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 |
| Average | 51 | 986 | 1583 | 1170 | 698 | 134 | 4500 | ||
Note: * Denotes partial month counted
Thanks to Luke Osborne for helping crunch these numbers.