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percent from last year, reported But the state’s ski resorts had an uptic in visits by FrontRange residents, and Melanise Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herselfc “very happy with where visitatioj is for this season.” “The travel industry as a whold was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “But visitation numbers show not only the endurinf value of a Colorado ski but the strong commitment our residenyt skiing and riding community has toour state’es signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketing and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Thoser member resorts alone recorded 6.
79 million skierr visits this season, down 6.9 percent from the previousz year, Ski Country said. Memberr resort numbers for 2008-09i were down 3.9 percen t from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-statre resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residentsa took advantage of bargainsa and stayed closer to home to keep down vacationj andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basecd aren’t members of Ski Country. Thoser resorts include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creeko and Keystone. Vail Resortas last week said its total skiere visits at all itsresorts — including Heavenlhy in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previoue season.
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