﻿Average 
  daily 
  expenditure 
  per 
  skier 
  

   was 
  $20.54 
  during 
  1965. 
  Although 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible 
  to 
  ski 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  limited 
  budget 
  

   (and 
  many 
  people 
  do), 
  most 
  skiers 
  appear 
  

   not 
  to 
  skimp 
  on 
  expenses 
  for 
  their 
  ski 
  

   trips. 
  

  

  This 
  overall 
  average, 
  however, 
  is 
  

   somewhat 
  misleading 
  because 
  the 
  daily 
  

   expenditure 
  per 
  skier 
  differs 
  substantially 
  

   among 
  kinds 
  of 
  trips 
  taken. 
  The 
  average 
  

   daily 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  popular 
  single 
  -day 
  trip, 
  

   which 
  requires 
  no 
  overnight 
  accommoda- 
  

   tion, 
  was 
  $11.04 
  during 
  the 
  1964-65 
  sea- 
  

   son. 
  Many 
  skiers 
  (46 
  percent) 
  never 
  

   skied 
  except 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  -day 
  trip 
  basis 
  . 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  skier 
  elects 
  to 
  ski 
  on 
  

   overnight 
  trips, 
  his 
  average 
  daily 
  cost 
  

   climbs 
  rapidly. 
  Weekend 
  ski 
  trips 
  (one 
  

   to 
  three 
  nights 
  away 
  from 
  home) 
  cost 
  

   $24.84 
  per 
  day 
  per 
  skier 
  --more 
  than 
  twice 
  that 
  for 
  single 
  -day 
  trips. 
  At 
  $52.44 
  per 
  

   day, 
  vacation 
  ski 
  trips 
  (four 
  or 
  more 
  nights 
  away 
  from 
  home) 
  cost 
  nearly 
  five 
  times 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  single 
  -day 
  ski 
  trips 
  on 
  the 
  average. 
  

  

  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  increased 
  daily 
  cost 
  incurred, 
  54 
  percent 
  of 
  western 
  skiers 
  took 
  

   at 
  least 
  one 
  overnight 
  ski 
  trip 
  in 
  1965. 
  In 
  fact, 
  one 
  skier 
  in 
  five 
  reported 
  that 
  he 
  

   always 
  stayed 
  overnight 
  whenever 
  going 
  on 
  a 
  ski 
  trip. 
  

  

  Overnight 
  trips 
  are 
  a 
  necessity 
  for 
  some 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  ski 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  alternative 
  

   to 
  a 
  4 
  -or 
  -more 
  hour 
  driving 
  ordeal 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  hard 
  day 
  of 
  skiing 
  is 
  an 
  overnight 
  

   trip 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  live 
  more 
  than 
  200 
  miles 
  from 
  a 
  ski 
  area. 
  For 
  others, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   conviviality 
  of 
  apres 
  skiing 
  is 
  an 
  integral 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sport 
  and 
  well 
  worth 
  the 
  extra 
  

   expense 
  . 
  

  

  Whatever 
  their 
  motivation, 
  skiers 
  who 
  stay 
  overnight 
  tend 
  to 
  spend 
  more 
  for 
  

   practically 
  everything 
  on 
  their 
  weekend 
  and 
  vacation 
  trips, 
  including 
  lift 
  tickets, 
  than 
  

   they 
  do 
  on 
  single 
  -day 
  trips. 
  The 
  big 
  change, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  in 
  their 
  expendirares 
  for 
  

   lodgings 
  and 
  meals. 
  Average 
  daily 
  cost 
  of 
  transportation 
  is 
  also 
  higher 
  because 
  the 
  

   distance 
  traveled 
  to 
  ski 
  areas 
  is 
  generally 
  greater. 
  And 
  their 
  expenditures 
  for 
  after 
  - 
  

   skiing 
  activities 
  such 
  as 
  dancing 
  and 
  nightclubbing, 
  which 
  cost 
  only 
  82 
  cents 
  a 
  day 
  on 
  

   single 
  -day 
  trips, 
  run 
  over 
  $6 
  per 
  day 
  on 
  vacation 
  trips. 
  

  

  Regardless 
  of 
  kinds 
  of 
  trips 
  taken, 
  skiers 
  spend 
  relatively 
  little 
  on 
  skiing 
  instruc- 
  

   tion 
  or 
  ski 
  rental 
  and 
  repair. 
  Apparently 
  most 
  skiers 
  own 
  their 
  equipment; 
  nearly 
  80 
  

   percent 
  reported 
  purchasing 
  equipment 
  and 
  clothing 
  during 
  1965, 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  cost 
  of 
  

   $85.42 
  per 
  person. 
  

  

  SKIER 
  EXPENDITURES 
  

   BY 
  TYPE 
  OF 
  TRIP 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  ' 
  VACATION 
  

  

  $28,400,000 
  

  

  $34,200,000 
  J 
  

  

  

  ^ 
  / 
  WEEKEND 
  ^% 
  

  

  / 
  $25,800,000 
  ^ 
  

  

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