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January 1992

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Swap: Land Exchanges Are Changing Western Areas

A look into two land exchanges that were engineered by the Western Land Group. The swaps involved privately-owned pristine land for USFS-owned land that already...

The Americans With Disabilities Act

Written by Anne Wallace

It's been called an "Emancipation Proclamation" for the disabled, but because of its fuzzy compliance wording it's also been called a manager's nightma...

Carrier Use Monitoring

Written by Eric Ostman

Lift management at Sunshine Village, Alberta, Canada, thought a lot of time and money could be saved by putting their gondola maintenance scheduling on...

Mammoth Installs Snowmaking

Written by Pam Murphy

How Dave and Gary McCoy were able to complete a major snowmaking system, covering over 200 acres, in under five months and under budget. Mammoth Mounta...

Nibblers: Cutting Capacity With Control

Written by Sanford Wilk

Cutting steel sheet stock becomes manageable and precise when the correct nibbler is selected from a variety of machines available. Reviews each model ...

Planning For An Uncertain Tomorrow

Written by Coleman Kicklighter

Problems, opportunities and challenges can be anticipated through strategic business planning. It requires, time, discipline and commitment by top mana...

Whistler's Quads And Bubbles

Written by Jan Kunczynski

A review by the designer and manufacturer of the new Bubble enclosed detachable quads at Whistler, B.C. Includes a look at the design requirements and ...

Lifts 1991

Written by David Rowan

A review of lift construction in1991. Unfortunately, another record low season was set with only 48 new installations. Includes tables of new construct...

Swap: Three Wilderness Parcels For Highway Frontage

Written by Mike Smedley

A look into the land exchange between Purgatory-Durango, Colo., and the USFS. At stake was 810 acres of undeveloped land surrounded by wilderness area ...

Asia's Answer- Part 2

Written by Ken Castle, Kathy Castle

Ski resorts on the Pacific Rim are skipping past the present to become models for the 21st century. Here is a review of what they are building for skie...

Lift Basics: Gear Ratios

Written by Nils Ericksen

Basic examination of gear ratios. Includes step-by-step instructions on how to derive final gear ratios and what they mean and an explanation of three ...

In-House Network Tv- A New Kind Of Messenger

Written by Claire Walter

Ski-V is a different kind of closed circuit broadcasting network made up of state-of-the-art hardware and simple software. The television system, which...

On-Line: Ski Profit For Rental Shops

Written by Curtis Bender

A complete review of a software system known as Ski-Profit, marketed by Sports Select for ski area rental shops. The program was first installed at Sno...

Keeping Safe: Snowmobiles

Written by Norm Sothan

A look at the use of snowmobiles in ski resorts and how better to manage the inherent risks . The author describes actions that can result in costly ac...

The Marketplace: Globalization Of American Skiing

Written by Bill O'connell

A look into the causes for the increase in foreign skiers coming to America. The author indentifies the weak dollar, Vail's World Cup and poor European...

New Products

Written by Staff

Signage log by Mountain Management Services, high traffic ski surfaces by Tenax, snow quality analysis from Snow Sensors Unlimited, erosion control by ...

Summer Business

Written by Linda Goodspeed

A look at the business of summer sports and activities at ski areas. Depending on the region, summer business varies from non-existent to a dominant so...

Are We Giving Away The Store?

Written by Donald Mckay

A critique of the numerous operations outside the ski industry that are selling discounted packages to ski consumers. Don McKay, general manager of Tyr...

Ski Equipment: Barrier To Market Growth?

Written by David Rowan

A controversial editorial on the technological level of equipment and how it affects the novice consumer asking whether the complexity of today's equip...

Significant New Insights On The U.S. Skier Market

Written by David Rowan

A look at the first part in a two-part series of market research programs being conducted by the Leisure Trends/ Gallup organization. The research, com...