Citation

Anderson DM. J. Environ. Manage. 2010; 91(4): 1012-1020.

Affiliation

Department of Economics, University of Washington, Box 353330, Savery 305, Seattle, WA 98195-3330, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.12.010

PMID

20044202

PMCID

PMC2819565

Abstract

Recently, the sport of ice climbing has seen a dramatic increase in popularity. This paper uses the travel cost method to estimate the demand for ice climbing in Hyalite Canyon, Montana, one of the premier ice climbing venues in North America. Access to Hyalite and other ice climbing destinations have been put at risk due to liability issues, public land management agendas, and winter road conditions. To this point, there has been no analysis on the economic benefits of ice climbing. In addition to the novel outdoor recreation application, this study applies econometric methods designed to deal with "excess zeros" in the data. Depending upon model specification, per person per trip values are estimated to be in the range of $76 to $135.

Language: en