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  PROJECTION 
  OF 
  VISITS 
  

   TO 
  WESTERN 
  SKI 
  AREAS 
  BY 
  1976 
  

  

  1956 
  

  

  12.1 
  MILLION 
  

   VISITS 
  

  

  4.3 
  MILLION 
  VISITS 
  

  

  1.4 
  MILLION 
  VISITS 
  

  

  1964 
  

  

  1976 
  

  

  YEARS 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  preclude 
  tlie 
  possibility 
  that 
  attendance 
  might 
  increase 
  at 
  a 
  faster 
  

   rate 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  The 
  ski 
  industry, 
  however, 
  will 
  need 
  to 
  find 
  ways 
  to 
  overcome 
  or 
  

   modify 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  factors 
  that 
  tend 
  to 
  limit 
  more 
  widespread 
  and 
  sustained 
  participa- 
  

   tion. 
  (In 
  1964, 
  only 
  2.2 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  12 
  Western 
  States 
  between 
  ages 
  

   13 
  and 
  60 
  skied.) 
  These 
  factors 
  are 
  discussed 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  pages. 
  

  

  Physical 
  demands 
  of 
  skiing 
  

   discourage 
  many 
  

  

  Skiing 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  physically 
  demanding 
  forms 
  of 
  

   recreation. 
  Learning 
  to 
  ski 
  is 
  especially 
  strenuous. 
  

   While 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  deterrent 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  their 
  twenties 
  or 
  

   younger, 
  especially 
  teenagers, 
  only 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  persons 
  who 
  are 
  young-in- 
  spirit 
  

   are 
  even 
  inclined 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  sport. 
  

  

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