lal_truckee wrote:

Chester Bullock wrote:

Speaking of which, good article in yesterday's Denver Post about why
Colorado ski visits are down, and how it could be worse without season
pass wars.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...?search=filter



What it doesn't say is that Colorado deliberately screwed themselves by
approving all the hocus-pocus phony stuff around their destination
resorts; once you re-define skiing as a theme park where skiing is only
incidental, which they did, there's really no difference where you go.
All the "Destinations" offer the same crappy "good dining" and sleigh
rides and entertainment, so go where you want. If they would have
focused on skiing, they might have remained the place to go for all
those winter vacationers.

I think that all the other stuff they added brought more people. Which
in turn became part of the problem. More people != quality. Silverton
is proving you can focus on the ski experience and make a go of it. But
it will take several years for other places to figure this one out.
Especially the publicly traded places, which are relying on real estate
sales to boost numbers.

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