You would be surprised at how the tourist season's are flourishing these days,lift passes are over $100 /day bumper to bumper traffic all summer from sight seeiers,hell my friend lives 5 miles from town said some days he can't get outof his driveway for 30 minutes,its insane.,most tourist come from the east have'nt a clue how to drive on dry roads let alone during a snow storm,denver has the worst drivers and narrow freeways making hiway travel white knuckle driving to the high country(pun intended) plus two limp middle fingers(one on each hand) telling said idiot drivers "hello" and your still number one....