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May 1985

Olivia

Olivia

Dr. Darl Bien, of the University of Denver, describes his study on what makes a skier pick an area to ski at.
Top ski travel expert, Abby Rand, gives the nuts and bolts of effective ski packaging.
NSAA's first president, David Judson, gives us a warm appraisal of Bill Norton, the (presumed) new president of NSAA.
Dan Mathews, of Humber College, describes this fascinating new system for ski area planning that has been developed in Canada.
General editor Janet Nelson examines what makes two ski rental operations efficient and successful.
Writer Bill Berry interviews the legendary Slim Davis and finds him still doing what he is best known for: working to improve the ski sport.
Colleen Cayton of Bristol Mt. in New York describes their big and successful night skiingoperations.
Bill Keil tells how Mt. Bachelor in Oregon puts the heat "waste" from diesels back to work.
How careless snow removal practices in parking lots can kill trees and what to do about it, by Professor Thomas Nelson of the University of Washington.
Architect/skier Henrik Bull returns to the pages of SAM with a piece on the importance of trees both to the quality of the resort-in this case, California's Northstar.
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