﻿Table 
  17 
  . 
  --Employment 
  and 
  wages 
  by 
  size 
  .class 
  of 
  western 
  

  

  ski 
  area, 
  1963-64 
  

  

  Size 
  class 
  

  

  Employment 
  

   (man-days 
  per 
  week) 
  

  

  Annual 
  wages 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Average 
  per 
  

   ski 
  area 
  

  

  Rope 
  

  

  1 
  .100 
  

  

  $55,859 
  $1,117 
  

  

  Less 
  than 
  300,000 
  

   VTF/hr,i' 
  

  

  845 
  

  

  222,726 
  6,363 
  

  

  300,000 
  to 
  

  

  699,999 
  VTF/hr. 
  

  

  2,168 
  

  

  344,008 
  9,053 
  

  

  700,000 
  to 
  

  

  1,499,999 
  VTF/hr. 
  

  

  2,288 
  

  

  1,500,000 
  VTF/hr. 
  

   and 
  up 
  

  

  8,613 
  

  

  4,328,677 
  120,241 
  

  

  Total, 
  all 
  areas 
  15,014 
  $6,021,805 
  $ 
  31,040 
  

  

  — 
  See 
  page 
  38 
  for 
  definition. 
  

  

  Table 
  18. 
  — 
  Number 
  

  

  and 
  theoretical 
  

  

  capacity 
  of 
  

  

  undeveloped 
  sites 
  that 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  

  

  identified 
  as 
  potential 
  

  

  ski 
  areas. 
  

  

  by 
  State, 
  1965 
  

  

  

  Number 
  of 
  [ 
  

  

  Estimated 
  

  

  State 
  ; 
  

  

  potential 
  ] 
  

  

  theoretical 
  

  

  

  areas 
  [ 
  

  

  capacity^/ 
  

  

  

  

  2/ 
  

  

  VTF/hr. 
  - 
  

  

  Alaska 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  3,250,000 
  

  

  Arizona 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  16,725,000 
  

  

  California 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  19,500,000 
  

  

  Colorado 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  26,000,000 
  

  

  Idaho 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  30,675,000 
  

  

  Montana 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  16,250,000 
  

  

  Nevada 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  8,125,000 
  

  

  New 
  Mexico 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  8,125,000 
  

  

  Oregon 
  

  

  41 
  

  

  44,775,000 
  

  

  Utah 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  20,450,000 
  

  

  Washington 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  34,400,000 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  8, 
  125,000 
  

  

  All 
  States 
  

  

  166 
  

  

  236,400,000 
  

  

  — 
  Sites 
  smaller 
  than 
  100 
  acres 
  were 
  assumed 
  

   capable 
  of 
  supporting 
  475,000 
  VTF/hr. 
  Sites 
  larger 
  

   than 
  100 
  acres 
  were 
  assigned 
  1,625,000 
  VTF/hr. 
  

  

  See 
  page 
  38 
  for 
  definition. 
  

  

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