What it Takes to Host The Birkie® — The Numbers!
- 13,000+ skiers
- 2,400 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
- 42,000 cookies
- 5,000 doughnut holes
- 165 portable toilets
- 50+ miles of snow covered forest trails
- 30 foot wide course
- 4,000 medals
- 7,000 pins
- 18,000 ski stickers
- 22,000 skis & poles
- 50,000 hugs and photos
