SAM Coverage
SAM editorial
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Little Thoughts On Big Bucks
Probably like many of our readers, we are dazzled by the pyrotechnics on the ski area acquisition front. With $288 mill to buy a…
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NSAA’s First President Honored
David Judson, founding president of National Ski Areas Association, has been elected posthumously to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame. We applaud. It…
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What is—what should be—the image of skiing and boarding?
Allen Best, seasoned reporter for the Vail Valley Times, was struck by some attitudes on ski racing expressed by Messrs George Gillett and Adam…
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Getting Kids: It Won’t Be Easy!
As NSAA comes together at the Broadmoor on the 35th anniversary of its founding there, it may be the right time for a little…
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NSAA Celebrates Its 35th
On Sunday, May 27, 1962, representatives of 22 ski areas from all parts of the country met at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, and by…
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Olympic Valley Heroes
The extraordinary floods and mud slides that hit California over New Year’s were calamitous in many ways (see pages 52 – 53), but there…
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Hail to the [new] Chief
Mike Dombeck is the new Forest Service Chief and thus a very important person to our industry. One of his first acts was to…
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What Do We Call Ourselves?
A few issues ago we wondered out loud about whether we should still be in the “ski business” when so much of our bread…
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The Forest Service: Is A New Beginning Possible?
“I hope very much after the election there will be time for everyone to sit down and talk about giving the Forest Service a…
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Focus on Consolidation
Readers will find a lot in this issue about a subject that it is hard to avoid these days: merger, consolidation, agglomeration— whatever. It’s…
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“End-of-Season” Report
Our congratulations, as always, on the meticulous job done by Dr. Marvin Kottke on the End-of-Season statistical study he created and does annually for…
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Ski Hall of Fame: Maintain Standards!
This editorial speaks to an institution over which we have no influence whatsoever — nor seek any — but of which we feel protective,…
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GRFS — A Critical Industry Battleground
One of the stickiest and most intractable problems faced by the ski area industry today centers on the fees paid by areas on public…
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Media Distortions On Sununu
Some years ago this magazine tilted a lance at NBC for what we thought was dishonest investigative reporting. Now we do the same for…