Hundreds take advantage of Eldora's 'Ski Free' promotion
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- Created on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 15:00
- Written by Nathan
Photo by Marty Caivano, Boulder Daily Camera
By LAURA SNIDER, BOULDER DAILY CAMERA
Hundreds of people skied Eldora for free Monday on the first day of the resort's new promotion, which allows customers to trade in a ticket from another ski area for a free Eldora pass.
"We're trying to get people who haven't skied here in a number of years, or who have never skied here, to give us a try," said Eldora spokesman Rob Linde. "We're realizing that there are a lot of people in the Front Range that have never been up here."
Eldora's parking lot was packed for the sunny -- and breezy -- Presidents Day. And of the skiers and boarders on the slopes, 224 of them took advantage of the "Ski Free" promotion.
Paul Skinner drove up from Colorado Springs to ride his snowboard at Eldora after his wife found the free-ticket offer on the Internet on Sunday night. Skinner -- whose one other experience at Eldora included high winds and low visibility -- traded in one of his four-pack of tickets to Loveland to give the resort a second try.
"I had gotten cold feet (at Loveland)," he said. "So I thought I'd try it here, and see what their beginner terrain is like."
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