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  ACCESSIBILITY 
  OF 
  SKI 
  AREAS 
  

   INFLUENCES 
  PARTICIPATION 
  

  

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  ©Utah 
  

   ©Idaho 
  

  

  ©Washington 
  

   ©Wyoming 
  

  

  Q 
  Montana 
  

   -© 
  Oregon 
  

  

  New 
  Mexico 
  

   -© 
  Nevada 
  — 
  

  

  California 
  

  

  Arizona 
  

  

  20 
  40 
  60 
  80 
  100 
  120 
  140 
  160 
  180 
  200 
  220 
  240 
  260 
  

  

  Average 
  distance 
  traveled 
  to 
  ski 
  areas 
  (miles) 
  

  

  appeal- 
  -youngsters 
  in 
  the 
  13-18 
  age 
  bracket. 
  Cost 
  of 
  automobile 
  ownership 
  and 
  age 
  re- 
  

   strictions 
  for 
  obtaining 
  drivers* 
  licenses 
  are 
  obstacles 
  for 
  many. 
  Although 
  commercial 
  

   transportation 
  (bus, 
  train) 
  is 
  a 
  solution 
  for 
  some 
  and 
  may 
  become 
  more 
  generally 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  in 
  time, 
  the 
  additional 
  costs 
  again 
  eliminate 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  potential 
  skier 
  population. 
  

  

  Many 
  skiers 
  do 
  not 
  

   participate 
  every 
  year 
  

  

  Factors 
  described 
  above- 
  -physical 
  demands, 
  cost, 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tance- 
  -not 
  only 
  discourage 
  potential 
  skiers 
  from 
  taking 
  up 
  

   the 
  sport 
  , 
  but 
  also 
  contribute 
  to 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  many 
  skiers 
  

  

  to 
  participate 
  actively 
  year 
  after 
  year. 
  

  

  Among 
  those 
  interviewed, 
  26 
  percent 
  who 
  had 
  learned 
  to 
  ski 
  8 
  years 
  ago 
  reported 
  

   missing 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  full 
  season 
  since 
  learning 
  to 
  ski. 
  In 
  addition, 
  the 
  ranks 
  were 
  further 
  

   depleted 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  quit 
  the 
  sport. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  combined 
  total 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  permanent 
  and 
  temporary 
  skier 
  dropouts, 
  but 
  such 
  dropouts 
  may 
  have 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  a 
  10 
  -percent 
  negative 
  effect 
  on 
  annual 
  attendance 
  in 
  the 
  West. 
  In 
  his 
  ski 
  study 
  for 
  

   the 
  northeastern 
  States, 
  Farwell 
  found 
  that 
  13.2 
  percent 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  skied 
  during 
  the 
  

   1962-63 
  season 
  did 
  not 
  ski 
  the 
  following 
  season, 
  and 
  that 
  1.3 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  skiers 
  con- 
  

   tacted 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  given 
  up 
  the 
  sport 
  permanently. 
  

  

  """^U.S. 
  Dep. 
  of 
  Commerce. 
  The 
  skier 
  market 
  in 
  northeast 
  North 
  America, 
  119 
  

   pp., 
  illus. 
  U.S. 
  Govt. 
  Printing 
  Office 
  . 
  1965. 
  

  

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