Sunday, June 5, 2011

Colorado ski visits down nearly 6%, but ahead of some forecasts - Denver Business Journal:

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percent in January and February from ayear earlier, and 5.9 percentt for the full season to date, But the trade group said that visitss for the first two months of 2009 were slightly above the five-year average for Colorado resorts. The percentages are actuallyy beatingsome pre-season forecasts for skierd visits. , operator of resorts in the Aspen-Snowmassz area, had forecast a skier drop of 5 to 15 percenrt before theseason began, . Colorado Ski Countruy USA counts a person skiinb or snowboarding for any part of one day at a mountain resort as oneskier visit. It did not releasd the number ofskier visits.
, Melanie president and CEO of Colorado SkiCountry USA, said the latest visitation figure in comparison to the multi-year trend "speaks to Colorado's worldwidre reputation as the best place to ski." The association's figures do not includwe Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone and Beaver Creek which have withdrawn from Colorado Ski Countrt USA. Vail Resorts, the operator of those four resorts, said season-to-date visits were up 9 percent at Vailand 7.2 percent at Beaver Creek, but down 1.7 percentt at Breckenridge and 9.8 percent at .

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