Vail Resorts reported Tuesday that skier visits rose 2.3 percent and lift-ticket revenue was up 4.6 percent for the 2009-10 winter season compared with the prior year.
Vail Resorts operates Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border.
Ski-school revenue at the five resorts increased 8.3 percent, rental and retail sales were up 8.1 percent and dining rose 2.5 percent.
“We are very pleased to see continued improvement, as expected, in our ski season . . . including a strengthening of our destination visitation and guest spending patterns especially during this year’s spring break and Easter holiday periods,” Vail Resorts chief executive Rob Katz said.
The company said it recently reinstated some of last year’s wage and benefit reductions, with a 2 percent interim wage increase for year-round employees. Seasonal employees will get the raise at the start of the next ski season.
