 Poster: A snowHead
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Many resorts in the US opened late and closed early due to lack of snow, and the visitor numbers show it. Almost 10 million fewer skiers and snowboarders visited US resorts during the 2011-2012 season, than during the previous season....The National Ski Areas Association has reported that visits to US ski resorts totalled an estimated 51 million, which is the lowest total since 1991-1992.
See: http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/05/07/snow-woes-u-s-skier-visits-drop-by-10-million/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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North American skiing is clearly finished! Dooomed I tell ya!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| More modest declines in total days of operation were experienced in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions, with each showing a 0.8 percent decrease. |
So basically, in a year with bad snow, far fewer people bothered to make day trips to their local hill. The destination resorts, where the punters usually book in advance, were resilient. No surprises there, then.
Move on.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I was in JH over xmas - worst snow I've seen there
So - the headline is "Sensible US Skiers who have relatively little vacation choose not to waste it on poor snow".
In other news... Bears defecate surrounded by trees... 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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10 million over 60 million is a 16.6% drop!
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you should see what bears drop 
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I was in Keystone and Breck in February, the snow was terrible (infact it was ice not snow). The place was rammed though, with mostly Americans (from who I spoke to anyway). Those people thought we were from Oz, but the jokes on them - we are English. Could this signal the end of the world? 
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