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May 1987

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Snowmaking In Place When Needed

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Winter Of Discontent

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Bargains May Not Be Good Deals

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Ski Industry Focus

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Best-Ever Season At Nordic Areas

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Mixed Alpine Season-1986-87

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New Day Dawning For Cross Country

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The Great Interski Lift Switch

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America's First Detachable Chair

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A Real Real Estate Tale

The idea of a condo-level hotel seemed viable on paper, so Ski Windham's management proceeded with plans. Then, they looked before they leaped...and they didn't.  ...

The Key Is To Improve The Product

NSAA's new chairman, Channing Murdock, maintains providing better skiing is the way to promote growth.  ...

Mountain Upgrade

Lift replacement in a mountain upgrade can be modeled to study impacts of different uphill configurations.  ...

Impacts Of Detachables

New methods of predicting density problems on mountains are needed with high capacity lifts.  ...

Spirit Mountain Goes Detachable

Why a detachable in mid-America? SAM takes a technical look at a new Borvig/leitner bubble quad. ...

Understand People, Be Willing To Listen

Employees can contribute to volume business-at least that's the philosophy of Mammoth Mountain's Dave McCoy.  ...

The Good News Is, It's Getting Colder

Aside from forecasting the weather, this climatologist says changes indicate a cooling trend.  ...

Oversnow Vehicles 1987

Mechanical and attachment refinements make the machinery more sophisticated each year.  ...

Winch-Assisted Grooming-- 2 Systems

Super steep slopes can be groomed using winches as both LMC and Kassbohrer have shown with new equiptment.  ...

Catching The Fitness Boom

The right market is as important as the right facilities for a ski resort athletic club.  ...

Aiming For The Other Season -Now-

Dick Bass says the cost of snowbird's elegant, new spa is worth the investment for summer and winter business.  ...

A X-Country Legacy For Canada

Canmore has a magnificent site and outstanding facilities, but will it work when the games are over? ...