Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

About Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Ski Utah's new Last Chair will take you inside Utah's resorts for the story behind the Greatest Snow on Earth®. In a weekly series of audio features, host Tom Kelly will bring you behind the scenes with resort leaders, athletes and fascinating figures who are the stories inside Utah skiing and snowboarding. Whether you're a passionate local snow rider, or a guest to the Utah mountain landscape, you'll learn about mountain life through the stories of the men and women who shape the Ski Utah experience. Each Last Chair episode is 30-40 minutes, with insightful questions and fun anecdotal facts. As a career communicator, Kelly weaves stories with ease bringing listeners inside the mountain tales of Utah skiing and snowboarding.

Publisher

Ski Utah

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Dec 2019

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 94 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Last Chair Podcast: Eagle Point Fire - Episode 93

   Eagle Point owner Shane Gadbaw shares with host Tom Kelly how the resort rebuilds after a devastating fire and flood, envisioning a resilient future.

2. 

   6 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Last Chair S7 EP13 - Tristen & Piper: New Royalty

   What’s it feel like to drop into Corbet’s Couloir? Alta locals Tristen Lilly and Piper Kunst know. This year, they took home King and Queen of Corbet’s, earning their place on one of skiing’s biggest stages. In the Last Chair Season 7 finale, they sit down with Tom Kelly to talk about their paths to big mountain skiing, meeting in a lift line at Alta, and what goes through your head when you’re staring into that 20-foot drop. From Piper’s first win with no sponsors to Tristen’s viral 720 entry, this is the story of two skiers building a life in the Wasatch and pushing what’s possible. Listen now.

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   23 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   LastChair S7 EP12: Meg Wandishin - Bringing The World To Utah

   Meg Wandishin Last Chair guest Meg Wandishin grew up skiing the slopes of Shawnee Peak (now Pleasant Mountain), a Maine ski area that dates back to 1938, and then moved up to Sunday River. Today, she serves as recruiting manager for Deer Valley Resort, where, among her tasks, is overseeing the resort’s popular J-1 visa program for international workers. Wandishin’s pathway into recruiting came by chance, tending bar in Maine when a customer saw in her the traits of a charismatic recruiter. After a few years in recruitment for tech companies, she decided to take time to work remotely in Utah. Three months later, she decided to stay – connecting with Deer Valley in 2023. Today, she plays a major role in recruiting more than 3,000 seasonal employees for the resort, with an enthusiastic personality and a pride in helping create the Deer Valley Difference.

Inside a recent episode

Last Chair Podcast: Eagle Point Fire - Episode 93

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It was started in the early seventies. Conrad Koning was the first owner. I've actually gotten to meet him, not in person, but through video. And, you know, we've done some interviews together, but he had a plane and he would fly back and forth from Las Vegas up to Salt Lake to ski. And on the way he found what is now Eagle Point and bought it and made the first two chair lifts. And that's how it got started. And then it's really been a string of owners after that. It kind of seemed like every owner came from outside of the ski industry. wanted to make an impact, made an investment, and then for one reason or another, either gave up or lost it to the next guy. […]

Who has been a guest on Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shane Gadbaw
• Marge
• Michael Rueckert
• Raelene Davis
• Gary Barnett

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

11,468,301

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

46 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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