What it Takes to Host The Birkie® — The Numbers! | American Birkebeiner

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