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Early-Season Visits Rise in Colorado
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., Jan. 17, 2005–Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reports 2,928,353 skier visits for the period from Oct. 15 through Dec. 31, 2004,…
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And Then There Were Two
SAM Magazine–Salt Lake City, Utah, January 25, 2005–The lift supplier field just got smaller as Doppelmayr CTEC announced its acquisition of certain assets of…
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Congratulations To Nastar
Congratulations to NASTAR on its 25th Anniversary. This, the world’s largest race program for recreational skiers, has played an important role, adding to the…
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Ski Racing And Sports Marketing
In response to a SAM editorial in the September issue titled “What has sports marketing got to do with the ski consumer and the…
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Lots Of New Products Including Signs And Ski Racks
Couplings Scully Signal Co. introduces Scul-Lock, a new cam and groove coupling. Models come with male and female NPT, BSP and BSPT threads and…
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Halfpipes Made Easy
The Pipe Dragon Cuts and Carves by Scott Willoughby There’s nothing magic about Doug Waugh’s Pipe Dragon, except the rate at which it allows…
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Preparing For The Unthinkable
by Douglas G. McKown, Assistant Director, Banff Emergency Medical Services and Patrolman, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A large-scale accident that results in many injured…
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Drills Work
by Dennis O’Shea, Ph.D., Training Manager, Mt. Bachelor, Oregon It’s 9:00 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1993. Ten food service employees are climbing the stairs…
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Sports Marketing, The Industry And The Ski Consumer
What has sports marketing got to do with the ski consumer and the ski industry? What do Franz Heinzer, Kjetil Aamodt, Tomas Fogdoe, Anita…
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Our Future Is Kids
In all the hi-tech marketing capabilities of segmentation, zip code targeting and psychographics, perhaps we forget one very basic fact, which, if the coinage…
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Needed: Evironmental Action Blueprint.
The environment…environmental sensitivity…environmental opposition…National Environmental Policy Act. The word is inexorably a part of our personal lives, as we buy environmentally acceptable toilet paper,…
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Computer Products
Hand held computer Data General’s model 5221 series hand held point of service computer is a small (7.5″x3″x1″), lightweight (14.4 oz) device that allows…
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It’s The Snow, Stupid
Snow had a magic quality for gold miners in the 1850s. When cabin fever struck during deep, cold winters in the Sierra, they went…
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Lift Specialists Gather At Steamboat Symposium
The Fifth OITAF/NACS Symposium, August 30 to September 2, at Steamboat, Colo., was widely viewed as one of the most successful ever held, with…
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David Judson, 1909-1992
In 1962, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, a group of ski area owners and operators gathered from around the country to discuss the…
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Book Reviews: The Overworked American; Waiting For The Weekend
The Overworked American By Juliet B. Schor247 pp. New York: Basic Books, Div. Harper Collins. $21.00 by David Rowan Subtitle for Juliet B. Schor’s…
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Grooming Vehicles ’92
The Table Headings Here’s a rundown on what the column headings mean. Number of cylinders is self-explanatory. The horsepower developed is supposed to be…
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Look-Back
30 Years Ago in Ski Industry Magazine Those interested in providing a rope ski tow or tows at Cayuse Pass in Mt. Rainier National…