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Not Just Another Pretty Face
Mount Shasta, Calif., keeps breaking skier visit numbers. This profile of the operation tries to shed some light on the reason for its success.
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A (Super) Pipe Dream
The piece details the first specifications for internationally sanctioned halfpipe events. A diagram details the specs for building FIS-approved superpipes.
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Building for Beginners
The author takes the reader through a first-timer’s first experience, detailing the rights and wrongs of layouts. Make it easy and straightforward, treat the…
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Growth by Lessons
This is a profile of the successful ski school operation at Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area in Minnesota. Bucking a national trend, the resort…
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Snowmaking Survey
This is the report of a survey conducted at Colorado Mountain College that asked resorts about snowmaking practices, covereages, training for personnel, types of…
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2001: A Global Ski Odyssey
An around-the-world look at what’s happenning in the ski industry. Covered areas: Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, Andorra, Spain, Easterm Europe,…
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cover illustration
The cover is an illustration by Marcelo Vignali of Schweitzer Mountain’s new Stella 6-pack. The story is in the loading and unloading stations, which…
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Stop. Pause. Renew…Then Go Do Your Best!
Hector has good advice for managers and workers as they prepare for a new season. Passion for the work translates well to guests. Get…
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Watch the Competition Plan Ahead
Janet’s opinion piece points out the cruise and golf industry’s smart marketing and timely advertising to get vacationers to take to the water and…
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1920-John Mathewson-2000, An Appreciation by David Rowan
This remembrance of John Mathewson quotes some colleagues who remembered an honorable man who was a tireless snowmaking pioneer, designer and salesman.
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NSAA’s Model For Growth: What It Is, and What It Is Not
This speak out is an explanation of the Model for Growth presented in Orlando at the annual NSAA Convention and describes the research underlying…
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NSAA’s Model For Growth: What It Is, and What It Is Not
This speak out is an explanation of the Model for Growth presented in Orlando at the annual NSAA Convention and describes the research underlying…
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The End Page
Winter Sports Hits the Motherlode of National Attention (Advertising: Thule and Planetpoint.com); And a Snowshoe, W.V. ski instructor makes the People Magazine top 100…
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SAM Idea Files
Mad River Glen, Vt., uses pig-warming mats to keep lift ops’ feet warm; Mountain Meadows, Vt. uses a changeable trail map sign to indicate…
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Letters
Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You is a letter that supports John Jacobs letter in July 2000 that points to small ski areas…
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Web Portals
The article describes the use of Web portals (gateway sites) as links to drive visits on the Web to individual resort Websites. Portals offer…
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Insuring Seasonal Employees
The article explores the possibilities of offering temporary and seasonal health plans to workers as added incentive for taking resort jobs.
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Giving Beginners a Lift
Paoli Peaks, Ind., moved a used Hall lift and reengineered it to create a hydraulic drive to service a beginner hill. The result is…