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Talking, Not Fighting editorial
This editorial urges the reader to turn to page 71 for John Fry’s article about the industry sitting down at the table with anti-growth…
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Bogus Basin Update-One Year Later
Bogus Basin, Idaho’s GM reflects on the apparent smart move to sell $199 season passes. Capacity increased by 50-60 percent without causing the overcrowding…
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Bob Heron, 1914-1999
The editor and three ropeway engineers reflect on the legacy left by Bob Heron, a lift designer who worked on ropeway trams for the…
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Challenging Season
This North American roundup tells the story of the good, bad and ugly 1998-99 ski season. The report discusses skier visit tallies across the…
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Letters
Jeff Theobald on snowboard benches, Cliff Wordall on the new marketing initiative,corrections re: March 1999 Idea Files piece on lifting frames and March 1999…
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Seth Says: E-Commerce is Coming
The article explores the proliferation of retailers on the Internet and what that will mean for retail sales in skiing and snowboarding.
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Facts, Figures and Rules of Thumb
Nils provides mathematical formulas to make the calculations needed for some lift projects easier. He provides estimates for calculating motor HP, wire rope grade,…
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Trends in Ski Resort Transportation-Two Views
This is a look at significant trends and advances in lift transportation that should spell the cutting edge of the technology over the next…
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OITAF Papers: A Preview
This report previews, in brief encapsulizations, the papers to be presented at the 8th International Congress for the Transportation by Rope in San Francisco…
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OITAF Congress and OITAF-NACS: The Early Years
This is a history of the journey that brought the OITAF International Congress to the U.S. It’s a peak inside the story of how…
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Winterizing Mount Washington
A description of the winterizing of the stately Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire so it can take in winter visitors to coincide with…
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The First Rope Tow
A new book by Louise Arbique and Marc Blais titled “Mont Tremblant” raises questions about the earlier claims that the first rope tows appeared…
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Binding Indemnification Programs
This article outlines how a rental shop should go about joining a manufacturer’s indemnification program to hedge against the possibility of future lawsuits. It…
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What’s New in the Lift Evacuation Manual
This article discusses the 4th edition of the Lift Evacuation Manual, a combined effort of the NSAA and National Ski Patrol.
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Hosting Mountain Bike Races
Mountain Bike races are a natural fit for ski areas. Facilities and terrain are similar. Here’s a look at how some areas have made…
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Heading for the Hills
This is a look at traffic concerns along three major thoroughfares in Colorado, Utah and California and what some interested parties are doing to…
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A Successful Design
This is a description of the Lodge at Sunspot project at Winter Park: a new, expensive on-mountain lodge. The article is a veritable “how-to”…
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1997-1998 Economic Analysis
Weather and real estate played major roles in ski area performance. A table compares the profitability of resorts by size and shows key factors…