Booming Ski Country
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America’s population grew by 13 percent from 1990 to 2000. These ski counties grew more than three times faster.
1.
Summit County, Utah, 92 %
(Park City, Deer Valley, The Canyons)
2.
Eagle County, Colo., 90 %
(Vail, Beaver Creek)
3.
Summit County, Colo., 83 %
(Breckenridge, Copper, Keystone, A-Basin)
4.
San Miguel County, Colo., 81 %
(Telluride)
5.
Teton County, Wyo., 63 %
(Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, Snow King)
6.
Grand County, Colo., 56 %
(Winter Park)
7.
Deschutes County, Ore., 54 %
(Mt. Bachelor)
8.
Monroe County, Pa., 45 %
(Camelback, Shawnee, Alpine Mountain)
9.
Placer County, Calif., 44 %
(Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Homewood)
10
unty, Colo., 40 % (Steamboat)
Growing New England Ski Counties
1. Carroll County, N.H., 23 %
(Attitash, Black Mountain, Wildcat, Mt. Cranmore)
2. Lamoille County, Vt., 18 %
(Stowe)
