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Figure 4: Percent of Ski Areas Reporting Unscheduled Closures by Region, 2013/14 to 2016/17
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2013/14 2015/16
2014/15 2016/17
Percent of Resorts Reporting One or More Closures
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41% 42% 46% 57% 44% 50% 67% 72% 95% 68% 74% 79% 47% 60% 40% 93% 40% 100% 80% 60%
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20 31% 35% 45% 48%

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10% 7% 14% 21%
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Overall Northeast Southeast Midwest Rocky Mountain Pacific Pacific
Southwest Northwest

Figure 5: Average Season Snowfall by Region, 2013/14 to 2016/17, & 26-Season Average

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2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 26-Season
450 Average

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Snowfall (Inches) 200
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100 275 202 268 282 268 366 156 400 455 336
182 136 169 230 180
50 154 165 74 191 135 164 85 319 530 284
81 66 47 47 63 115 73 69 68 74
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Overall Northeast Southeast Midwest Rocky Mountain Pacific Pacific
Southwest Northwest

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