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Liftopia.com brings us this look into which states has the most skiers and snowboarders.
Which state has the most skiers and snowboarders?
The 2011/12 season was challenging weather-wise for many ski areas; one result was that fewer people came out to ski or snowboard, thus reducing the number of “active” participants in that season. For that reason, we looked at a five-year average, rather than the 2011/12 season, in terms of the number of active skiers and snowboarders living in each of the 50 states.
Over that five-year period, California has averaged the most active skiers and snowboarders, with over 1 million (including most of Liftopia’s staff). The number two state by this measure? New York, with almost three-quarters of a million people who ski or ride. Rounding out the top five are Colorado, Illinois, and Massachusetts. The first three states have a lot of ski areas, while the latter two have a few ski areas in their states, but are located near other states with more skiing and snowboarding options. Interestingly, number six is Texas, a state with no ski areas. Other well-known ski states like Vermont, New Hampshire, Utah, Maine, Montana, and Oregon actually have relatively few active resident skiers and snowboarders overall; at the same time, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio, which are generally not known as ski states, have a strong resident population of active skiers and snowboarders. To a large degree, these patterns are reflective of the individual state’s total population – big states like California, New York, and Texas have a lot of people overall, which contributes to the large total number of residents who ski and ride.
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I’m calling Bullshit.
I agree. They’re not including ski blades. Such horse shit!
Per capita numbers would tell a much better story due to the skewing of absolute populations.
yeah but your just some guy…
*You’re
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You should have to ski 50 or more times a year to be considered a skier in this poll.. Ya I’m talking to you Texas and San Fran! #gapers
cuz hashtags do something on unofficial….
read a book rad guy. I bet I get more days than your raddness
I bet I sooo get more days than both of you! and my brother can totally beat up your brother!!
Only have 40 days as of now… Kinda brutal, so maybe you do. But you still suck cause you’re obviously not rad. GO HOME DUMBASS
San Fran is a 3 hour drive from Tahoe. I know plenty of ripping weekend warriors that live there.
Yeah not everyone has the luxury of making minimum wage in a bro’d out mountain town where there is nothing to do but ride. Not to mention if you ski 50 days a year you are probably a pabst drinkin pass holder that doesnt spend a dime on the mountain. I know I am!
first bro!
a ratio of the skiers to total population of a state would be more telling. also, how do they account for people who cross state boundaries to ski?
This is some great research
Why would the numbers be bullshit?
It isn’t saying one is better or making a subjective assessment. It’s math.
I think it would be more helpful to get a ratio of population to number of snow sliders…. That would likely result in somewhere like Colorado being at or near the top.
California has lots of resorts, and lots of people, so being on top with just total number of riders seems legit. I wonder when you factor total population how they stack up at that point.
Yeah…cuz, you know…it’s math. Anyone that knows anything knows that numbers never lie. I mean, just look at the the pre-election voting polls… It’s math…and math is like at least 1/2 science…that shit is solid. The numbers have to be right…number don’t lie… it’s like you can’t just get math wrong….cuz it’s math.
I’m also calling Cali having way more gapers than anywhere
yaaa. dumb gaaaapers.
This might have made me dumber. Shocking surprise that the larger the state the more skiers/boarders they have. What a very useless piece of analysis.
Top 5 states by population:
1) California
2) Texas
3) New York
4) Florida
5) New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population
if youre gonna cite wiki at least make sure you copy and paste it right…
1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Illinois
FTFY
and yes, completely useless data. The numbers increase when the population increases…It’s like the more people there are to poll, the more people answered.
I’m shocked!
Divide it by the population per state, and you’ll have a better estimate of how many people per state. Of course the bigger states have more people…
This makes more sense-
http://www.liftopia.com/blog/biggest-ski-state-part-2/
That really does make more sense
well this poll is misleading what you have to take in consideration is how many people are in that state, so it should also go by % of population in the state that skis/rides.
I would like to see what percentage of Texans play GNAR. -500 every chair…FH.
So how bout all the tickets and passes not sold on liftopia?
I would of suggested adding telemarking as a separate category but nobody would really care to know anyway.
looks like maine won per capita!!!
Ummm….or Vermont if you read the map here:
http://www.liftopia.com/blog/biggest-ski-state-part-2/
no it didn’t. Vermont, NH and Colo did
This poll is flawed in so many ways. Just because you ski/snowboard once or twice a year does not make you a skier/boarder.