Final winter season tallies show destination mountain lodging business was up on most fronts based on the recent data released by the Mountain Travel Research Program.
Overall occupancy for the winter season finished up 5.7 percent compared to last season and average lodging rates were up 1.5 percent, closely following early projections and ending as expected. […]

  Arapahoe Basin ski area will open on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive year it’s been first to kick off the nation’s ski season.
  With an 18-inch base, the intermediate High Noon run and some features of the High Divide Terrain Park will be open to visitors at 9 a.m, according to A-Basin spokes­woman Leigh […]

Hope for a big snow year may offset some losses, but reservations down
  Our president calls this a “pivotal moment for America’s economy.” Alan Greenspan describes the events of the week of Sept. 15, as “once in an hundred years” referring to the domino of financial institutions failing, merging or being res­cued by federal intervention.
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