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March 2000

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Lift Survey :: 1990/2000

The cover is a summit view at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, of the resort's new Le Soleil chair: a Doppelmayr detachable quad.
The Numbers Game--examining mid-season skier numbers of big resort groups; CPSC Urges Helmet Use; Vermont Areas Launch Environmental Website; CSCUSA Gi...
This feature piece explores the possibility that the relatively stable insurance market of the past 37 years is about to change. Mergers and acquisitio...
Slavko Stanchak writes about the ways in which technology has crept into snowmaking operations in this two-part series on mountain ops automation.
The latest in ski resort uniforms from outerwear manufacturers with specific uniform programs.
This roundup of the latest offerings for the backshop shows consolidated and fine-tuned machines for the 2000-2001 season.
This is a collection of impressions written by various people involved in NSAA's development of its environmental charter, bringing together ski-indust...
This is a short piece on the NYC Parks and Rec Winter Festival involving Tubbs, BEWI, CCSAA and snowmakers from Killington, Ascutney and Smugglers' Not...
The author, a tax consultant, explains what expenses can be immediately deducted and which ones have to wait. It all depends on your method of accounti...
This article explores a small trend in offering employees good rates on separate child care at resorts. It's another benefit, as seen by some ski areas...
This is an article that describes the dos and don'ts of public speaking, whether at a conference or at a press conference. It includes tips and practi...
This reprint of a piece from The Pro Rider explains that 40-somethings and their elders looking to learn snowboarding are active and want to learn with...
Seth explores Salomon's marketing effects over the last 30 years and how they have acoounted for four revolutions in the ski business. The epitomy of h...
Dale's primer on rigging haul ropes explains the minimum specs required for using gear on haul ropes of different diameters. He also explains the basic...
Dale's primer on rigging haul ropes explains the minimum specs required for using gear on haul ropes of different diameters. He also explains the basic...
Various items, here listed by type of product and/or co: American Lockers; Eurotherm DC Drive; Northeastern Log Homes small unit; Niedner Ltd. lightwei...
Improvements chronicled at: Ascutney Mt., Vt.; Powder Mountain, Utah; Crested Butte, Colo.; Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Idaho; Jack Frost Mountain, Pa....
Shawnee Mtn, Pa., used bone-yard materials to build a bullwheel support for its handletow; Steps cut into snowbanks leading from parking lots at Diamon...
Seeing Double at Sun Valley [Snowbasin to become Sun Valley, Utah?]; Earl Miller Pursues his [Snowboarding Death] Cover Up; From NSAA to USFS: Pointed ...
Taking Aim at Insurance is the umbrella headline for three items: a cartoon about poorly placed warning signs; an item about a humourous, yet pointed d...
The article is an overview of what happened regionally during the NSAA'a Safety Awareness Week of January 15-22.
David's take on the term "product" as it has crept into the vocabulary as a synonym for snow. He objects to the usage as another term for the very basi...
Vermont Ski Areas Association President Candace Moot says goodbye to the industry she has been involved with for more than two decades. Her observation...
Jay Peak's President on their policy of opening gladed terrain--in fact all terrain between boundaries--to skiers. It is countered by Rod Kessler of St...
VP of mountain ops at Stowe, Rod Kessler, writes about his resort's decision not to open gladed skiing. It is a counter-point to a Speak-Out by Jay Pea...