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January 1994

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Lifts 1993

No surprises: the doldrums are still evident in year-end totals of new lifts and Vertical Transport Feet per Hour (VTFH), although circumstances have made for m...

Back To The Future

A look at the re-engineered and reconstructed rope tow at Alta, Utah. Jan Kunczynski was enlisted to solve the problem of transporting people across a ...

A New Dance For The Forest Service

An extraordinary December encounter at Ski Industry Week saw top ski industry executives and Forest Service officials taking new and potentially produc...

Out Of The Ashes

A fire in the compressor building at Sunday River, Maine, last season meant a new start and added a lot of snowmaking muscle in the process. Sunday Riv...

Restoration Of Greatness

Intrawest, the new owner of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, is making a massive investment in modernization while assuring the preservation of the area's histo...

Customize Your Lift

Article outlines some practical, inexpensive steps that can make new lifts more user-friendly and safer, too. Topics covered include: lift completion, ...

As Perfect As Possible

The story of how the father-and-son team of Clyde and Chip Perfect got into the ski business. The Perfects, learning the ski business as they went alon...

1992-93 Economic Analysis

Snow definitely makes a difference; a fact confirmed by the records of last season, but there were a few soft spots. Skier visits hit 54 million, avera...

One Year

After the first year in its revitalized form, NSAA's new president, Michael Berry, reveals plans and visions for the future of the organization in an i...

Reinventing Tourism Promotion In Colorado

Colorado governor Roy Romer called the Colorado Tourism Summit to explore alternatives in the face of the demise of the Colorado Tourism Board. Article...

Keeping Women Coming Back

Jeannie Thoren is taking her women's equipment clinics to midwestern areas to make the sport user-friendly for women. This piece explores the merit of ...

Expansion Plus

At Alyeska, Alaska, landscaping got as much attention as the routine additions, with more than $1 million spent on outdoor beauty in addition to the $7...

Knowledge Reduces Accidents

Surveys taken at Mount Snow, Vermont, revealed that skiers with knowledge of ski-related fatalities rated skiing as more dangerous on a scale from one ...

Customer Service: Small Surveys For Small Areas

The cost-saving aspects of doing in-house surveys of skiers and guests against the cost ($2,500-$3,000) of hiring a survey operator.

New Products

Products include: software catalog (World Class Software), composite hose( Heatway), interlocking floor system (Dri-Deck), galvanizing repair compound ...

Discount Lift Tickets Reaching Epidemic Proportions

An in-depth look at the pros and cons of discounted tickets. Covers strategies of ski areas that offer many types of tickets and those that offer no di...

Linking Usfs With Public Education And Environmental Issues.

Deals with the changing structure of the USFS and how ski areas and industry players can use this opportunity to effect positive changes.

Searching For Common Ground

A reprint of a letter written by Joe Parkinson to the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) newsletter calling for unity and urging the cessation of env...

Kids Can't Afford To Ski

A look at the rising costs of ski vacations and some of the current trends in lodging that make skiing more accessible to the young. Includes an assess...