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NSAA Newsletter
The 16th Annual Convention and Trade Show promises to be an important, informative forum for the entire National Ski Areas membership. Both the trade…
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New Products
No-bolt sheaves of Austrian manufacture are offered by Lift Consultants, 1355 Joliet Place, Detroit, MI. 48207. Instead of bolts to secure the two sides…
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Idea File
Slow and discrete adjustment of the guide sheaves at bullwheels is sometimes a problem. This can be solved by modifying the bullwheel guide sheave…
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Speak Out
Illustrated above is the thrust of a marketing campaign launched this winter by SIA in conjunction with USSA. Quite frankly, who needs it?
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New Products
Disc Golf is available to ski areas through Seasons of Leisure, Inc., 2506 Northland Drive, Mendota Heights, MN. It is based on Frisbee throwing,…
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Public Funds & Private Sector—II
The Fall issue of SAM carried an article by William Berry entitled, “Public Funds and the Private Sector.” Among other things, it went into…
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Report
John Bower, Nordic Director for the U.S. Ski Team, announced recently that the Waterville Valley Ski Touring center had been designated as the official…
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NSAA Newsletter
Off and Running With close to 1,100 ski areas in 38 states off and running for the season, each and every area operator can…
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Speak Out
Bill Whitney We record with sadness the recent death of Bill Whitney, the proprietor for 33 years of Whitney’s in Jackson, N.H. Bill was…
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Report
The ink was barely dry on the documents that conveyed the stricken giant, Mt. Snow, when its new, action-oriented owners, the Sherburne Corporation (Killington)…
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Speak Out
The mid-air collision on August 26, 1977, which took the life of Hugh W. Killebrew, Jr., owner-operator of the Heavenly Valley Resort in California;…
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Ski Resort Marketplace
The pending Haskell Bill has many good points to be sure, such as affording longer term leases of larger acreages of U.S.F.S. land for…
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New Products
Valley Engineering, of Gray, Me., has introduced two products to its line of snow grooming equipment.
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NSAA Newsletter
Ski Area Safety and Liability Act Let’s suppose that a judge in your state hands down a ruling in a ski injury liability case…
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Speak Out
Once again we congratulate Cal Conniff and his very able staff on a fine convention. A lot of work and creativity went into it,…
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Issues
The award was staggering: $1.5 million. To underscore their verdict, the jury even tacked on a cool quarter million more than the plaintiff had…