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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…
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NSAA Newsletter
L TO R: Tom Corcoran — Waterville Valley, New Hampshire/ Chuck Lewis — Copper Mountain, Colorado/ Darcy Brown — Aspen, Colorado/ Preston Smith —…
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New Products
Maxey Manufacturing has introduced a Trail Grooming Sled designed by its president, Loren Maxey. The sled has been designed to be pulled by tracked…
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Report
Hedco will appeal patent judgment The case in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern Division, didn’t sound important: “Alden W. Hanson, Plaintiff…
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Issues
The model legislation program One of the basic approaches being taken by NSAA in its pursuit of legislative relief for ski areas from the…
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New Products
Myers Electric Products is manufacturing a line of power outlets designed to match snow machine electrical requirements. All units are one-piece construction, with a…
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Speak Out
Sometimes it takes adversity to bring out the true colors, and if the past winter’s snow drought in the West is any indication of…
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Report
There is a tale about one Vermont ski area that did such an unexpected volume of business in February that they ran out of…
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Speak Out
In the course of the recent hearings in Washington, Senator Haskell bore in on two witnesses with a question that went something like this:
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Report
Though the lack of snow and generally warm weather in the east through mid-December was discouraging, the industry was still looking for another winner…
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Speak Out
A Bright Future! The after-shocks of the recession, the energy crisis and the Great Eastern Snow Drought of 72-74 continue to be felt. There…