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The bums are back and they’re going to find ways to avoid the summertime blues. They’re also talking Memorial Day and edible six-pack rings.
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NOAA: La Niña is Coming | Deep Pool of Cool Water Making Its Way Across Pacific
NOAA is saying this about La Niña right now:
The last time we had a Strong La Niña was in 2010/11 and the USA got huge snowfall totals.
U.S. ski resorts rack up 53.9 million skier and snowboarder visits
The U.S. ski industry eked out an increase in skier and snowboarder visits during the 2015-16 season despite poor snow conditions in the eastern half of the country.
Ski areas generated an estimated 53.9 million visits, up from 53.6 million the prior season, according to the National Ski Areas Association, an industry trade group. The estimate was based on the annual Kottke Survey commissioned by the organization.
Skier and snowboarder visits are a basic metric used to gauge ski-industry business.
The record season was 2010-11, when 60.5 million visits were recorded. The low was 51 million visits in 2011-12.
This season's tally was 4.6 percent below the 10-year industry average of 56.5 million.
Even though this year wasn't a record overall, it was a record for the Rocky Mountain Region, which includes Aspen and the other Colorado resorts. The region was up 8 percent over last season, the ski association reported. The Rocky Mountain Region includes Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico and Idaho in addition to Colorado.
Resort regions in the Northeast, Midwest and Southeast were all down from the prior season.
9 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN in North America:
The Origins of Skiing? 8,000 Years Ago
The exact origins of skiing are a bit murky, but one thing is clear. Skiing was originally designed to create movement. In ancient times, skiing was about getting from A to B on snow efficiently. Walking in deep snow was exhausting, snow shoes were OK, but skis were king. The Sami people of Northern Scandinavia knew that skis were a superior form of snow transportation because their ancestors invented them and the Sami used them on a daily basis. The Sami are widely credited with being the inventors of the ski.
The exact origin of the Sami culture is also unknown. Historians have traced their lineage and language back to the Ural mountains, Europe, and dee
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The bums are back and they’re going to find ways to avoid the summertime blues. They’re also talking Memorial Day and edible six-pack rings.
Weekly Flavor
Ski News
NOAA: La Niña is Coming | Deep Pool of Cool Water Making Its Way Across Pacific
NOAA is saying this about La Niña right now:
The last time we had a Strong La Niña was in 2010/11 and the USA got huge snowfall totals.
U.S. ski resorts rack up 53.9 million skier and snowboarder visits
The U.S. ski industry eked out an increase in skier and snowboarder visits during the 2015-16 season despite poor snow conditions in the eastern half of the country.
Ski areas generated an estimated 53.9 million visits, up from 53.6 million the prior season, according to the National Ski Areas Association, an industry trade group. The estimate was based on the annual Kottke Survey commissioned by the organization.
Skier and snowboarder visits are a basic metric used to gauge ski-industry business.
The record season was 2010-11, when 60.5 million visits were recorded. The low was 51 million visits in 2011-12.
This season's tally was 4.6 percent below the 10-year industry average of 56.5 million.
Even though this year wasn't a record overall, it was a record for the Rocky Mountain Region, which includes Aspen and the other Colorado resorts. The region was up 8 percent over last season, the ski association reported. The Rocky Mountain Region includes Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico and Idaho in addition to Colorado.
Resort regions in the Northeast, Midwest and Southeast were all down from the prior season.
9 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN in North America:
The Origins of Skiing? 8,000 Years Ago
The exact origins of skiing are a bit murky, but one thing is clear. Skiing was originally designed to create movement. In ancient times, skiing was about getting from A to B on snow efficiently. Walking in deep snow was exhausting, snow shoes were OK, but skis were king. The Sami people of Northern Scandinavia knew that skis were a superior form of snow transportation because their ancestors invented them and the Sami used them on a daily basis. The Sami are widely credited with being the inventors of the ski.
The exact origin of the Sami culture is also unknown. Historians have traced their lineage and language back to the Ural mountains, Europe, and dee
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