This Wall Street Journal article on ski resort deals includes some interesting facts on the changing face of the sport:
The average resort visitor last season was 35.1 years old, up from 33.2 in the 1997-98 season, according to the NSAA. About 30% were 45 or over.
Over the past two decades, competition has pushed hundreds of smaller resorts out of business because the areas couldn’t afford upgrades or snowmaking equipment to weather lean snow years. There were 478 ski areas in the U.S. last year, compared with 735 in 1984, according to the NSAA.
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