﻿Skiing 
  habits 
  of 
  tiie 
  fairer 
  sex 
  contribute 
  to 
  this 
  dropout 
  pattern. 
  Among 
  skiers 
  

   20 
  or 
  under, 
  the 
  population 
  is 
  about 
  equally 
  divided 
  between 
  men 
  and 
  women. 
  By 
  age 
  

   30, 
  about 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  every 
  four 
  skiers 
  is 
  a 
  woman 
  and 
  by 
  age 
  40, 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  every 
  eight 
  

   is 
  a 
  woman. 
  Marriage 
  and 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  family 
  responsibilities 
  help 
  explain 
  the 
  rel- 
  

   atively 
  rapid 
  depletion 
  in 
  the 
  ranks 
  of 
  women 
  skiers. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  emphasized 
  by 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  although 
  70 
  percent 
  of 
  married 
  male 
  skiers 
  reported 
  that 
  their 
  wives 
  were 
  

   skiers, 
  less 
  than 
  one-half 
  of 
  these 
  wives 
  actually 
  skied 
  during 
  the 
  1964-65 
  season. 
  

   Moreover, 
  among 
  married 
  skiers, 
  husbands 
  are 
  more 
  prone 
  than 
  wives 
  to 
  ski 
  without 
  

   their 
  spouses, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation 
  based 
  on 
  participation 
  during 
  the 
  

   1964-65 
  season. 
  

  

  Marital 
  status 
  Percent 
  

  

  Married 
  62 
  

  

  Not 
  married 
  38 
  

   Married 
  males 
  whose 
  

  

  wives 
  ski 
  70 
  

   Married 
  females 
  whose 
  

  

  husbands 
  ski 
  84 
  

  

  Participation 
  can 
  be 
  increased: 
  r^, 
  , 
  . 
  . 
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  . 
  . 
  . 
  i 
  . 
  <n 
  r 
  , 
  

  

  7— 
  — 
  ; 
  The 
  ski 
  industry 
  can 
  mimmize 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  better 
  lifts, 
  tows, 
  and 
  slopes 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  1,1, 
  

  

  — 
  deterrents 
  and 
  entice 
  more 
  people 
  to 
  the 
  slopes 
  by 
  

  

  one 
  approach 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  ^ 
  .t. 
  ■ 
  ^ 
  ■ 
  1 
  

   — 
  . 
  continuing 
  to 
  improve 
  facilities 
  for 
  moving 
  people 
  up 
  

  

  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  to 
  develop 
  more 
  and 
  a 
  greater 
  variety 
  

   of 
  slopes. 
  A 
  trend 
  to 
  replace 
  rope 
  tows 
  with 
  safer 
  and 
  more 
  comfortable 
  lifts 
  is 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  evident. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  skiers 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  more 
  runs 
  per 
  day 
  because 
  they 
  

   do 
  not 
  become 
  fatigued 
  from 
  clinging 
  to 
  a 
  rope 
  on 
  the 
  uphill 
  journey. 
  The 
  greater 
  avail- 
  

   ability 
  of 
  the 
  less 
  taxing 
  cable 
  lifts 
  and 
  tows, 
  moreover, 
  has 
  brought 
  skiing 
  within 
  the 
  

   endurance 
  limits 
  of 
  more 
  people, 
  particularly 
  women. 
  

  

  Cable 
  lifts 
  and 
  tows, 
  furthermore, 
  in 
  general 
  are 
  longer, 
  which 
  makes 
  more 
  of 
  

   the 
  mountain 
  accessible. 
  For 
  example, 
  the 
  average 
  rope 
  tow 
  ski 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  has 
  

   a 
  383-foot 
  vertical 
  rise 
  in 
  comparison 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  than 
  1,000-foot 
  vertical 
  rise 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  by 
  the 
  average 
  ski 
  area 
  offering 
  cable 
  lift 
  and 
  tow 
  facilities 
  . 
  Although 
  vertical 
  

   rise 
  in 
  itself 
  doesn't 
  necessarily 
  improve 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  skiing, 
  it 
  provides 
  greater 
  

   flexibility 
  in 
  locating 
  ski 
  runs 
  and 
  trails, 
  which 
  in 
  turn 
  provides 
  the 
  skier 
  more 
  choice 
  

   in 
  selecting 
  alternative 
  downhill 
  routes 
  . 
  Skiers 
  at 
  rope 
  tow 
  areas 
  have 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   three 
  runs 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  choose; 
  large 
  cable 
  areas 
  provide 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  17 
  runs. 
  This 
  

   greater 
  variety 
  makes 
  skiing 
  more 
  interesting 
  and 
  appealing. 
  

  

  The 
  longer 
  runs 
  are 
  spread 
  over 
  more 
  skiable 
  acres, 
  which 
  offer 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  

   variety- 
  -terrain, 
  challenge, 
  snow 
  conditions, 
  and 
  scenery. 
  The 
  average 
  rope 
  tow 
  area 
  

   in 
  the 
  West 
  makes 
  available 
  29 
  acres 
  of 
  skiable 
  terrain; 
  the 
  larger 
  cable 
  areas 
  make 
  

   available 
  almost 
  600 
  acres 
  of 
  skiable 
  terrain. 
  

  

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