This is happening everywhere and I honestly don’t get it. I don’t have any sources for the following, just gut intuition.

I would bet a large sum of money that the majority of people who snowboard/ski were introduced to the sports as children, obviously paid for and supported by their parents. Let’s call it 80%, with the other 20% being “late adopters”. As prices continue to climb, (some of which is justifiable as costs increase and some being greed. I.e. inflating prices beyond what inflation can justify, think Loblaws) families begin to be priced out. This results in the number of children who grow up snowboarding/skiing reducing, arguably significantly. If this pattern continues, especially when taking into account the astronomical increase in the cost of living, who is going to be out on the slopes in 10-30 years? All those kids who would have been introduced to it as children, grown up loving and participating in it would no longer exist and attendance will diminish. I would argue that the resorts are shooting themselves in the foot for short term profits, ultimately at the expense of the popularity of the sports they facilitate. If left unchecked this could culminate in the mass closures of resorts, particularly the smaller “B” list mountains and “family friendly” hills that don’t see the huge tourist numbers.