“For Rent” says the placard. There it is, hanging in the window of SlopeStyle’s Mountain Village location. After nine years, the clothing shop is shutting its Village location this summer, and it may not reopen next ski season.

“If we could find somebody that wanted to lease the space, we would probably jump on it,” said SlopeStyle’s owner, Dave Schuiling. “We’re not real thrilled with business up there. It’s kind of a bummer.”

As the ski season winds down, at least five businesses in Mountain Village’s core say they’re planning to shut their doors, some for the summer, others for good. Their reasons vary — a move to North Carolina; shifting the business to Ridgway; lackluster foot traffic in the Village core.

Of course, most of the restaurants and retailers clustered in the heart of Mountain Village will stay open this summer after going dark for the off-season. Some are already breaking out their windbreakers, bike parts and patio furniture, and the town is revamping one of its summer music festivals.

Still, to drop five businesses in one stroke feels like the second blow of a one-two combination.

Earlier this week, last-minute negotiations failed to salvage the Full Tilt mountain bike race, a summer event that brought hundreds of bicyclists to Mountain Village. The August competition was canceled and relocated to the SolVista ski resort.

It’s no secret that ground-floor businesses face their share of hurdles in resort towns like Telluride or Mountain Village, where the rents are high and business is seasonal and weather-dependent.

The Peaks Resort, the area’s largest hotel, is currently in limbo as it looks for a new owner. The hotel was closed last summer and will operate this summer at partial capacity. Two other hotel projects, Rosewood and Capella, are still in the planning or construction phases.

In a recent survey, Mountain Village residents ranked increasing the vitality of the Village center as their most important priority. Concern for the commercial core outranked affordable housing, open space, traffic and a host of other issues.

“It’s really unfortunate that we cannot sustain businesses here,” council member Jonathan Greenspan said. “The community really wants this to happen. We need to have more activities and amenities in the core.”

Dan Garner, another council member, echoed the sentiment.

“It is frustrating,” Garner said. “We’re concerned about it, and we’ve tried everything we can to really help out. But I don’t know what else we can do.”

Dozens of shops and restaurants around Telluride bolt their doors every April when the ski lifts stop turning and the gondola cars glide to a stop. But two businesses in the Village core — SlopeStyle and Paragon Sports — say they’ll break with the past and stay closed all summer.

For Paragon, mountain biking is the life blood of summer business. But with the Full Tilt race canceled and two popular bike trails likely to be closed, the store’s general manager, Damon Johnston, said Paragon couldn’t sustain its Mountain Village shop.

“There’s literally a 5 percent chance we’re going to open,” he said. “We just reduced our bike order for rentals and have not hired anyone. It’s unfortunate.”

Forest Service officials have cited safety concerns for closing the Telluride and Ridge trails, which flow downhill from the gondola. But Johnston said the move will only dent rental business for bike shops.

“It was like shooting yourself in the face for the fun of it,” he said.

The Skier’s Union Cafe is selling out and pulling up its stakes to open new locations in Ridgway and Montrose, and will close April 6. The Telluride Ski Resort has plans to take over the location, but it’s unclear when the restaurant will reopen, or in what incarnation.

Two art galleries are also packing up to leave the Village.

Charles Conner, who owns the Winston Gallery, said he’s spent eight fruitful years in the plaza, but is now moving to North Carolina. The gallery will stay open through the summer and close up shop in September.

“I’ve had eight good years and have a great client base, but I can’t run the gallery from North Carolina,” Conner said. “That’s the driving force.”

The Telluride Mountain Gallery will shut down after the ski season and move to downtown Telluride, said Cameo Hoyle, the gallery manager.

“Mountain Village just isn’t working for us,” she said, “but hopefully in the future…”