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an average of 105,633 visits in summer 2014 (median s s s s s s s s sss s sss ss s s s sss s sssss s s s s s s s ss s s s s s s ss s
34,651 visits). Following are mountain coaster/alpine s sssss s s s s s s s sss ss s ss ss s s sssss s s s sssss ss s s s ss s sssss s s
slides (average 49,609 summer visits), golf (21,260 visits), ss s s ss ss s ss ss s s s ss s ss ss sss s ss s s sss s s s sss s s s sss ss
chairlift rides (19,662 visits), zip line/canopy tours (10,572 ss ss ss ss ssssss s s s sss sss s s s ssss s ss s s s sssss s s s s sss s ss
visits), mountain biking (6,283 visits), and various other s sss s ss sss sss s sss ss s s ss s ss ss ss ss ssssss sss s sssss sss s s s
visits (16,110 visits). ss ss ssss s ssss sss ss s s sssss s s sss s s s ss s ss ss s s s s s s s ss
ss sss ss s s ss s ss ss sss s sssss s s
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Altogether, total expenditures on capital improvements by PRE-PURCHASE DISCOUNT
survey respondents held relatively steady from 2013-14 ($272 s s ss sss ssss ssss s s sss s ssssss s s s s sss s ss ssss s s ss ss s ss ss
million) to 2014-15 ($267 million), and are projected to dip s sss ss ss s ss s s s s sss ss s s sss ss s s ssss sss sss sss s s s s s s ss
to $223 million (-17 percent) in 2015-16. s s sss s ss s s ss ss ss s s ssss s s ss s ss s s sss ss sss s ssss
ssss ssss s sss s ss s s sss ss ss ss sss s s s ss s s sss ssss s sss ssssss s
Spending on lifts dipped from $60.1 million in 2013- s s s s s s s s ss s sss s sss ssss s s ss ss s s sss s ss s sss ss ss
14 to $46.2 million in 2014-15, and is projected to decline to s ssss s s ss s s s ss sss sssss
$30.7 million in 2015-16. Spending on other on-mountain
facilities/support—the largest category of capital spending— s s ss s sss s ss ssss s s ss s ss ss s ssss s s s ss s sss ss sss
held relatively steady from $173.2 million in 2013-14 to sss ss s sss ss ssss s sss s ss s ss ssss s s s s ss s ss s s s s s ss ss ss
$172.6 million in 2014-15, but is expected to drop to $96.5 sss ss s sss ss ssss sssfiss s s ss s ssss s s ss s sss ss ssss s s s sssfiss
million in 2015-16. s s sss s ssss s s ss s sss ss ssss sss s s s sss ssss s s ss sssss s s s ss
s ss s ssss s ss s sss ss sss s s s s s ss ss sss s ss s sss ss ssss s ss
Spending on real estate has been on an upswing, rising ss sss s ss sss ss ss ssss s s ss s ssss sss s sss s sss sss sssss ssss s s
from $21 million in 2013-14 to $26 million in 2014-15, sss s s ss s sss ss ss ss s ss s s ssssss sss ssss s s s ss s sss ss sss
with a projected rise to $86.8 million in 2015-16. Finally, sssss ssss s e st.
spending on summer/fall-specific on-s s s s ss ss s ssssssssss

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