Agree. (although desperate may bee a wee bit of hyperbole) I think there is room for and a market for both kinds of places.
I am happy not to have high speed six packs and quads at my local resort. Except for a couple of tourist weeks a season, I can almost always ski right on the lift, even on powder days.
It is still family owned and operated and while I'm sure the family would like to generate more cash so they aren't operating at a loss on low snow years, it manages to stay open and even thrive. They are community minded too, in that they support a robust adaptive program that is free to students who otherwise couldn't afford it. We attract amazing adaptive skiers from all over the country (and world for that matter) who are fun to watch.
The "other Colorado" thread's report on places like Sunlight, Cooper, and Hesperus shows these places can make it. In between, there are places like Loveland, Monarch and Wolf Creek. I hope the push for more profit doesn't eliminate these gems from our ski landscape. Their accessibility to families and average folks is how new skiers are birthed.
