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Looking Beyond Our Borders
This piece explains why the British ski market is showing a growing interest in North American resorts rather than the traditional European destinations. Also…
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A Look into the Future of the Industry
David Barry, Tom Fortune, Karl Kapuscinski, Stacy Gardner, Rory Strunk and Guy Desrosiers, all former SAMMY Award winners, take a look at the future…
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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. A sidebar by Jonathan Wiesel on…
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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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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 card.
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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 gear available…
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A Very Special Section
The memo outlines the section in the Novemebr issue dealing with the U.S. Forest Service’s Alternative D, the relationship between the Forest Service and…
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Parents Ski Free?/Will the 1999 Outdoor Retail Summer Market Leave a Meaningful Mark? Erwin Wieland Retires; Doug Waugh, Alex Lowe Die
Turner’s piece says to heck with children-ski-free programs, gain more publicity by offering a parents-ski-free package: no kid, no ride; Roger Lohr wonders about…
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Stop the Music, I Want to Get Off
John’s take asks, what’s so wrong about serenity and quiet? John speaks to the ways various ski areas use music on the slopes.
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Pre-Season Bookings
Linda provides a look into pre-season bookings for the 1999-2000 season across the continent.
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End Page
Rotating wire rop spool with suspended ATV; leveling a lift tower with various-length bolts; Snowmaking web page by a proud father; Funny signs at…
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Letters
A letter from Dick Tillson, president of Ski Hawaii, on our “Helicopter Rescue Options” story in September, 1999, and Alfred Auer whose issue of…
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Seth Says: How Not to Use E-mail
Seth’s humourous account of a fictitious, multi-message e-mail correspondence between a customer and resort illustrates the point that ski resorts need to pay careful…
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Finding the Best Teen Workers
The article points out a number of steps and procedures resort managers can take to ferret out and capture the most motivated teen workers…
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The Future of Booking Rooms Starts with a Click
This article explores the trend toward real-time online bookings and some of the ways in which ski resorts can take advantage of customers set…
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OSHA Clarifies Lift-Tower Climbing
This article outlines new regulations as a result of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s clarified position on fall protection for climbers of ski…
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Skiing With Style: Sugar Bowl 60 Years
This is a book review of “Skiing with Style” by Robert Frohlich with S.E. Humphries. It’s a celebration of the people and trends that…