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Colorado ski resorts alter approach as baby boomers fade away
By Scott Willoughby
The Denver Post
Posted: 12/08/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13947928
As the nation's skiing populace ages, a massive face-lift appears inevitable.
Baby boomers, long the driving force behind the sport of skiing, may have reached their demographic peak on the slopes. And the diminishing virility of a traditionally robust skiing market has Colorado resorts searching for their own version of the little blue pill.
"We're talking maybe 5-7 years at this point until the boomers hang up their skis," said David Belin, 40, a lifelong skier from Boulder-based RRC Associates who led the Model for Growth research project for the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA). "The resorts can't wait five years and go, 'Oh, what are we going to do to replace these boomers?
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They were Mostly the Whiney Assholes on the Slopes, so Good Riddance.
And one More thing, Pick up your Trash on the way out... Don't Leave any of your Depends and Metamucil Debris all over the Parking Lots!
peace....
By Scott Willoughby
The Denver Post
Posted: 12/08/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13947928
As the nation's skiing populace ages, a massive face-lift appears inevitable.
Baby boomers, long the driving force behind the sport of skiing, may have reached their demographic peak on the slopes. And the diminishing virility of a traditionally robust skiing market has Colorado resorts searching for their own version of the little blue pill.
"We're talking maybe 5-7 years at this point until the boomers hang up their skis," said David Belin, 40, a lifelong skier from Boulder-based RRC Associates who led the Model for Growth research project for the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA). "The resorts can't wait five years and go, 'Oh, what are we going to do to replace these boomers?
---
They were Mostly the Whiney Assholes on the Slopes, so Good Riddance.
And one More thing, Pick up your Trash on the way out... Don't Leave any of your Depends and Metamucil Debris all over the Parking Lots!
peace....