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LIFTS

23,500 feet

26 The total vertical transport feet of the
26 lifts installed in 2018 in the US,
Number of chairlifts installed
which is higher than Denali Peak, AK
in the US in 2018
(formerly Mt. McKinley)

20,237 feet
Height of Denali Peak

A passenger is 5 times more likely to suffer Number of fatalities due to a chairlift
(Consumer Products Safety Commission; National Elevator Industry Inc.) 1 mechanical malfunction in the US since 1994
a fatality riding an elevator than a chairlift.
(2018 NSAA Lift Safety Fact Sheet)

MISCELLANY

4+

Number of former NFL
football players now in
56,500 the ski industry, including:

The hourly transport capacity of all the new lifts
installed in 2018—the equivalent to the seating Rusty Gregory
capacity of the LA Dodgers Stadium CEO of Alterra (Kansas City Chiefs)

Dustin Lyman
GM at Copper Mountain, CO (Chicago Bears)

Tim Baker
$0 3 VP and GM at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, CO

(Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers)
The price you pay for NSAA’s
top triumvirate of reports Number of US ski areas that Jeremy Bloom
(Kottke, Demographic, and do not allow snowboarding: 2-time Winter Olympian and 11-time
Economic Analysis) if you Deer Valley and Alta in Utah, and World Cup Gold Medalist in Freestyle Skiing
participate in the studies Mad River Glen in Vermont (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers)

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