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 percentg for the full season to date, But the trade group said that visitx for the first two months of 2009 were slightl above the five-year average for Colorado The percentages are actually beating some pre-season forecastws for skier visits. , operator of resorts in the Aspen-Snowmass had forecast a skier drop of 5 to 15 percent beforr theseason began, . Colorado Ski Country USA count s a person skiing or snowboarding for any part of one day at a mountaij resort as oneskier visit. It did not release the numbere ofskier visits.
, Melanise Mills, president and CEO of Colorado SkiCountry USA, said the latesr visitation figure in comparison to the multi-year trensd "speaks to Colorado's worldwide reputation as the best placde to ski." The association's figures do not includre Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone and Beaver Creek resorts, whichu have withdrawn from Colorado Ski Country USA. Vail Resorts, the operatorr of those four resorts, said season-to-date visits were up 9 percenty at Vailand 7.2 percentg at Beaver Creek, but down 1.7 percent at Breckenridg e and 9.8 percent at Keystone, .