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Skiing & Snowboarding: By the Numbers
- 5000 BC: Date of the oldest known depiction of a skier, found on a cave painting on a Norwegian island.
- 6.6 million: Number of snowboarders in the U.S. in 2004.
- 5.1 million: Number of snowboarders in the U.S. 2008; the number is dropping due to worsening weather conditions (like less snow), return to skiing, and crowded resorts.
- 4: Degrees Fahrenheit that the temperature has increased in the Alps over last 30 years.
- 467: Cumulative feet of snow on Squaw Valley Mountain Peak (8200 ft) in 1998/99 season.
- 369: Cumulative feet of snow on Squaw Valley Mountain Peak in 2006/2007 season.
- 7: Number of U.S. ski resorts that receive an "F" on the Ski Area Citizens' Coalition environmental report card for offenses like clearing protected forests for parking lots and neglecting to display concern for endangered species.
- 1.5: Number of megawatts created by the first wind turbine installed at a ski resort, at Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts.
- 2100: The year where Park City ski resort in Utah could have no snowpack at all at its base if emission rates remain steady.
Sources: Wild Snow, US News and World Report, Squaw Valley Snowfall Tracker, Scientific Blogging.
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