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--- Leigh Daboll, in his best Johnnie Cochran form, attempted to justify the seemingly illogical contention that Ontario ski areas are inferior to Michigan ski areas, but that Ontario slopes are crowded with Michigan skiers. > Three reasons: > 1) $1.00 US = $1.50 CAN. Sure, saving some money is an attraction. But how many skiers from Detroit will brave the border nazis and a 3 hour drive to ski inferior slopes, even with a nice discount? > 2) Age of majority = 19 (ON) vs. 21 (MI) If the skiing is inferior in Ontario, the more logical behavior is to hit the bars and strip joints in Windsor but do the skiing in the home state. You have to understand that Americans are not as motivated by cheap beer as Brits or Canadians. > 3) 4% vs. 5% No clue what this means. Presumably this is another one of those Skivt-l insider things. But, all in all, I will give you credit for coming up with a possible explanation. But, there's a bigger problem. Ontario slopes are NOT crowded with Michigan skiers. No way, no how. There are only 2 ski areas in all of Ontario that draw more than miniscule amounts of Michigan skiers: Blue Mountain and my sort of home area Searchmont ( http://www.searchmont.com ). Over the course of the season, the Yank percentage at Blue Mountain is probably around 10%. Searchmont draws at least 50% Yanks, but it's a small area. But I tremendously doubt that any other ON ski area draws more than 1% from south of the border. In the end, it's simple. The BEST Ontario ski areas are better than the best Michigan lower peninsula areas (Blue Mtn does beat Boyne Mtn). Other than that, both state/provinces have a good collection of ski tihs. (Again, I exclude Mt. Bohemia as it is quite distant.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html