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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’s ski resorte had an uptick in visits by FrontRanger residents, and Melanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herselr “very happy with where visitation is for this “The travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past year,” Millsa said in a “But visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradok ski vacation, but the stronhg commitment our resident skiing and ridiny community has to our state’s signature sports.” Ski Countr y is a marketing and trade group for 22 Colorad mountain resorts. Those member resorts alone recorded 6.
79 milliojn skier visits this season, down 6.9 percengt from the previous year, Ski Country said. Member resort numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 perceny from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-statee resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residents took advantage of bargaind and stayed closer to home to keep down vacation andrecreationsd costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basef aren’t members of Ski Country. Thoswe resorts include Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its total skiefr visits at all itsresorts — includingv Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previouws season.