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MacDonald Pass Usage Statistics

Last Chance Nordic Ski Club counts the number of skiers passing along the Access Trail, in order to better time grooming and plan maintenance activities. Additionally, it helps the Club evaluate its relative success towards it mission, that is, encouraging cross country skiing in the Helena area.

Skier Counts on MacDonald Pass Cross Country Ski Trails
Season Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Total # Days Counted Dates Counted
2010-2011 – 78* 1686 1517 950 371 4602 122 12/30/10 to 5/1/11
2011-2012 38* 1266 1669 1640* closed closed 4613 81 11/21/11 to 2/20/12
2012-2013 – 1581* 1881 1742 880 50 6134 144 12/8/12 to 4/30/13
2013-2014 10* 980 1749 1300 958 171 5168 164 11/18/13 to 4/30/14
2014-2015 67* 1178 1197 662 443 4* 3551 135 11/22/14 to 4/5/15
2015-2016 – 1154 1583 770 244 13* 3764 130 12/1/15 to 4/5/16
2016-2017 17* 978 1386 887 423 13* 3704 160 11/21/16 to 4/30/17
2017-2018 125* 673 1516 844 990 315* 4463 164 11/11/17 to 4/24/18
2018-2019 69* 1052 2130 731 897 71 4950 158 11/21/18 to 4/28/19
2019-2020 – 869* 1996 1648 1226 427* 6166 136 12/09/19 to 4/23/20
2020-2021 46* 1154 2066 1427 1112 30* 5835 157 11/17/20 to 4/23/21
2021-2022 – 942* 2293 1422 700 15* 5372 115 12/15/21 to 4/9/22

Note: * Denotes partial month counted

Thanks to Luke Osborne for helping crunch these numbers.

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