Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The Powder is Here

The Powder has arrived and we have been waiting for it. Most of us having been waiting for it to happen. Last year was Epic with our snow conditions over 450 inches of snow (about 38 feet) That's an incredible amount of snow. Since I have been living here I can never remember that much snow. 2 days before the mountain closed we had a powder day! In April that is unheard of since I have been there. April is when the locals take a couple of runs and them pick their favorite deck and hang out and get a tan. But a powder day, crazy!

As we waited for the powder the economy was thick in our thoughts. Why? Because we are thinking that true powder hounds we find the money to come on vacation to Vail. Most of our visitors do have a lot of money so the down turn in the mortgage industry did not have a major effect on them. The other side to this is 15% of our visitors do come from NYC? Do we really know what the season will bring, not really except that the snow can only help.

So it has come, one big storm after another and that will help for the holidays.

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