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Ski Industry Group Says Mountains Brought $1.1 Billion In 2012-13

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A new report from a ski industry trade group estimates that last year the ski industry contributed $1.1 billion dollars to the New Hampshire economy.  

That number, which Ski New Hampshire calculates every few years, is the highest yet recorded by the group. The economic impact study was conducted by a pair of Plymouth State University professors, and commissioned by Ski NH.

Karl Stone with Ski New Hampshire says that is partially due to inflation, but also a general trend of growth. In terms of skier visits, eight of the ten best years have occurred in the past decade.  

“The ski areas are doing a great job in New Hampshire, we’re growing our business, and I think that’s reflected in these numbers as well,” says Stone.

New Hampshire’s ski resorts attracted the highest number of skiers in 2010-2011, but no study was done that year. So far this year the industry is on track to draw about the same number of skiers to the state as last year.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.

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