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The other interesting, but perhaps a little bit obvious observation about mountain stats is that you'll notice, Eastern resorts rely for the most part on trail count. Then, to prop up those numbers, they often split many of their longer trails into "upper", "middle" and "lower" parts, adding to...

EMSC brings up an interesting idea. The "usable" acreage at any particular resort will vary based on the skier's expertise, of course. All the terrain at Silverton is useless if you're a beginner, while the vastness of Snowmass doesn't do you any good if you like steeps all day long. I'm in the...

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admin, I'll also add to your list, from your neck of the woods, Alta-bird if you count the interconnect: 2200 + 2500 = 4700 acres, almost all of which is skiable.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not trying to imply that there's a "static number" - I realize in many ways weather is a random process that's difficult to predict. Otherwise, our weather forecasters would have an easy job! What I'm trying to get at is, if you do indeed look at snowfall amounts...

Tony, or anyone else who might know, Historically, how much correlation in snowfall is there between one year and the next? What I mean is, if one year is particularly below average, what are the chances the next year will be as bad, vs. average, vs. above average? I know the answer doesn't...