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average amount that a customer pays per day they ski/snow- The average number of season passes sold rose by 4.1
board. Importantly, this metric includes revenue from all percent to an average of 11,055 passes per ski area this
ticket sources (including season passes) and all skier visits season. Pass unit sales increased in most regions, including
(also including season passes). the Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Pacific
This season, the average ticket yield was just over $60, Northwest, while declining in the Pacific Southwest and
up 5.0 percent from 2017/18. Ticket yield was also up in five Southeast. Additionally, season pass unit sales were up in
of the six geographic regions (down slightly in the Northeast) all size groups, with the largest percent growth noted at
and in all four size groups. small ski areas (up 13.5 percent). This result is interesting

Figure 4: Average Adult Weekend Ticket Price, 2015/16 to 2018/19

BY REGION 2015/16 2017/18 BY AREA SIZE
2016/17 2018/19
$200 $156.17

$150 $120.26 $131.38 $129.14 $136.82 $144.22 $128.54 $136.64 $147.36 $125.28 $131.62 $138.42 $151.06
$109.51 $114.84 $94.01 $99.87 $116.51 $94.50
$100 $83.66 $88.06 $72.09 $72.94 $74.26 $78.18 $57.49 $63.57 $64.44 $65.55 $71.04 $77.21 $83.80 $90.81 $62.32 $65.44 $67.19 $68.91 $79.89 $84.18 $87.60

$50 $44.00 $47.26 $45.92 $51.54

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OVERALL NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST MIDWEST ROCKY PACIFIC PACIFIC SMALL MEDIUM LARGE EXTRA
MOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST NORTHWEST LARGE
Results are weighted by skier visits and based on data from 136 ski areas in each of the 2015/16 to 2018/19 seasons

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