They were cooperative. We asked them to leave private property and not to bother our guests.

We have guest services people at the bottom of the mountain looking for it. We don't want our guests to be hassled and inconvenienced. When they're on our property we'll do what we can to assist in aiding their privacy.

As that happens, there's generally an increase in the rate our guests pay.

It's certainly odd to have incidents like this take place simultaneously, but we had the equipment and the personnel to respond to both of them.

The snow helps, and everything couldn't happen without it, but there's more to it than that. We've been riding a wave.

Highlands far and away leaped the pack. The investment we made is paying dividends.