﻿Annual 
  family 
  

  

  Average 
  number 
  of 
  days 
  

  

  income 
  class 
  

  

  skied 
  per 
  person 
  

  

  Less 
  than 
  $4,000 
  

   $4,000 
  to 
  $6,499 
  

   $6,500 
  to 
  $9,999 
  

   $10,000 
  to 
  $14,999 
  

   $15,000 
  to 
  $24,999 
  

   $25,000 
  and 
  over 
  

  

  9.65 
  

   9.63 
  

   9.69 
  

   10.38 
  

   10.59 
  

   13.82 
  

  

  Travel 
  time 
  

   is 
  a 
  problem 
  

  

  Some 
  people 
  are 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  live 
  near 
  the 
  slopes 
  , 
  but 
  the 
  skiers 
  

   living 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  face 
  a 
  2- 
  to 
  3 
  -hour 
  drive 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  ski 
  area. 
  More- 
  

   over, 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  driving 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  under 
  winter 
  conditions. 
  As 
  

  

  a 
  result, 
  many 
  people 
  find 
  they 
  must 
  schedule 
  overnight 
  trips 
  to 
  enjoy 
  skiing. 
  On 
  the 
  

   average, 
  California 
  skiers 
  drove 
  198 
  miles 
  to 
  ski, 
  and 
  40 
  percent 
  of 
  them 
  reported 
  they 
  

   always 
  stayed 
  overnight 
  whenever 
  they 
  went 
  on 
  ski 
  trips 
  . 
  At 
  the 
  other 
  extreme 
  , 
  Utah 
  

   skiers 
  drove 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  only 
  74 
  miles 
  to 
  ski 
  and 
  less 
  than 
  1 
  percent 
  of 
  them 
  always 
  

   took 
  overnight 
  trips. 
  

  

  In 
  general, 
  the 
  closer 
  people 
  live 
  to 
  ski 
  areas 
  the 
  more 
  likely 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  ski. 
  The 
  

   percentages 
  of 
  resident 
  skiers 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  populations 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  12 
  West- 
  

   ern 
  States 
  range 
  from 
  a 
  low 
  of 
  0.1 
  percent 
  in 
  Arizona 
  (skiers 
  drove 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   nearly 
  240 
  miles 
  to 
  ski 
  areas) 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  of 
  3.1 
  percent 
  in 
  Colorado 
  (skiers 
  drove 
  an 
  

   average 
  of 
  96 
  miles 
  to 
  a 
  ski 
  area). 
  The 
  chart 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  page 
  shows 
  the 
  relationship 
  

   between 
  proximity 
  of 
  ski 
  areas 
  and 
  participation 
  . 
  

  

  It 
  might 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  skier 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  in 
  some 
  

   States 
  by 
  reducing 
  distance 
  to 
  ski 
  areas. 
  The 
  opportunities 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  greater 
  

   in 
  California 
  and 
  Arizona 
  but 
  more 
  limited 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  Utah. 
  In 
  Utah, 
  for 
  example, 
  

   80 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  lives 
  within 
  an 
  hour's 
  drive 
  of 
  excellent 
  ski 
  areas. 
  In 
  

   spite 
  of 
  this, 
  only 
  2.9 
  percent 
  of 
  Utah's 
  population 
  skied 
  during 
  the 
  1963-64 
  season. 
  In 
  

   some 
  States, 
  therefore, 
  travel 
  distance 
  is 
  not 
  among 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  factors 
  

   limiting 
  increased 
  participation. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  unlikely 
  that 
  even 
  a 
  minimal 
  single-day 
  trip 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  much 
  less 
  

   than 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  hours 
  with 
  driving 
  included 
  . 
  Skiing 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  spur-of-the-moment 
  activity. 
  

   Unlike 
  many 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  recreation, 
  a 
  ski 
  trip 
  usually 
  must 
  be 
  planned 
  in 
  advance 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  factor. 
  

  

  Car 
  ownership 
  (or 
  at 
  least 
  availability) 
  is 
  virtually 
  a 
  prerequisite. 
  This 
  poses 
  

   difficulties 
  for 
  precisely 
  that 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  to 
  which 
  skiing 
  has 
  the 
  greatest 
  

  

  ® 
  Based 
  on 
  the 
  mathematical 
  relationship 
  Y 
  = 
  3.64 
  - 
  0.0152X 
  where 
  X 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  

   driving 
  distance. 
  The 
  correlation 
  coefficient 
  (r) 
  is 
  0.72. 
  Alaska 
  was 
  not 
  evaluated 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  unique 
  travel 
  conditions 
  . 
  

  

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