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OUTDOORS The Associated Press DENVER - Michelle Michaels, a Colorado Springs software support employee, is a longtime ski season passholder to Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin. But she won't be getting a pass this year while she tries to pay off debts.

Ski resorts hope plenty of snow beats weak economy

<B>Downhill:</B> Skiers ski a run during opening day in October at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Silverthorne, Colo. Arapahoe Basin is the first ski area in North America to open for the 2008-09 ski season. Early sales and reservation numbers for some destination ski resorts suggest the nation's financial crisis could put a crimp on the $6 billion ski industry.

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Downhill: Skiers ski a run during opening day in October at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Silverthorne, Colo. Arapahoe Basin is the first ski area in North America to open for the 2008-09 ski season. Early sales and reservation numbers for some destination ski resorts suggest the nation's financial crisis could put a crimp on the $6 billion ski industry.

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