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SKI OPERATORS PLEASED (FINALLY) IN EAST, BUT WHAT ABOUT CO?

          It's "finally ... beginning to look something like
     Christmas in the mountains" of ME, NH and VT, according to
     the Providence JOURNAL.  But "snowmaking can only go so
     far."  Ski ME Association Exec Dir Greg Sweetser: "There
     will be skiing. ... But if you want to ski every inch of
     glades, well, it's still early in the season."  VT Ski Areas
     Association Marketing Dir Molly Mahar Kerr said after the
     recent snowfall, "We're a little more in the holiday spirit
     now" (Prov. JOURNAL, 12/16).  But in Aspen, Scott Condon
     wrote that some CO ski resorts are "staring at a millennium
     bust that threatens to get even worse unless more snow falls
     -- and fast."  Numbers from the Aspen Chamber Resort
     Association showed that "current reservations would produce
     an occupancy level in the mid-50s" for the week of December
     18, "about the same as last year."  Aspen Skiing Co. COO
     John Norton: "I think it's going to be as quiet around here
     as we've seen in years" (ASPEN TIMES, 12/15).
          NEW FEATURE: See THE DAILY on Friday for the first of
     our ski resort "Spons-o-Meters." Tomorrow: American Skiing.
          SKI DEALS: GM's Chevy Truck Division formally announced
     that it will title sponsor the NASTAR, a recreational ski
     and snowboard program that will relaunch December 20 in an
     effort to promote recreational ski racing.  Kaleidoscope,
     along with Ski Magazine and the U.S. Skiing Association, has
     repackaged the NASTAR program for the 2000 season (NASTAR).
     ...In N.Y., Mindy Sink examines Vail Resorts' three-year
     deal with DLJDirect (see THE DAILY, 12/7), which includes
     computer kiosks at Vail's mountains.  Since Vail Resorts is
     publicly traded, an investor could "theoretically" trade
     Vail stock "while on the slopes."  Vail spokesperson Paul
     Witt: "If the snow's looking really good, then you might be
     thinking, 'Buy, buy, buy'" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/16). 

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