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Alcohol-Server Training Reduces Risk
With a sidebar on the Top 10 tips for safe service, this piece talks about proper training and how it will lead to reduced…
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Heads Up: New National Safety Call to Action
A story about the NSAA’s recent kickoff of its Safety Initiative 2000 to help ski areas educate guests about the Your Responsibility Code. It…
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Two Legal Sides to the Fence
This article outlines two legal cases involving skiers who were injured as a result of collisions with fences. The author analyzes the outcomes and…
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Innovation Returns to Breckenridge
This article details the construction of the country’s first double-loading six-passenger lift. It happened to replace the world’s first high-speed quad on Peak 9…
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Tubes, Skibikes and the Zorb, What’s Next?
A roundup of the alternative sliding equipment (not skis or snowboards) available for rent at ski areas. Includes a list of manufacturers and contact…
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Against All Odds in New Jersey
When Intrawest took over the former Vernon Valley/Great Gorge, N.J., and turned it into Mountain Creek, the first team to arrive found lots of…
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Methow Valley: A Profile in Profit
This piece, about Washington’s Methow Valley, now a cross-country paradise, explains how a popular summer resort area increased year-round profits by developing its winter…
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Forest Service Plan would Limit Colorado Skiing
This article (part of a special section on environmental matters facing skiing) explains the impacts of the forest service’s preferred Alternative D for its…
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Vail’s Category III Project: A Case Study
This piece (Part of a special section on the environment) details Vail’s journey through the planning and approval process for the Cat III (Blue…
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The Lynx: Coming to a Ski Area Near You?
Best’s piece explores the issues behind the elusive Canada lynx, which if designated as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in January,…
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Growth Issues: Crossroads in Colorado
This commentary opens a special section exploring the question of expansion vs. conservation as demonstrated by a series of events in Colorado. The commentary…
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Industry Reports, multiple titles
Mountain Creek Lodge Destroyed by Fire; Whitetail Purchase Completed; Lookout Pass Sold; Vail Expansion to Open this Season; Major New Sponsorships for Skiing; Doe…
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Environmental Charter
Stokes, a facilitator with The Keystone Center, explains the center’s role in helping the NSAA hammer out an environmental charter and principles by bringing…
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Snowshoeing/XC Debate
Wiesel’s piece points out the wrong-headedness among XC area operators who think snowshoeing is a threat to nordic skiing. Instead, Wiesel argues, snowshoeing should…
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Finally, Some common sense in Season Pass Pricing
Bob’s piece speaks to the season pass wars of the summer that saw eastern resorts waging a battle similar to Colorado resorts. Dropping the…
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The End Page
Vital Statistics from NSGA about women and an American Demographics sidebar on insect repellent; Poorly placed signs at or near ski areas.
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What’s New?
Tornado rotating snowboard binding from Forward Motion; hand-held digital anemometer from Kestrel; replacement ski lift cable from Engineered Components; Tek-1 wicking underwear from Performance…
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Letters: Snow Monsters
A letter of support and encouragement to other ski areas from George Willett, president of Mount Showdown, Mont., to use the Snow Monsters ski…