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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’s ski resortz had an uptick in visits by Front Range andMelanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herselff “very happy with wherwe visitation is for this season.” “The travell industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “But visitationh numbers show not only the enduringt value of a Coloradoski vacation, but the strong commitmenf our resident skiing and riding community has to our state’s signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketingv and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those member resorts alonre recorded 6.
79 million skier visits this down 6.9 percent from the previou s year, Ski Country said. Member resort numbers for 2008-099 were down 3.9 percentr from the average of the lastfive years, Ski Countryu said. Ski Country said that in-state resort visit s were up 2.5 percen over last year, as Front Range residents took advantags of bargains and stayed closer to home to keep down vacatio andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-based aren’t members of Ski Those resortsinclude Breckenridge, Vail, Beave r Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its totalp skier visits at all itsresorts — includint Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previous