﻿Table 
  14. 
  — 
  Projected 
  number 
  of 
  visits 
  to 
  western 
  ski 
  areas 
  in 
  1976, 
  based 
  

  

  upon 
  past 
  attendance 
  and 
  past 
  and 
  projected 
  chanses 
  in 
  

   population, 
  per 
  capita 
  disposable 
  incouie, 
  and 
  leisure 
  time 
  

  

  Yea 
  

  

  JL/ 
  : 
  Attendance 
  

  

  (western 
  ski 
  areas): 
  

  

  Population 
  

   (Western 
  States) 
  

  

  Per 
  capita 
  

   disposable 
  

   income 
  (U.S.) 
  

  

  Leisure 
  time 
  

   per 
  worker, 
  

   (U.S.) 
  

  

  Thousands 
  of 
  

   visits 
  

  

  Millions 
  

  

  Thousands 
  of 
  

   dollars2/ 
  

  

  H 
  ours 
  per 
  

   week 
  

  

  1955 
  

   1956 
  

   1957 
  

   1958 
  

   1959 
  

   1960 
  

   1961 
  

   1963 
  

   1976 
  

  

  1,353 
  

   1,460 
  

   1,735 
  

   1,826 
  

   2,180 
  

   2,477 
  

   3,114 
  

   4,265 
  

   12,144 
  

  

  23.5 
  

   24.4 
  

   25.3 
  

   26.1 
  

   26.9 
  

   27.6 
  

   28.6 
  

   30.4 
  

   40.3 
  

  

  1.84 
  

   1.89 
  

   1.90 
  

   1.89 
  

   1.94 
  

   1.96 
  

   1.97 
  

   2.06 
  

   3.12 
  

  

  22.3 
  

   22.4 
  

   23.0 
  

   23.0 
  

   23.1 
  

   23.1 
  

   23.4 
  

   23.6 
  

   26.6 
  

  

  — 
  1962 
  data 
  were 
  not 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  projection 
  because 
  that 
  year 
  was 
  

   considered 
  atypical 
  because 
  of 
  abnormally 
  low 
  snowfall 
  conditions. 
  

  

  2/ 
  

  

  - 
  Constant 
  1960 
  dollars. 
  

  

  Table 
  15, 
  

  

  ■ 
  Capacity 
  of 
  additional 
  lifts 
  and 
  tows 
  planned 
  

   for 
  construction 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  States 
  during 
  

   the 
  years 
  1966 
  through 
  1970 
  

  

  (In 
  millions 
  of 
  VTF/hr.)- 
  

  

  1/ 
  

  

  Year 
  

  

  At 
  existing 
  

   areas2./ 
  

  

  At 
  new 
  

   are 
  as 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  1966 
  

   1967 
  

   1968 
  

   1969 
  

   1970 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  61.7 
  

   15 
  .6 
  

   6.7 
  

   6.7 
  

   6.1 
  

  

  96.8 
  

  

  5.1 
  

   4.7 
  

   .8 
  

   .9 
  

  

  11.5 
  

  

  66 
  

   20 
  

   7 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  

   6 
  

  

  108.3 
  

  

  1/ 
  

   2/ 
  

  

  See 
  page 
  38 
  for 
  definition. 
  

  

  — 
  Based 
  upon 
  answers 
  given 
  by 
  operators 
  to 
  question 
  13 
  on 
  

   questionnaire, 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  beginning 
  on 
  page 
  30. 
  

  

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