Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Denver Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reportef Thursday. But the state’s ski resorts had an upticm in visits by FrontRangee residents, and Melanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronouncedf herself “very happy with where visitation is for this season.” “Thw travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “Butg visitation numbers show not only the enduring values of a Coloradoski vacation, but the stronv commitment our resident skiing and riding communituy has to our state’s signature sports.” Ski Countrt is a marketing and trade group for 22 Coloradio mountain resorts. Those member resorts alone recordefd 6.
79 million skier visits this season, down 6.9 percent from the previous SkiCountry said. Member resorrt numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percent from the averagd of the lastfive years, Ski Countryh said. Ski Country said that in-stated resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Fronf Range residents took advantage of bargains and stayed close r to home to keep down vacation andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-based aren’t memberz of Ski Country. Those resorts include Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Keystone. Vail Resortsz last week said its totao skier visits at all itsresortz — including Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percenrt from the previous season.