THIS COULD BE A RECORD YEAR FOR NEW MEXICO’S SKI INDUSTRY. WITH THE MOUNTAINS GETTING PLENTIFUL SNOWFALL, SKIERS HAVE BEEN HITTING THE SLOPES IN BIG NUMBERS. GEORGE BROOKS WITH SKI NEW MEXICO SAYS THEY HOPE TO HIT A LEVEL OF SKIER VISITS NOT SEEN IN YEARS. HE SAYS THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THE MILLION MARK FOR SOME TIME. HE SAYS WE WERE THERE 10 YEARS AGO AND HOPES THIS YEAR WILL BRING IN A MILLION SKIERS … OR POSSIBLY A-MILLION-TWO.
BROOKS SAYS, IN A TYPICAL YEAR, 60 TO 65 PERCENT OF SKIERS AT NEW MEXICO RESORTS ARE FROM OUT OF STATE.
