2009-10 Press Kit
Colorado Resorts Elevate Skiing Experience
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
During the 2009-10 ski season, Colorado Ski Country USA's (CSCUSA) 22 member resorts will focus on the core of what makes Colorado the most popular ski destination in the country--opportunities for guests to enjoy consistent powder snow and unparalleled services and facilities.
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Colorado Offers Adventure
Beyond Groomed Blues
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
With more skiers and riders searching for challenging, off-piste terrain, Colorado ski resorts are growing their menu of options for the more adventuresome crowd, including heli-skiing, hike-to terrain, and cat-skiing. It will be easier than ever for skiers who visit Colorado in the 2009-10 season to find untracked stashes of pristine powder, bottomless backcountry terrain, and never-ending face shots.
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Colorado's Ski School Programs
are First in their Class
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
Colorado ski resorts are known to be an influence on children - in a positive way. Like learning a second language or other skill, resorts encourage learning to ski and snowboard at a young age and offer numerous ski school programs that make learning fun for kids and painless for parents. In a safe and friendly environment, professional instructors allow kids to hone skills at their own pace, ensuring that they'll have a good time and learn valuable safety skills in the process. From first-timers to black-diamond riders, there is a place for every young adventurer to learn the basics of skiing or riding and improve their mountain skills.
Ski Areas Reinforce Safety on
the Slopes
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
Colorado Ski Country USA's (CSCUSA) 22 member resorts specialize in bringing smiles to skiers' faces, but CSCUSA resorts get serious when it comes to their guests' safety. Resorts proactively encourage safety on the slopes and also remind guests of their own responsibility to know and respect Your Responsibility Code. Your Responsibility Code is a set of principles that each skier should follow for safe skiing and riding.
Inside Edge to Skiing in
Colorado
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
Reaping the rewards of a Colorado ski vacation include getting the best snow conditions, diversity of terrain, family friendliness, superior guest service and value for the spend. Colorado ski resorts offer all the above for all budgets. Knowing the locals' secrets, it's easy to load up a Colorado ski vacation with extra value.
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Close to Home in Colorado Ski
Country
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
Colorado's location in the middle of the country has always attracted skiers and riders from outside the state to come and play in the majestic Rocky Mountains. Now with new flights offered, transportation-included packages, and other alternative means of getting around the mountains, snow enthusiasts from around the world are quickly charting the easiest way to get here for the 2009-10 ski season.
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Colorado Ski Resorts do more
for Local Communities than Provide Great Skiing
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
From donating days of skiing to providing scholarship opportunities for students, Colorado ski resorts maintain a strong focus on community responsibility. Resorts depend on the support of their communities and in turn, contribute their time and money to help address local needs.
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Mountains of Fun on and off
the Hill
Release Date: Winter 2009-10
Although Colorado resorts are known for unbeatable on-snow adventures, they also offer a world of off-the-slope fun. Day and night, resorts and the towns near them, make plenty of off-mountain activities available, including sledding, snowmobiling, snowcat tours, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. Resorts also host a number of off-snow events that keep warm-blooded guests happy, such as festivals, live music, and plenty of shopping and dining.
