11/02/2023
Falcon Ridge, Manitoba. Expert Trails: 0; Chairlifts: 0; Vertical Drop: 119 feet; Annual snowfall: 1.5 feet. So why and how has Falcon Ridge thrived for over 60 years? For that, you’ll have to look well beyond the stats. Check out the first installment of "Community Ski Areas: True Stories from the Heartland of Canadian Skiing".
Falcon Ridge brings to mind Mark Twain’s adage that ‘there are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.’ Of the three, Twain especially despised statistics because they can be as deceptive and misleading as they are descriptive and definitive. Take Falcon Ridge’s Mountain Stats...