What it Takes to Host The Birkie® - The Numbers!
11/03/2009, 6:09pm (CDT)
By Cherie Morgan
- 10,500 skiers
- 2,000 volunteers
- 20,000 spectators
- 11 food and medical stops
- 2,000 oranges
- 5,000 bananas
- 5,000 cups of hot chocolate
- 600 gallons of soup
- 5,000 gallons of water
- 1,500 gallons of sport drink
- 98,000 cups
- 16,000 cookies
- 5,000 doughnut holes
- 165 portable toilets
- 50+ miles of snow covered forest trails
- 30 foot wide course
- 4,000 medals
- 7,100 pins
- 17,000 ski stickers
- 21,000 skis & poles
- 50,000 hugs and photos
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