Record Numbers Hit the Slopes in the USA Last Season
Excellent snow conditions after the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US meant that the country looks likely to have beaten its all time record for skier visits and broken the 650 million skier days marks for the first time.
A number of resorts broke both visit records and snowfall records in the 2007-8 season, with all major ski regions in the country receiving good to excellent snow cover.
The country’s National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has released preliminary numbers estimating the total number of skiers and boarders was 60.1 million, up nearly 10% on last winter and over a million more than the previous record set the season before (2005-6). The official total will be published next month.
Despite obvious pleasure at the new record the NSAA has warned that the current issues of rapidly rising fuel costs and concerns about the “credit crunch” amongst consumers makes it unlikely the figure will be matched every winter from now on.
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