Last Resorts

Bookings at Utah’s resorts are down—and they’re offering deals.While the economy is down, the number of locals hitting Wasatch Front resorts for skiing and snowboarding seems to be up. Most resorts are reporting strong figures—sometimes even record figures—for sales of passes and numbers of people on the slopes. Although many of the resorts don’t keep exact figures as to who, exactly, is enjoying the powder, the general sense in the industry seems to be that most of those skiers and boarders are from the 801 area code, because bookings at resort hotels are mostly down. (There’s also the theory that the visitors are still coming but staying in cheaper hotels away from the mountains. Continure reading here.