SAM Coverage
Ted Farwell
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What’s Your Area Worth?
If you’re planning on selling or tackling a major upgrade, here’s a formula to determine the value of your resort. How do you determine…
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NSAA Economic Study
It is time again to assess the pluses and minuses of the last ski season. The financial results from the disastrous eastern winter of…
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1977-78 Economic Survey
The 1977-78 Economic Analysis of North American Ski Areas completes a decade of such annual studies. It is therefore perhaps fitting that it measures…
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Capacity
One key to building a successful ski area is to achieve to optimum balance between slope capacity, lift capacity, utilization and lift ticket prices.…
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1976-77 Economic Survey
A record 127 ski areas participated in the ninth annual Economic Analysis of North American Ski Areas representing ski areas with 50.8 per cent…
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Pricing For Survival
The ski area industry, by any measure, is not showing returns commensurate with the risks involved. Average operating profit was only 7.6% of Gross…
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1975-76 Economic Survey
Data from a record response of 115 ski areas shows that the ski industry continues to gain in its battle for profitability. The 1975-76…
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Inflation Index
The cost of skiing is a major concern for many skiers, ski area operators, and public administrators. Is the sport being priced out of…
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1974-75 Economic Survey
1974-75 saw a welcome return to generally profitable operations by the ski industry as profitability returned to the levels established in 1971-72, the last…
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High Cost Of Capital Vs The Risks
The recent Haskell hearings concerning S.2125, the proposed new USFS Land Lease bill, has provided the industry with the opportunity to take a close…
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Economic Study Of Ski Areas
The newest economic analysis of ski areas is in print and tells a mixed story. Perhaps it can be summed up by noting that…
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The Aspen Skier– 1974
The four Aspen ski areas (Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk-Tiehack and Snowmass) handled a total of 1,260,289 skier-visits during the 1973-74 season. This was…
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Ski Area Capacity
Vail Associates, Inc. announced recently that future design limitations at Vail would set “design day operating capacity” at 11,000 skiers. In their shareholders’ report…
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The Skier Market-Northeast America
The business of skiing has been called a “boom” industry. Millions of dollars are invested in facilities and thousands are employed to provide slopes,…