This is interesting

Marcos Island, Fla. (Ski Press)-According to the Kottke National End of Season Survey (presented at the National Ski Area Association’s Annual Conference in May), you’ve got to plan on skiing on the weekdays to avoid the crowds.

The Kottke (prepared by RRC Associates) reports that 52.6 percent of all ski visits last season occurred on Saturdays and Sundays, while only 47.4 percent occurred Monday through Friday. There was no data presented on which of the weekdays might see the least skier visits.

In the Northeast, as if you didn’t already know, the weekend crowds were even more pronounced as 63.6 percent of the total visits occurred on Saturdays and Sundays. In the Midwest, weekend visits represented 58.4 percent of the total skier visits, 56.3 percent in the Pacific West and only 42.6 percent in the Rocky Mountains, possibly because of that region’s more progressive attitude toward the “Powder Clause.”

This kind of data should have more skiers calling in sick this year.

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Basically you can see that the weekend crowd is much more in the Northeast, and the destination crowd, which tends to go Sat to Sat, doesn't ski as much on the weekend. Most skiiers understand this instinctively, but its interesting to see the numbers.