ASPEN — — Aspen and Snowmass are starting to pay the price for lower-than-average snowpack though not nearly as severely as other resorts, according to an organization that tracks business trends for several western U.S. ski resorts.
The Mountain Travel Research Program, known as MTRiP, reported that reservations made in January for trips in January through June were down 24 percent compared to the same period in 2011 for resorts as a whole. In Aspen, bookings made in January for trips during the first half of the year were down nearly 4 percent, and in Snowmass Village they fell almost 9 percent.
MTRiP’s report said it is unclear whether the return of winter in the last few weeks has the potential to boost business enough to make up for the losses.
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