Skier’s visits per resort…

I love Snowbrains, a site that specializes in the weird aspects of skiing, but what I failed to appreciate the other day was an article about visitations at famous ski resorts, by Julie Schneeman.. 

For years, I’ve known that La Plagne in France, was  the world’s number one with 2.5 million annual visit. The table provided for this article and its content mixes apples and oranges. 

The fallacy of that most of the places cited involve a cluster of towns; i.e. Madona de Campiglio Folgarida, etc. or St. Anton, Lech, Zuers, etc. 

The fact that it doesn’t include Les Trois Vallees or Les Portes du Soleil in France is that a common ski ticket doesn’t one ski area make, as these mega domain all represent a clustering of ski-towns. 

The elephant in the room is Park City, as a town which includes Park City Mountain, Deer Valley Resort, the Olympic Park and Woodward. 

They may not share a common lift ticket, but together, they produce between 2.6 to 2.8 million skier visits. As a matter of skier days in one locale, Park City should be a the top of this chart!