SAM Coverage
Janet Nelson
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Profile in Profit: Sun Valley
Ask about profit margin and you won’t get an answer. Sun Valley is a privately-held company owned by Earl Holding who also owns Sinclair…
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More Than a Drive
For golf-course designer Ron Garl, a driving range is a driving range, whether for practice or for teaching. “The short game—from 100 yards in—is…
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Maximum Golf School
It begins with a call from Brenda offering advice; things like, as you approach the resort there is a 25 mph sign, after you…
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A Salesman in Cyberspace
Could it have been just a little over two years ago that Rod Hanna, marketing vice president at Steamboat, Colo., wrote in SAM that…
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Shaped Skis—Two SAM Views
I—A Revolution That Failed? by Janet Nelson The ski magazines claim it’s a revolution. Manufacturers say they are creating the weapons that will make…
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The Unofficial Guide to Skiing in the West
By Lito Tejada-Flores, Peter Shelton, Seth Masia and Bob Sehlinger. 692 pp. New York, New York: Macmillan Travel, $14 Why is this book unofficial?…
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Skiing on a Budget
By Claire Walter. 156 pp. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, $15.99 I like this book! Not only is it well-written and concise, it focuses on…
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Salomon Binding Aims To Reduce Acl Injuries
Citing studies that indicate about 40 percent of ACL injuries result from forward twisting falls, Salomon has introduced a series of “Spheric” bindings designed…
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Worth A Second Look
Thirty or forty years ago, they were called warming huts; today we call them lodges — base, day, summit — but the purpose for…
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PNSAA And Cwsaa Share Variety
Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association and Canada West Ski Areas Association held a three-in-one meeting at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, Id., in May. The…
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Ski Historians Meet At Sun Valley
They came from as far as Norway and Australia, they ranged in age from mid-thirties to mid-eighties and they skied like demons. The occasion…
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Madison Avenue Invades Hunter
Hunter Mountain, N.Y., has long played host to special groups of skiers — chefs, nurses, firemen, to name a few — so it was…
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Ski Schools Are Selling The Wrong Product
Looking at raw figures, it might appear that nothing is terribly wrong with ski schools in the United States. According to data gathered by…
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NSAA Members Tour European Facilities
Unbelievably and unseasonably balmy weather greeted more than two dozen NSAA members, spouses and guests who visited ski facilities in Switzerland and Germany in…
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Rangers Patrol Camelback
Last season Camelback, Penn., instituted a new watch dog group to enforce ski safety: the Ranger Patrol. This 24-member team (30 this year) patrols…
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Stratton Slashes Lift Prices
In a surprising and unprecedented move, Stratton, Vt., announced dramatic cuts in tickets and lodging prices for early and late season. From opening to…
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Attack Of The Mistletoe
When disease strikes a forest, the normal procedure is to clear-cut—remove all the trees in an affected stand. In the case of the Sawtooth…
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Update On Publications
The ski season just past seemed to be a peak year for the production of publications aimed at new or non-skiers, but it may…