a less than unanimous vote, TPSPA wrote in a statement posted on its Instagram page. The statement doesn't offer specifics, but it says that the deal did not fix what the union referred to as its "broken wage structure."
One Telski concession is that ski patrol supervisors will be covered under the union contract.
"We are delighted that the two parties came to an agreement today," Telluride representative Steve Swenson said. "It has been a lot of work, but we are confident this latest offer represented a fair compromise."
Telluride Resort closed on Dec. 27 due to the strike but reopened with a single operating chairlift on Jan. 5 using non-union replacement patrollers.
The mountain plans to open a second lift on Jan. 10, with more to follow.
Telluride received eight inches of snow overnight on Friday, following a long dry period. The dry-weather pattern is forecast to resume for the coming week.