﻿As 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  relative 
  importance 
  of 
  these 
  factors 
  varies 
  somewhat 
  with 
  

   the 
  size 
  of 
  areas. 
  Small 
  areas 
  tend 
  to 
  emphasize 
  climate, 
  roads, 
  and 
  lift 
  capacity 
  as 
  

   being 
  more 
  important 
  than 
  base 
  service 
  facilities. 
  Although 
  lack 
  of 
  capital 
  is 
  indicated 
  

   as 
  being 
  relatively 
  low 
  in 
  priority, 
  financing 
  problems 
  were 
  undoubtedly 
  basic 
  reasons 
  

   involved 
  in 
  the 
  reasoning 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  noted 
  base 
  service 
  facilities 
  and 
  lift 
  capacity 
  

   as 
  problems. 
  

  

  New 
  lifts 
  totaling 
  96.8 
  million 
  VTF/hr. 
  are 
  scheduled 
  for 
  construction 
  by 
  1970 
  at 
  

   existing 
  ski 
  areas. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  255 
  million 
  VTF/hr. 
  estimated 
  

   as 
  needed 
  by 
  1976. 
  However, 
  development 
  plans 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  potential 
  sites 
  

   shown 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  are 
  far 
  enough 
  along 
  that 
  11.5 
  million 
  VTF/hr. 
  are 
  scheduled 
  to 
  be 
  

   in 
  operation 
  by 
  1970. 
  How 
  rapidly 
  other 
  new 
  sites 
  are 
  developed 
  depends 
  in 
  large 
  

   measure 
  on 
  how 
  much 
  additional 
  capacity 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  existing 
  ski 
  areas. 
  

  

  individual 
  communities. 
  In 
  some 
  locations 
  such 
  as 
  Aspen, 
  

   Colorado; 
  Ketchum, 
  Idaho; 
  and 
  Park 
  City, 
  Utah, 
  skiing 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  catalyst 
  that 
  has 
  

   stimulated 
  other 
  businesses 
  and 
  other 
  economic 
  activities. 
  The 
  infusion 
  of 
  skier 
  spend- 
  

   ing 
  influences 
  the 
  economic 
  tempo 
  by 
  providing 
  additional 
  wages 
  and 
  income 
  to 
  a 
  com- 
  

   munity. 
  Part 
  of 
  this 
  additional 
  revenue 
  is 
  circulated 
  within 
  the 
  community, 
  and 
  suc- 
  

   cessive 
  rounds 
  of 
  respending 
  of 
  the 
  initial 
  skiers' 
  expenditures 
  are 
  multiplied 
  several 
  

   times. 
  In 
  some 
  cases, 
  the 
  multiplier 
  may 
  be 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  three, 
  but 
  probably 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  

   than 
  two 
  for 
  smaller 
  communities. 
  "^^ 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  15,000 
  man-days 
  per 
  week 
  were 
  required 
  for 
  operating 
  lifts 
  and 
  tows, 
  

   and 
  for 
  slope 
  maintenance, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  managerial 
  and 
  clerical 
  work 
  at 
  western 
  ski 
  

   areas 
  during 
  the 
  1963-64 
  season. 
  Wages 
  paid 
  to 
  these 
  employees 
  totaled 
  $6 
  million- 
  - 
  

   an 
  average 
  of 
  $31,040 
  per 
  ski 
  area. 
  This 
  total 
  includes 
  only 
  that 
  employment 
  

   directly 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  operation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  lifts 
  and 
  slopes; 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  the 
  wages 
  paid 
  to 
  employees 
  at 
  lodges, 
  restaurants, 
  motels, 
  gas 
  stations, 
  etc. 
  

   No 
  data 
  were 
  collected 
  during 
  this 
  survey 
  regarding 
  the 
  latter 
  employees. 
  

  

  Skiers 
  spend 
  a 
  considerable 
  sum 
  on 
  trips 
  each 
  year- 
  -totaling 
  about 
  $88.4 
  million. 
  

   Not 
  all 
  of 
  this 
  sum 
  benefits 
  the 
  skiing 
  communities, 
  because 
  it 
  includes 
  $16.5 
  million 
  

   for 
  transportation 
  (gasoline, 
  car 
  services, 
  public 
  transportation, 
  etc.), 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  spent 
  outside 
  the 
  skiing 
  community. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  spent 
  for 
  lodgings, 
  meals, 
  

   ski 
  rental, 
  and 
  ski 
  repair 
  is 
  also 
  made 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  skiing 
  community. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  

   money 
  spent 
  by 
  local 
  residents 
  for 
  skiing 
  can 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  

   base. 
  

  

  ■^^ 
  Edminster, 
  Robert 
  R. 
  , 
  and 
  Osmond 
  L. 
  Harline. 
  An 
  economic 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  Canyonlands 
  National 
  Park 
  and 
  related 
  recreation 
  resources. 
  Bur. 
  Econ. 
  

   and 
  Bus. 
  Res., 
  Univ. 
  Utah, 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah. 
  1962. 
  

  

  Skiing 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  

   economic 
  consideration 
  

  

  Although 
  skiing 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  big 
  factor 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  economy 
  

   as 
  a 
  whole, 
  when 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  agricultural 
  or 
  manu- 
  

   facturing 
  segments, 
  the 
  ski 
  business 
  is 
  highly 
  important 
  to 
  

  

  in 
  many 
  communities 
  

  

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