Peak Performance; High-Tech Updates Revive Wausau's Struggling Slopes

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Wausau Ask most skiers to describe the old Rib Mountain ski area, and they'd probably agree with Phil Brankin.

"It was kind of seedy before," said Brankin, of Villa Park, Ill., as he waited with his family for a chairlift on a recent Friday morning at the resort now known as Granite Peak.

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Peak Performance; High-Tech Updates Revive Wausau's Struggling Slopes

The 700-foot ski hill located at Rib Mountain State Park seemed destined to close. The state Department of Natural Resources, which owns the land and some of the buildings, was struggling to find a new operator. Out-of-town skiers were zooming past on Highway 51 and heading to other slopes in Wisconsin and ...

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