One of the reasons killington expanded off season activities was to retain ther winter help year round. in todays labor market this is key to keeping management busty with supporting cash flow. Could be one of the reasons Wilcat and Attatash hase problems retaing help.
It's a sound business decision to maintain a significant amount of year round employees to maintain a high quality and consistent business. The places that do so tend to have a better prime season product.
This is not something shareholders care about though. Hence it is not something that Vail cares about.