I went up there once for a vac. Guessing '97-98. Southwest was running some special for $99 for a round trip, so took the wife up there for a surprise. As I remember it was nice back them....could have been longer ago, it was pre 2000 as that is when we moved to the new house.
Shame, sounds like it has turned into a not so good area.
One thing I remember is getting ready to go in the hotel and watching the news....weather, nothing crazy, we get downstairs and there is like a foot of snow on the ground....wait what.....guess no big deal up there.