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September 2018

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  • Growing Together

    A global look at the issues of expanding participation in winter sports, and outdoor sports in general. For almost two decades now, the flat-lined slideshow in the hotel ballroom has depressed hundreds of mountain resort leaders. The fight to attract, retain, and inspire a new generation of skiers and snowboarders has not gone well. Overall visits and the total number of participants have declined over the past decade.This issue isn’t unique to the United States. The global ski and snowboard industry is facing similar challenges, and other countries are facing those challenges in different ways, which presents learning opportunities for all.Growth Committee Here in the U.S., new energy...

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TIME TO CHANGE

In the wake of #MeToo and Time's Up, resorts must adapt to new standards for personal behavior in the corporate environment.

Our Training Recipe

A candid tell-all reveals the Mueller family's formula for top-notch staff training in the culinary department—and beyond.

Growing Together

A global look at the issues of expanding participation in winter sports, and outdoor sports in general.

Club property at the posh Victory Ranch in Utah. Photo credit: Oz Real Estate.

Building Ski Towns of the Future

The old condo village concept of base area development is dead. In its place? A more vibrant, varied, and locally-influenced model.

Meet the Maddox family (clockwise from top): Charlie, 8, Becky, Chloe, 6, and 2018 SAMMY Winner Aaron.

A Mom-and-Pop Success Story

Small areas matter, and can thrive—as Snowy Range, Wyo., shows.

All Together Now

As new leaders rise, ski area associations focus on collective action.

Management Roundtable

The SAM Summit Series finale addresses our mentees' burning questions.

Construction Site :: September 2018

Major summer improvements, especially new lifts, are happening at resorts across the country.

Publisher's Memo :: September 2018

Staffing for growth and prosperity.

News & Views :: September 2018

Opinion and happenings from around the resort world.

Urgent Aims: Growth, Diversity

Forget the pass wars for the moment. What is being done to actually grow winter sports?

R.I.D.E. On

A new rideshare app aims to be good for the environment, the bottom line, and, perhaps, the entire industry.

Battery-Powered?

Squaw Valley aims to boldly go where no other resort has: a backup, battery-powered microgrid.

Mountain Spy :: September 2018

"How do I find a new job in the winter sports industry?"

Bolted Connections

The all-important nuts and bolts of nuts and bolts—and how to use them properly.

Idea Files :: September 2018

A useful surveying app, snowgun tower ladder, and men’s-room baskets.

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