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Issues
We hereby inaugurate a new feature in SAM: Issues. In it we intend to address those issues that are current and of concern to…
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NSAA Newsletter
It gives me great pleasure to welcome the members of the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the National Ski Areas Association. In a setting as…
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Speak Out
One of the penalties of writing opinion is that one will not have the command of language to make oneself understood. (Naturally, we couldn’t…
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Report
For this issue we asked our regional editors to get a feeling for how the season might shape up based on advanced reservations, and…
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Idea File
Editor’s note: this is another edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on you, our readers, sharing your ideas with us. Just…
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Speak Out
By now, everyone in the ski area industry knows about the hearings that Colorado Senator Floyd Haskell is holding. And everyone is more than…
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Report
The final figures are not in, but there is no denying that 1975 will represent some sort of record for standing still by the…
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New Products
Cones For Snowmaking A new protective shield for snowmaking air and water hydrants has been announced by Thomas L. Thompson, president of Thompson Cone…
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Two Years of Job Skills
The skills that a new employee provides a ski area from the first day are probably more important in the present far-from-rosy economic climate…
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New Products
An electronic information system called SAMIS (ski area management information service) has been introduced by Pearson Machine Controls, Inc., 5221 Duvall Drive, Washington, D.C.…
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Report
In “normal” times, a ski season such as the industry enjoyed last winter would have triggered a mammoth expansion boom. Lifts would have been…
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Idea File
Editor’s note: this is the fifth edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on you, our readers, sharing your ideas with us.…
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Speak-Out
A tip of the hat to Cal Conniff for his work on the regional trade shows in January. Also to the regional association organizers…
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New Products
SEPCO sports lighting Long a leader in airport lighting, the SEPCO Lighting Div. of Connecticut International Corp. has recently expanded into sports lighting, including…
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Report
The big overview on the season just finished — yes, we know that this issue publishes when a number of areas are still open…