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Featured Story

A History of the Wire Rope

This issue features the latest entry in our series on the wire rope: a deep dive into its history.

Modern History of Wire Rope

After a flurry of advancements more than a century ago, wire rope has not changed dramatically. This is a comprehensive history of wire rope from techn...

Enter E-Commerce

This article reviews the resorts that are offering skiers the opportunity to book vacations on-line. It also takes a look at the technology that is mak...

The Opie and Dopey Show

Two Breckenridge patrollers developed a multimedia presentation to teach kids about ski safety. The program is a success, using miniature characters in...

Base Area Villages

This article discusses potential opportunities and pitfalls when developing resort villages. It also discusses the ways to successfuly structure and m...

Work In Progress

This sidebar to a main article on the potential opportunities and pitfalls in developing resort villages takes a look at Winter Park for some specifics...

Introducing Blacktail, Montana

This is a profile of the process of founding Blacktail, Mont., the first new ski area to open on Forest Service Land since 1978.

Whitetail Goes Geothermal

Geothermal power is being harnessed for Whitail, Pa.'s first on-site lodging. This article details how the resort is building to accomodate its environ...

1998 Rental Helmet Roundup

This is a roundup of all the helmets available for rental shops for the 1998-1999 season.

Snow Monsters Join NSAA

NSAA announces Jack Turner's Snow Monsters program (video and snow creatures) have been made available to member resorts in an effort to help grow skii...

Ski School Reunion at Tremblant

The gathering of 600 ex and current ski school instructors at Tremblant was a huge success for a few days in July owing to a gigantic pile of snow stas...

Battling Inadequate Rentals

Though ski area managers have been working to upgrade rental condominiums over the last few years, eradicating the worst might take a few more. The att...

Kasper, New FIS Head, Gives Views

An interview with the new head of the FIS, Gian Franco Kasper, reveals the new full-time president has a lot of work to do to modernize the federation...

Colorado's Price Wars: Bonanza or Bubble?

Taking acue from the major airlines, Colorado resorts are coming up with deals and discounted tickets to gain market share and get more people to the ...

A Wrapup of the 13th Interalpin

The Interalpin, held in Innsbruck, Austria, was the show of shows. New products, great parties and dancing.

Avoiding Architectural Creep

This article describes how to avoid blowing budgets and maintaining the programs wanted when designing with an architect.

Industry Reports

Vail Facilities Savaged in Arson Attack; Intrawest to Develop Village at Solitude, UTah; also Intrawest-Mont Ste-Anne Negotiations; Suit Forces Whiteta...

Seth Says: Whiskey Bottle Marketing

Seth's buddy, Slats Grabski, holds forth on how ski business works, taking into account IPOs, marketing programs and staying afloat by trimming costs.

Construction Site

Capital improvements at Deer Valley, Utah; Loveland, Colo.; Heavenly, Calif.; Mad River Glen, Vt.; Fernie Alpine, B.C.; Mountain Creek, N.J.

Blue Pages

Vail Battles an Ugle Perception; GLM...GLS...Shorties...Now It's Your Turn...Perfect Turn; Jay Peak Finds Expansion Dollars; Impacts of a Low Loonie; O...

The End Page

Funny captions for photos; a ditty about Noah and the Ark and what if Zoning Boards existed back then; Aspen Today's snow desk.

1998 Directory of Products and Services

The entire directory of companies that provide products and services to resorts.

Taking a Look at Food

The article is a roundup of "recipes for success" taken from top F&B managers across the country.

Steve Knowlton: 1922-1998

The first head of Colorado Ski Country U.S.A. was a racer, 10th Mountain veteran, restaurateur and tireless skiing booster and promoter.

When Small is Large-An Elegy

A piece about Ted Gilchrist who was a tireless volunteer at Veteran's Memorial Recreational Area ski hill in Franklin, N.H.

Quit Arresting Kids Who Invert

Mike's piece is a call to areas to relax the ban on inverting on skis and snowboards, after all snowboarding helped generate new interest in resorts. T...

SAM and STN Form Web Partnership

Announcement of the partnership with STN and the value it brings to saminfo.com.

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