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	<title>Comments on: Killington Announces 07-08 Season Pass Rates</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Matt Hill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Hill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"those rates just encouraged the masses to drive up and crowd the mountain on weekends, degrigating the quality of the experience to be had"

"Degrigating" is not a word.  Did you mean "denigrate"?  That would mean to defame or belittle.  However, neither of those meanings makes sense in this context.  

Furthermore, why would Killington want your point #2 - discourage weekend day trippers?  The mountain generally did not have &#62;3 minute lift lines in the non-beginner areas even on holiday weekends (except K1 gondola).  Bronze pass weekenders buy lodging, eat in restaurants, fill up on gas, bring day pass-buying friends and newbies who rent equipment or get hooked on skiing.  People who are locals benefit tremendously from this and if they can't stand a 5 minute lift line, they can can midweek.  People who buy vacation homes instead of "weekending" may be richer and patronize more upscale local services like spas. However, in terms of money flowing to local businesses, the local economy is probably richer from 10 weekend visits spread over a season than 1 vacation homeowner, if only because paying for lodging by the day in a hotel/condo is much more expensive than buying a home in the long term.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;those rates just encouraged the masses to drive up and crowd the mountain on weekends, degrigating the quality of the experience to be had&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Degrigating&#8221; is not a word.  Did you mean &#8220;denigrate&#8221;?  That would mean to defame or belittle.  However, neither of those meanings makes sense in this context.  </p>
<p>Furthermore, why would Killington want your point #2 - discourage weekend day trippers?  The mountain generally did not have &gt;3 minute lift lines in the non-beginner areas even on holiday weekends (except K1 gondola).  Bronze pass weekenders buy lodging, eat in restaurants, fill up on gas, bring day pass-buying friends and newbies who rent equipment or get hooked on skiing.  People who are locals benefit tremendously from this and if they can&#8217;t stand a 5 minute lift line, they can can midweek.  People who buy vacation homes instead of &#8220;weekending&#8221; may be richer and patronize more upscale local services like spas. However, in terms of money flowing to local businesses, the local economy is probably richer from 10 weekend visits spread over a season than 1 vacation homeowner, if only because paying for lodging by the day in a hotel/condo is much more expensive than buying a home in the long term.</p>
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