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September 1998

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Skiing Isn't Just Skiing Anymore

A recap of the two-day resort development conference in Vail in May entitled "Developing, Marketing and Managing Destination Resorts." Expanded opportunities fo...
Jim's National Skier/Boarder Opinion Survey shows a younger average age, but fewer of the big bloc of older customers. It also shows that the pace of g...
This report on Alta's decision to revamp its maintenance shop shows how it gained more workspace, created a safer environment for skiers and allowed ro...
This article discusses the success of snowdomes in around the world and how the phenomenon will make its debut in U.S. cities, hopefully opening snowsp...
This article explains how Steamboat's management took planning steps to speed up reporting of reader service cards from consumer magazines. Because of ...
This article, by John Dale of Stimilon International, explains how to build a halfpipe that pleases clients and entails less work for mountain crews. P...
Hyland, lift maintenance manager of Vail Resorts, explains the partnership struck between Vail/Beaver Creek and its local power company to solve a prob...
Ski Liberty, Pa.'s, snowboard rental shop has one of the largest inventories in the east and redesigned their new shop to make sure it was a model of e...
Tips on using the vast array of traditional avenues of the travel industry. Direct contact with the customer via the Internet is not enough. This artic...
Waterville Valley, N.H.'s Stacy Senger decided to promote the area's new detachable quad by throwing a contest asking skiers to "NBame the Quad." The c...
Frolich's profile of Mammoth Mountain's Murray Miller takes a look at this long-time employee's take on work and life; his combination of hard work, ha...
A review of the third edition of the National Ski Patrol's book on Outdoor Emergency Care, the textbook for patrollers and how it jibes with changes in...
A simple plan eliminating an assortment of discount plans and reducing the season pass price at Bogus Basin, Idaho, from $550 to $199 for 1998-1999 led...
The debate over whether skiers are staying away because of time or cost is reviewed by two authors. Mike Shirley, pointing to his decision to cut the s...
IBM drops Olympic sponsorship for 2002; Papers selected for presentation at OITAF '99; Olympian Ned Gillette killed in Pakistan; $57 million marketing ...
Iseult's article profiles the rising sales of helmets despite the wrangling over standards. She also explores the possibility of state mandates based o...
Seth says that the planning stage for the Olympics is at hand for Ski Utah with Kip Pitou at the helm. The article explains that Pitou will be designin...
Opening glass wall system from Nnana Wall Systems, Inc; Truck-mounted sidewalk sweeper from TrynEx International; electronically controlled window tint...
Snowbasin lifts, terrain and snowmaking; Sunday River quad, snowmaking and ticket concourse; Crystal Mountain, Wash., six-pack; Mount Washington, B.C.,...
Timberline, W.V. uses scrap rebar to fashion a hanger for excess wire rope; Labrador Mountain, N.Y. uses PVC pipe to create footrests on chairs; Nemaco...
Buying and Selling: Gillett purchases Seven Springs, Pa., Mount Abram, Maine, sold and rumors of others; Canadian Resorts Revel in Dollar Gap; Choppy S...
Vail Trail's inquiring photog asked "What is a Funicular?" and got some funny responses; A summer sign leads chair riders to syat on for the return tri...
This is a table of the proposed new standards submitted to the ASTM by the Wire Rope Technical Board for review.
Linda's article describes how resorts are banding together at consumer shows to save money and make bigger impacts with skiers. The concentration will ...
Ken's piece explains that most resort Websites are stagnant and lags far behind other businesses as well as other types of resorts. He explores the rea...
David's piece is a call to industry insiders to keep open minds with regard to the news of global warming. A 1986 SAM interview with a scientist who de...
This is an obituary of Richard "Dick" Bird, who retired from the U.S. Forest Service in 1994. He died Aug. 1, 1998 after a heart attack at age 69.
Davids first subject is SAM's partnership with Resort Sports Network to deliver SAM's breaking news from its Website to RSN subscribers: possibly milli...