I grew up in the Rockies in the Wyoming/Montana area. There is absolutely enough open mountain space to open more resorts. There are ski resorts open now that are not doing that well financially.

The problem is not the mountain side ski hills, it’s access to the flow of rich people. Ski resorts 2 hours from the Bozeman airport struggle because that’s too inconvenient.

The ski towns that suffer from these problems are a small minority of ski resorts that meet the criteria of:

- town actually right next to a ski resort (many ski resorts don’t have a convenient town attached)

- airport with commercial flights to major hubs within 45 min to an hour drive at most