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Fair Market Value

The law requires that the Forest Service(USFS), as a landlord to a ski area, receive a fair return on the fair market value of the public land. What is that mar...

Rethinking Ski Resort Brochures

Results from the study and appraisal of197 ski resort brochures, including a look at the art of producing an effective brochure and explanation of why ...

Propane: It's A Blast!

Written by Paul Janoff

Deep Sierra snows in California this winter meant a surge in propane explosions and resultant fires, including serious ones at Kirkwood and Mammoth. A ...

Checklist For Lift Buying

Written by W. Walk Perry

Ski area lift buyers can create lists and charts to compare manufacturers' lifts. A checklist for potential lift buyers to use in forming a comprehensi...

Thinking Outside The Box

Written by Skip King

A profile of Burt Mills of Sunday River, Maine. Mills, considered one of the more knowledgeable area managers in the industry, is currently vice-presid...

Save Energy / Earn Money

Written by Emilie Barton

Utility companies across the country are offering money to commercial customers who save energy. Article includes a listing of energy-efficient incenti...

Quality Assurance

Written by Jan Leonard, Scott Berwick

A commentary on proposals before the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board (CPTSB) on quality assurance for lifts. Authors appeal to the board to fol...

Quality Assurance

Written by Jim Fletcher

A basic look at the fundamental attitude and outlook required to produce a quality product. Psychological in nature, this argument implies that any pro...

Quality Assurance

Written by Jim Ellis

A commentary on the motion to adopt the ISO 9000 standards here in America. This author says that it is irrelevant as long as present efforts are cente...

Quality Assurance

Written by Douglas A. Sowder

This author looks at the economic implications of the cost of retroactively documenting used and new lifts such that they may conform to the ISO 9000 s...

Investor Group Buys Lmc

Written by Staff

An investment group led by an ex-congressman and one of Logan Manufacturing Company's preeminent engineers has purchased the the grooming vehicle manuf...

A Tale Of Trail Inflation

Written by Dave Knickerbocker

In a marketing positioning move, Killington has claimed the number one ranking in total ski trail count by adding 48 trails to their ski report overnig...

Computers For Small Areas: Computer Phobia

Written by Robin Smith

A look at the applications of computer monitoring and control in the context of a small ski area. Author examines the cost vs. savings and the problem ...

Missing The Computer Boat

Written by Robert Macdonald

A call to arms for small to mid-sized ski areas that have not embraced technology available in the computer age. A list of all the benefits that have p...

Playing The Political Spin Game

Written by John Brandt, Kathy Brandt

A look at how some friendly boasting by politicians led to a great publicity coup when the governors and their staff teamed up for races against neighb...

Skiing 2000- A Global Perspective

Written by Paul Mathews

A realistic look at the future of skiing in the next millenium. An international arena is used for a discussion of the direction of our industry around...

The Ski Sizzle Of Martin Luther King Day

Written by Linda Goodspeed

Record numbers for the Martin Luther King Day weekend have swept the industry. Across the country areas were fully booked, in particular, Wachussett Mo...

Clean Up Our Act And Clean Out The Stables

Written by Sam Editorial

A look at possible solutions to the incompatibility of ski condition reporting. It is clear that the system is out of line and public confidence is at ...

Building The Association

Written by David Roberts

A call to members of the ski industry to back the newly-reorganized NSAA.

A Smoke-Free Area Base Lodge

Written by Brad Moretz

Using Appalachian Ski Mountain of North Carolina as an example, the author cites the benefits of having a smoke-free base lodge. Includes references to...

Let's Stand Together

Written by Paul Pepe

A commentary on disinformation being set forth by the sport fisherman's lobby against snowmaking. It is their contention that water used for snowmaking...

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