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May 1994

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Featured Story

Worth A Second Look

Day lodges have come a long way since they were mere warming huts. The six day lodge entries in the 1994 Snow Country design award competition offer ideas and f...

NSAA's New Leader

Gary McCoy of Mammoth Mountain, California, becomes the 15th elected head of NSAA.

Hitting The Niche With The Point Ticket

A financial analysis of the bottom-line benefits of point ticketing--a slippery subject that is part marketing strategy, part real-dollar accounting an...

Oh My Gosh! Is There An Endangered Snail In My Snowmaking Pond?

How Eldora, Colorado, successfully coped with an environmental challenge involving the Rocky Mountain Capshell snail. Instead of panicking in the face...

Are Your Lifts Driving You (And Your Neighbors) Crazy?

The DC drives of the Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., lift system were generating significant harmonic currents that were raising hell with the supposedly "cl...

Killington's Dazzling New Gondola

The new Poma gondola in Killington, Vt., combines comfort for the body with excitement for the mind. Replacing a 25-year-old icon involved coming up wi...

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It.

Advertising errors are easily corrected when they are recognized. Article offers general advice on common misconceptions in ski area advertising.

1994 Vehicle Roundup

A lot of exciting new stuff in grooming vehicles this year. Article covers new features, with extensive graphs, charts and specifications on most over-...

Snowmaking For Christmas

In three weeks, Solitude, Utah, installed snowmaking to cover 50 acres and save what looked like a bleak holiday season on the horizon.

Belt Transmissions

Another in the Lift Basics series explains how power is transmitted with an emphasis on V-Belts. Includes charts, graphs and illustrations.

Travel Takes A Super Highway

A review of the 19th annual Ski Travel Symposium in Snowmass, Colo., from April 17-18, which focused on information networks, quality service, the bene...

Sit-Ski Comes To Cross-Country

The Jackson Ski Touring Foundation in New Hampshire introduced wheelchair athletes to cross country skiing this season. With the inspiration of Tom Per...

Score One For A Golf Developer

A story on environmental opposition reprinted from the Golf Business Green Sheet of the Golf Development Institute in Ignacio, Calif., covers a sting o...

Afternoon Groom

Shawnee Peak, Maine, wanted to provide night skiers with the same quality of snow conditions as day skiers had. The solution was to groom 15 trails in ...

Feeding The Hungry Skier: Ideal Food Cost

Formulas for ski area food and beverage managers to figure the cost of food are given along with examples and simple instructions.

Dream Trips And Nightmares

A ski writer's memoirs of two ski trips--one to Norway and one to Switzerland--as well as guidelines for ski areas to effectively entertain guest trave...

On Line: Mba Software

Specific review of current MBA-Ware that covers several systems incorporating computer-aided business programs into daily management. Includes several ...

New Products

Weather station (Mesotech), Wireless lift pass (All-pine Marketing), Sealant (American Sealant), Fan Gun Improvements (Lenko), Handletow (H.S. Fabricat...

NSAA Domestic And International Marketing

I. Domestic marketing: Outlines NSAA's marketing plans and listing of officers on the marketing committee. II. International marketing: a history of in...

An Extremely Bizarre Season

An informal summary of the season for the various regions in North America. Topics include: Local success stories, effects of the eastern chill, snow t...

Thanks, Chris; Greetings, Gary

A farewell to Chris Diamond as head of NSAA, and a greeting to Gary McCoy as the newly elected, 15th head of NSAA.

A Savvy Environmental Response

Praise for Eldora Mountain resort in Colorado and their handling of environmental opposition arising from concerns about the Rocky Mountain Capshell Sn...

Harnessing The Skier Voice

A call for ski areas to assemble the voice of skiers into a lobby that won't be muscled by government officials and biased small interest groups.

Tacky, Tacky, Tacky

Critique of ski manufacturers' exploitation of pro racers' equipment endorsements.

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