Okemo, under the Muellers management, was always a great place for families to ski considering that it is an eastern resort with variable weather. However, the resort was purchased a few years ago by Vail Resorts who operate the Epic pass. People with this pass can ski at any of a number of resorts. Last year, according to the New York Times, Vail sold so many passes, that on one particular weekend there was chaos in Sunapee, a resort operated by Vail in New Hampshire. There were also chaotic conditions in Ludlow, where Okemo is situated. There was traffic all the way through town disrupting the day to day activities of locals and impacting the air quality. Ski resorts are outside activities where one should expect to breathe pure air. Locals should not have to suffer lower quality air as Vail makes snow and skiers drive in. It goes without saying that a ski resort operator should use 100% renewable electricity. Vail Resorts claim in their Progress Report 2021-2022 season:- “this year, we reached 100% renewable electricity across all of our North American mountain Resorts,….” Really?????? What would a reasonable person reading that statement take it to mean? you might be forgiven for believing that Okemo operated on 100% renewable energy? Right? I have spoken to several members of Vail management at Okemo and they tell me there is no firm plan for installing any renewable energy. At the moment, I was told by a Vail employee that, when Vail is making snow, it uses 12,000 gallons of fuel per day and pumps up 9,000 gallons of water per minute. How much is this activity contributing to pollution and global warming and why is Vail not doing anything to offset it locally?? There are no high speed electric car chargers at the main parking lots near the Clock Tower main area. According to Vail management there is no plan to install any electric chargers in the near future. In the past few years I have seen desperate visitors plugging 110 volt cords into any outlet they can find in order to get a charge and be able to drive home. You would think Vail, a consumer business, might be interested in helping their visitors. If you ask Vail Management about electric charging they routinely tell you there are chargers at Jackson Gore. The only problem is that Jackson Gore is over 3 miles from the clock tower. If you don’t own a Tesla it will take 12 hours to charge your car! How does that work for a day visitor? Doesn’t this seem like a rather one sided deal? Vail sells more passes and makes more money, while locals and visitors have to breathe dirtier air and skiers have to contend with longer lift lines. The Biden administration has just passed a massive infrastructure bill that sets the tone: electric charging is very important, electric cars are coming fast and environmental protection is job one. Prior to the change of management I would have rated Okemo a four star resort for families. I am now revising this to a failing grade because of the gap between what Vail states in their progress report and what one sees on the ground; lack of preparation for customer electric car needs, dirty air and environmental shortcomings. In addition as of today, December 27, 2022, according to the Okemo web site there are only 59 out of 126 trails open. We tested the conditions a few weeks ago and found that even on blue intermediate slopes conditions were extremely icy. In fact these were the very worst conditions that we have ever experienced at Okemo- so much so that we had to stop after a few runs because my wife lost confidence. Vail needs to be more forthright on their web site about what conditions are really like.