The primary part of the article discusses Epic Mix TIme which allows users to see lift line wait times at every lift in Vail.

I found one sentence in the article more interesting than the rest though and it has nothing to do with time: "

 The slow moving, fixed-grip lift is now a fossil at Vail, as every chair on the mountain now detaches onto a fast moving cable for maximum efficiency.

http://www.summitdaily.com/news/futuristic-technology-being-used-in-vail-resorts-war-on-lift-lines/

This = big bucks and how skiing is pricing itself out of business except for the upper incomes