﻿types 
  of 
  trips 
  during 
  the 
  1964-65 
  season. 
  Using 
  the 
  average 
  distances 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   chart, 
  along 
  with 
  certain 
  assumptions 
  as 
  to 
  driving 
  speed, 
  hours 
  of 
  skiing 
  per 
  day, 
  

   and 
  nights 
  away 
  from 
  home, 
  we 
  can 
  make 
  the 
  comparisons 
  shown 
  below: 
  

  

  Hours 
  of 
  skiing 
  per 
  

   Kind 
  of 
  trip 
  hour 
  of 
  travel 
  i 
  

  

  Single 
  -day 
  1.89 
  . 
  

  

  Weekend 
  2.42 
  

   Vacation 
  2.73 
  

  

  Assumptions 
  are: 
  (1) 
  an 
  average 
  driving 
  speed 
  

   , 
  of 
  50 
  miles 
  per 
  hour 
  on 
  all 
  types 
  of 
  trips, 
  (2) 
  5 
  hours 
  

   ■ 
  skiing 
  per 
  day, 
  (3) 
  two 
  nights 
  away 
  from 
  home 
  on 
  

  

  - 
  weekend 
  trips, 
  and 
  eight 
  nights 
  on 
  vacation 
  trips. 
  

  

  Inadequate 
  base 
  service 
  facilities 
  was 
  the 
  single 
  factor 
  most 
  frequently 
  mentioned 
  

   by 
  operators 
  of 
  bigger 
  ski 
  areas 
  as 
  inhibiting 
  growth. 
  Apparently 
  many 
  operators 
  rec- 
  

   ognize 
  that 
  more 
  lodges 
  and 
  restaurants 
  would 
  minimize 
  the 
  time 
  -distance 
  factor, 
  which 
  

   tends 
  to 
  hold 
  down 
  attendance. 
  Unfortunately, 
  however, 
  ski 
  season 
  business 
  alone 
  sel- 
  

   dom 
  provides 
  an 
  adequate 
  return 
  on 
  investments 
  in 
  overnight 
  accommodations 
  because 
  

   they 
  are 
  occupied 
  only 
  about 
  4 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  For 
  this 
  reason, 
  many 
  ski 
  areas 
  

   that 
  cater 
  to 
  the 
  overnight 
  trade 
  provide 
  summer 
  activities, 
  such 
  as 
  golf, 
  swimming, 
  

   horseback 
  riding, 
  scenic 
  lifts, 
  and 
  so 
  forth. 
  

  

  Few 
  small 
  ski 
  areas 
  provide 
  extensive 
  lodging 
  and 
  restaurant 
  accommodations. 
  

   This 
  is 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation, 
  which 
  shows 
  average 
  facilities 
  per 
  ski 
  area 
  

   of 
  such 
  accommodations 
  for 
  the 
  various 
  size 
  ski 
  areas. 
  

  

  Capacity 
  class 
  Lodging 
  Restaurant 
  

  

  (VTF/hr.) 
  (No. 
  of 
  beds) 
  (No 
  . 
  of 
  seats) 
  

  

  Rope 
  tow 
  2 
  29 
  

  

  Less 
  than 
  300,000 
  6 
  38 
  

  

  300,000 
  to 
  699,999 
  9 
  71 
  

  

  700,000 
  to 
  1,499,999 
  81 
  171 
  

  

  1,500,000 
  and 
  up 
  209 
  426 
  

  

  Accommodations 
  are 
  especially 
  important 
  to 
  attract 
  nonwestern 
  skiers. 
  The 
  

   heavily 
  populated 
  Midwestern 
  States 
  represent 
  a 
  potentially 
  large 
  vacation- 
  skier 
  

   market 
  primarily 
  for 
  ski 
  areas 
  in 
  Montana, 
  Wyoming, 
  Colorado, 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  

   At 
  present, 
  a 
  substantial 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  skiing 
  done 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico 
  is 
  done 
  

   by 
  nonwestern 
  skiers. 
  So 
  far, 
  neither 
  Montana 
  nor 
  Wyoming 
  has 
  apparently 
  attracted 
  

   significant 
  numbers 
  of 
  skiers 
  from 
  this 
  market. 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  