In This Issue
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Pullout Rental Equipment Handbook: Skis, Boots and Bindings
Iseult’s roundup of ski gear for our rental handbook opens this pullout annual section. It has all the info to date on…
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Y2K
Our tongue-in-cheek nod to all the hype about year 2000 computer glitches and technological breakdowns: a non-compliant, blacked-out cover.
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Rental Mania in the Millennium; I Want My SAMMY
Two pieces: The first introducing our Rental Equipment Roundup and our role at SIA (showcases); the second soliciting SAMMY Award nominations.
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The End Page
The most expensive millennium package at Sheraton Tamarron Resort in Durango, Colo.; French lift ingenuity; No liquor on lifts; Brighton Has Fun…
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To the Editor
Two letters about environment: One about the sound pollution of music blaring from loudspeakers on the slopes (responding to John Fry’s Speak-Out…
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Getting the Best Out of Your Teen Workers
Part II of a two-parter on getting and keeping teen workers. Tips on rewarding and incentives for for good job performance. The…
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Snowboard Systems Are Simpler than Ever
This is a roundup of rental snowboard gear for 2000-2001. Appears in a pullout handbook on gear. Sidebar is a generic testing…
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Helmets Vie for Position
Roundup of rental helmets available for 2000-2001 that appears in a special pullout handbook for gear buyers.
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Cross-Country Skis In-Track and Out; Snowshoes
A roundup of rental gear appearing in a special pullout handbook for equipment buyers for the 2000-2001 season.
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Cross-Country Skis In-Track and Out; Snowshoes
A roundup of rental gear appearing in a special pullout handbook for equipment buyers for the 2000-2001 season. A sidebar by Jonathan…
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Industry Reports
Disabled Athletes Meet with USSA Several athletes of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team, who decided to fight their ouster from the United…
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A Look into the Future of the Industry
Each of the authors of this article has been honored with a SAMMY Future Leadership award. It is to them that we…
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Learning to Control Our Environmental Destiny
In the spring of 1992, while I was mountain manager, I received an environmental wake-up call. One of our grooming staff had…
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Free Taos; Taos Replies
Free Taos Almost all Taos business owners are now convinced we will see the financial benefits from the first day Taos Ski…
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The Good and the Ugly: Two Sides of the Same Circumstances
Below, the reader will find two extraordinary open letters, one from U.S. Ski Team President Bill Marolt and the other from Dave…
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Is Racing Coming Back?
Pam Cruickshank, marketing director at Okemo, Vt., knows firsthand about the racing resurgence at some U.S. ski resorts. “We had an 80-year-old…
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Blue Pages
Weather: El Niños, La Niñas, Los Awful The start to our season was a cruel one. Of course, we should know better…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: Wire Rope Guard Rails J.R. Reinhardt, mountain operations director at Mountain High Resort, Calif., found a terrific way to recycle…
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Construction Site
Mountain High A new lift, grooming vehicle, lodge renovations and snowmaking upgrades to the tune of $3 million were the off-season chores…
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Seth Says: Slats Greets the New Millennium
I went up to Tantamount last Thursday night to watch some of my friends race under the lights and afterwards found Slats…
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Passing the Torch
I grew up in and around my father’s retail clothing business and started working there at the age of 12. While we…
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Global News
New Ski Area for Syria? There is speculation that Israel’s only ski center may become Syria’s first ski center if the current…
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Restoring Safety and Civility to the Slopes
Responding to a skewed public perception that skiing and snowboarding are high-risk sports, separate programs at Stowe Mountain Resort, Vt., and at…
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Mereg Zones and Base-Area Planning
General tourism trends show a rise in demand for visiting and living in the mountains and real estate sales of mountain properties…
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Going Automatic
At Wisp Four Seasons Resort, Md. (one of the mid-Atlantic’s oldest ski operations since opening in 1954), snowmaking is the lifeblood of…
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1999 Lifts–A Modest Downturn
Millennial hopes and hypes notwithstanding, 1999 was no record-breaker. True, the statistic for total new lifts in North America was essentially unchanged…
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Looking Beyond Our Borders
As residents of a small flat island, British ski enthusiasts have had to venture overseas ever since they invented winter sports vacations…
