In part 2 of the CCSAA COVID-19 Impact Survey, ski areas were asked about their thoughts on the future. As many states are beginning to discuss and forecast a reducing of the state at home mandate, we begin to speculate about the cross country ski area of 2020-21 and what Read more…
As many of you know, CCSAA is working to create ski area data do we as an industry can better understand the factors impacting our industry. For many years we have been operating in the dark without knowing industry wide our skier days, average days open and where our profit Read more…
CCSAA has been collecting ski area data for more than 20 years and has recently reinvigorated that effort. Following is a discussion of the data collected from the 2018/19 season. Length of Season The North American region had a strong season with great snow early, throughout the season, and staying Read more…
The 2018 SIA Participation Study is a comprehensive look at participants in winter sports across the 2017/2018 season including: downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, and winter fat biking. The study highlights a cumulative view of winter sports participation and demographics. Participation The Winter Sports Participation By Region graphic Read more…
One of the goals of the CCSAA data collection initiative is to provide country and state wide data. Unfortunately, the only state or province that had enough respondents was Vermont. One third of the ski areas in Vermont completed the survey giving us a representative number to extrapolate results. A Read more…