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SAMMY Awards are Launched
This article is a recap of the innaugural SAMMY awards presented at the NSAA annual meeting on Marco Island, Florida. It includes a brief…
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Insights From 116 Areas Skied Last Season
Jerry writes about fullfilling his dream of skiing every major resort in North America. He provides some insights on management and how to evaluate…
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New Study: More Skiers Skiing Less
David’s article discusses a Gallup poll of skiers taken from April 24 through May 9, 1998. The survey involved 1,200 skiers and snowboarders and…
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Growing Lift Mechanics at Vail Resorts
Heidi’s article explores Vail Resorts’ development of an internal training program to fix its problem of a shortage of experience lift mechanics. The problem…
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Basic Components of Wire Rope
This is the first in a series of articles on wire rope that was presented in the months prior to the OITAF International Congress…
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Good Mood at NSAA Convention
This article is a roundup of what transpired at the National Ski Areas Association annual convention and conference at Marco Island, Florida, May 26-29,…
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Upbeat Cross-Country Conference
Wiesel diuscusses the attendance and activities of the Cross Country Ski Areas Association meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho. He says the year saw record…
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Restraining Bars on Trial in Colorado
This article discusses a Colorado Supreme Court decision that could leave state ski areas open to lawsuits if the don’t install safety (restraining) bars…
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Sheave Assembly 101
This article explains how to extend the life of a lift and prevent accidents through proper cleaning, lubing and alignment of sheave assemblies.
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They Met, They Learned, They PLayed
This wrap-up of meetings and conferences has photos and descriptions from the Cross Country Ski Areas Association meeting in Sun Valley, the Lift Maintenance…
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Planning and Staging Special Events
This article explains the ins and outs of planning special events from large media happenings to intimate charity events. The piece explains, in detail,…
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Internet’s Explosive Growth-An Overview
This piece examines the demographic similarities between skiers and Internet users and reviews what resorts are doing to keep up with Web-savvy consumers. It…
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The End Page
Five items:1) Road & Track’s semi tongue-in-cheek vehicle review of the Kassbohrer Pisten Bully 3002) A transcript of the Brundage Mountain telephone answering system…
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Michael Kennedy’s Death
Robert’s comments undersore the fact that irresponsibility and unsafe skiing led to Kennedy’s tragic accident. The accident was tragic but gave skiing a blackeye…
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Wetlands: Get Ahead of the Curve
Stan’s remarks are a comment on a separate article in the same issue on page 60 about Watershed Management. Stan’s comments support the notion…
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El Nino Makes Most Happy
Linda’s article reviews the snow conditions around the country and Canada for the 1997-98 ski season as they related to El Nino. El Nino,…
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NSAA Rap Sheet-36 years of names, dates and numbers
This sidebar, accompanying a profile of John Rutter, named chair of NSAA at the Marco Island convention in 1998, lists the dates and places…
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Countdown to 2002
The article describes the lessons learned by some SLOC members at the Nagano games as preparation begins for the Olympics at Salt Lake City-region…