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'Four Pack' Force Leaves Winter Park, Fla., Resort.

By Steve Lipsher, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 5--Paula Sheridan tried, as she put it, to sneak off "quietly into the sunset" as the Intrawest Corp. announced a new management team at Winter Park ski area last week.

But considering that her job has been to create a buzz surrounding the resort where she has worked for 33 years, the departure of the groundbreaking executive can be measured in decibels.

"I think Paula has had, over the years, an incredible impact on this resort and on peoples' choices to come to the a

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