﻿All 
  in 
  all, 
  ski 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  now 
  

   offer 
  a 
  wider 
  spectrum 
  of 
  skiing 
  experi- 
  

   ences 
  than 
  they 
  did 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago. 
  As 
  

   a 
  result, 
  skiing 
  has 
  become 
  more 
  fun 
  for 
  

   more 
  people. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  trend 
  is 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  still 
  larger 
  ski 
  areas 
  with 
  still 
  more 
  

   variety. 
  These 
  new 
  opportunities 
  also 
  are 
  

   apt 
  to 
  induce 
  people 
  to 
  ski 
  more, 
  not 
  only 
  

   each 
  season, 
  but 
  to 
  extend 
  their 
  years 
  as 
  

   active 
  participants 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  additional 
  ski 
  

   areas 
  in 
  new 
  locations 
  where 
  need 
  exists 
  

   also 
  could 
  do 
  much 
  to 
  strengthen 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   peal 
  of 
  the 
  sport 
  . 
  Nearly 
  70 
  percent 
  of 
  

   the 
  skiers 
  reported 
  they 
  had 
  visited 
  two 
  

   or 
  more 
  areas 
  during 
  the 
  1964-65 
  skiing 
  

   season. 
  Although 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  asked 
  

   why, 
  search 
  for 
  variety 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  

   a 
  strong 
  motivation 
  . 
  This 
  also 
  may 
  be 
  

   the 
  reason 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  skiers 
  (4.4 
  per- 
  

   cent) 
  purchased 
  season 
  tickets. 
  Although 
  

   season 
  tickets 
  offer 
  savings 
  on 
  lift 
  ex- 
  

   penditures, 
  they 
  also 
  tend 
  to 
  tie 
  a 
  skier 
  

   to 
  an 
  individual 
  area. 
  

  

  Special 
  attention 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  

   provide 
  slopes 
  for 
  beginners. 
  Even 
  today 
  

   a 
  substantial 
  portion 
  (31 
  percent) 
  of 
  active 
  

   skiers 
  have 
  been 
  skiing 
  only 
  2 
  years 
  or 
  

   less. 
  The 
  neophyte 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  feel 
  more 
  

   competent 
  and 
  derive 
  a 
  greater 
  sense 
  of 
  

   achievement 
  on 
  moderately 
  steep 
  slopes 
  

   and 
  consequently 
  is 
  less 
  likely 
  to 
  become 
  

   an 
  early 
  dropout. 
  

  

  Avalanches 
  threaten 
  sJder 
  safets' 
  at 
  steeper 
  

   slopes 
  of 
  many 
  ski 
  areas. 
  Improved 
  equip- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  techniques 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  have 
  

   greatly 
  reduced 
  this 
  hazard. 
  Here 
  a 
  Forest 
  

   Service 
  avalanche 
  control 
  team 
  uses 
  a 
  com- 
  

   pressed 
  air 
  cannon 
  to 
  hurl 
  an 
  explosive 
  

   charge 
  into 
  a 
  chronic 
  avalanche 
  breeding 
  

   ground 
  at 
  Snow 
  Basin 
  Ski 
  Area 
  in 
  Utali. 
  

  

  -. 
  ; 
  — 
  --^ 
  Undeniably, 
  the 
  threat 
  of 
  

  

  is 
  needed 
  

  

  broken 
  bones 
  or 
  other 
  in- 
  

   juries 
  is 
  a 
  concern 
  to 
  both 
  

   prospective 
  and 
  active 
  skiers. 
  Whether 
  

   justified 
  or 
  not, 
  the 
  cartoon 
  caricatures 
  of 
  

   the 
  skier 
  in 
  a 
  cast, 
  straddling 
  a 
  tree, 
  or 
  

   being 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  an 
  avalanche 
  is 
  an 
  

   image 
  widely 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  that 
  the 
  

   ski 
  industry 
  must 
  overcome. 
  

  

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