On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 9:56:21 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Neat. But isn't total OLC miles flown at a site more a proxy measure of population density, wealth and leisure time than an indicator of being a great soaring site?

Interesting......Well, let's see now...New Mexico in one of the poorest states in the US...On population, New Mexico's population only is a bit over 2 million (900K in the Albuquerque metro area).....and on leisure time, yes indeed, we have a fair amount of "leisure time" out here in NM and a fair number of retirees that upload OLC flights, but we also have a lot of folks that are working that manage to take advantage of the outstanding soaring conditions at Moriarty. Let there be no doubt that Moriarty is not #1 on this list due to population density, wealth and leisure time.....Moriarty is # 1 due to truly has outstanding soaring conditions, an excellent airport with the many support services that glider pilots are always looking for and of course, some really outstanding pilots. It truly is a "great soaring site!"

Finally, having said this, there may be some location in the US that is truly the very best (whatever "best" means), but if there are no pilots, no airports and no infrastructure for flying there, it will definitely not make the Top 20 list!! ;-)