SAM Coverage
Olivia Rowan
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Our Record Racing Season
Tom Corcoran advises against smug satisfaction, for unless junior programs are improved, our racing teams may be headed downhill.
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Utah Interconnect
Janet Nelson looks at the dreams of those who would make it possible to ski from Park City to Brighton to Solitude to Alta…
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Vail Tramway Seminar
The second seminar produced some outstanding technical papers and provocative ideas, as well as good humored observations.
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A Funicular In Your Future?
From the Vail Seminar, the Zermatt underground funicular’s advantages and engineering are examined and compared to aerial carriers.
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Lift Maintenance Systems
Another Vail Seminar paper in which maintenance is performed according to logic, sub systems and records to produce better results.
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Mt. Reba
A profile in profit about an area that improves as it grows and makes money along the way, by Bob Goligoski.
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Ski School Workshops
Mort Lund says this year’s phrase for profits is “affinity group”, a technique that’s been successful in selling and psyching people in many realms.
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Woof Rescue
An exciting behind-the-scenes look at how the dog search units operated during the Alpine meadows avalanche catastrophe last spring, by Sandy Bryson.
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Fast Tracks
An inside look at how Henrik Bull and Sherwood Stockwell built Keystone’s new base facilities in a hurry with outstanding results.
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Supplier Directory
Names, addresses and telephone numbers for easy reference are provided in this annual listing.
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Pickets Protest Taos Pollution
Do they oppose growth, or is it really the sewage treatment plant? The problem plagues Taos Ski Valley.
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Ski Buisiness Week Report
Change was the theme, but the topic had a familiar refrain: the Nielsen Report on skier growth. By Steve Cohen.
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Colorado Economic Impact
New research demonstrates the gigantic impact of winter tourism on the state’s economy. An important study.
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1981/82 Economic Study
The good news was better cost control; the bad news was utilization rates. A critical look at the year by Ted Farwell.