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APPENDIX D
<br /> $ THE DENVER POST Mon.,Juns25, 1979
<br /> RECORD YEAR FOR COLO.
<br /> Skier V*s*ts TOPPed
<br /> .7 Million in '78=79
<br /> -By CH, RL]E MEYERS 1 DESTINATION RESORTS
<br /> Denver Post Outdoor Writer Aspen Mountain 263,793 (plus 9), Aspen
<br /> ± _-Reflecting a second strong growth year Buttermilk 235,000 (phis 4.4),Aspen Snow-
<br /> ----after the 1976-77 drought, skier visits to mass 699,568 (plus 8.4), Aspen Highlands
<br /> «Colorado resorts increased 8.51 percent 221,877 (pluw 2.5), Crested Butte 260.088
<br /> last season, topping the 7 million mark (plus 25.3), Purgatory 258,659 (plus 18.6),
<br /> for the first time.- Steamboat 605.675 (plus 13.2), Telluride
<br /> The 7.2 million total reflects an almost 105,522 (plus 18.9). -
<br /> ,_-across-the-board increase at the state's 29 DESTINATION FRONT RANGE RE-
<br /> areas, particularly at the larger SORTS
<br /> resorts. The total a year ago was 6.6 Breckenridge 627,540 plus .68),_g2pper
<br /> .�:nsillion. Mount4' f.184 (plus 13.3), Keystone
<br /> Largest gains were scored by destina-
<br /> tion resorts, such as Aspen and Steam- 3 2us 6.5), Arapahoe Basin 167 858
<br /> (p-boat Springs, least dependent on Colorado ' 13.3), Vail, 1,172, 78 (plus 11.8),
<br /> skiers Winter Park 739,569 (plus 11.3).
<br /> Crested Butte led these advances with a OTHER FRONT RANGE
<br /> 25.3 percent hike, while Telluride, Purga- Arapahoe East not in operation,
<br /> tory and Steamboat also recorded double- Berthoud Pass 17,010 (plus 13.2), Ski
<br /> digit percentage gamma. Broadmoor 27,625 (plus 74.7), Ski Cooper
<br /> 30,4791 (plus I1.8), Eldora 130,333 (minus
<br /> DESTINATION RESORTS in the Front 21.1), Geneva Basin 50,684 (plus 31.8),
<br /> Range, which regularly receive:heavy Hidden Valley 44,995 (minus .39), Ski
<br /> visitation from the Denver metropolitan Idlewild -19,877 (minus 19.9), Loveland
<br /> area, also prospered. 172,479 (minus 18), Pikes Peak 4,469 (plus
<br /> Increases varied varied from -identical 13.3 38.5).
<br /> --percent at Copper Mountain and Arapa- 'other areas
<br /> ;:hoe Basin to a scant .68 percent at Conquistador 11,980 (plus 14.4), Mon-
<br /> ;:•Breckenridge. Vail, again the state's most arch 100,015 (plus 6.7), Powderhorn 62,751
<br /> Y popular single area with 1,172,478 skier (plus 45.1), Sunlight 50,578 (plus 14.5),
<br /> days,had an 11.8 percent increase, slight- 'Wolf Creek 43,525 (minus 11.2).
<br /> -ly:more than Winter Park, the second
<br /> ;-most popular with 739,569 skier days.
<br /> r' Suffering from the,reluctance of Colora-
<br /> do skiers to brave the unrommon cold of
<br /> -•last season, such Front Range areas as
<br /> --Eldora and Loveland were among the
<br /> ::host notable Iosers. Eldolra had a 21 per-
<br /> ,.cent decline, and Loveland was down 18
<br /> ;,.Percent.
<br /> The other areas to record decreases
<br /> . were Ski Idlewild, Hidden Valley and
<br /> r-Wolf Creek.
<br /> .;,-,.Here is a complete list of ski-area at-
<br /> ;:tendance with perceftage of gain or loss:
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