Did You Know This About
Midwest Ski Areas?

> There are more than 100 ski areas in 10 states, including: Iowa, five; Illinois, four; Indiana, three; Michigan, 39, Minnesota, 18, Missouri, two; North Dakota, four; Ohio, five, South Dakota, three; Wisconsin, 26.

> Some Midwest areas open in October and others stay open until late-April.

> About 60 percent of visits are by skiers and 40 percent by snowboarders.

> Areas in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan receive more than 200 inches of snow each winter.

> A quarter-million school children are introduced to skiing & snowboarding at Midwest areas each year.

> A total of more than 5,000 snowguns help supplement Mother Nature and give Midwest areas consistent conditions.

> At 22, the average age of Midwestern skiers and snowboarders is youngest of any region in the U.S.

> Midwestern skiers and snowboarders are committed to their local areas, with an average of nearly 2,200 people buying season passes at each Midwest area.

> More than 40 Midwest ski areas have lift-served snow tubing hills.