The universal challenge of marketers is to take something complex and distill that jumble of ideas and products and reasons and motives into a succinct, bite-sized portion of information.

SkiBig three has hundreds of trails across thousands of acres. But their morsel?
Three resorts, two towns, one ticket.

Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, and Laurel Mountain do something similar with an extra element of weekend-planning as well.
Three ski resorts, in three days, just three hours away.

Sunday River is one of the East’s largest resorts, but they’ve built a brand on a number-based summary as well.
Eight peaks. Eight distinct experiences.

Numbers, as it turns out, are a really effective method of simplification. Without a count of that thing you’re looking at, it’s hard to compare or comprehend what it is. Give it a number and instantly you have a clearer idea of the magnitude.

Which is exactly what Camelback did with this recent 30-second spot.

2 Waterparks. 2 FlowRiders. 52 Waterslides. 12 Pools. And So Much More! #CountlessAdventuresOne Resort pic.twitter.com/EmlEu9GJkM

— Camelback Mountain (@skicamelback) July 6, 2017

I really, really like this approach, but what’s most interesting here is that this distillation of all things Camelback is also used to convey something large.

A big photo? Useful, but hard to grasp.
Lots of great photos? Also useful, but still tough to grasp.
Lots of webpages? Useful as well, but even tougher to grasp.

But one, big number? Even more useful, because it’s easy to grasp. Nice work, Camelback.

About Gregg & SlopeFillers
I've had more first-time visitors lately, so adding a quick "about" section. I started SlopeFillers in 2010 with the simple goal of sharing great resort marketing strategies. Today I run marketing for resort ecommerce and CRM provider Inntopia, my home mountain is the lovely Nordic Valley, and my favorite marketing campaign remains the Ski Utah TV show that sold me on skiing as a kid in the 90s.