Plus when people are only hiking they dont have to pay for electricity to run the lift or the lifties themselves, awsome business model, more midwest hill should learn from this example, including the late season event too. We (newschoolers members) are all the future of this sport and some will be managers of ski areas in the future, Tyrol knows how to create future customers. when i have children they will for damn sure have a carpet setup, i hope not for a long-while though!