This article explains the logic behind the Stratton Golf School, a popular summer attraction that has been earning money. An accompanying article describes practice facilities to help golfers improve.

Disc golf, using Frisbees, gives summer visitors another reason to get out on the mountain without the expense of building a dedicated golf course.

The summer 2000 snowmaking project at Killington, Vt., helped boost its snowmaking capacity by 30 percent.

Aerial trekking, wherein guests put on harnesses and then tackle a system of challenging high ropes courses of different degrees of difficulty makes for summer fun on both sides of the Atlantic.

Instructors should learn a new sport or instruct a favorite summer activity in the off season to hone teaching technique.

Mowing low under lifts so parts don't get lost at Song Mountain, N.Y.; Portable soda dispensing system at Wild Mountain, Minn.; Wood lift loading and unloading ramps for summer use at Montage Mountain, Penn.

Our cover shot of an inline skater getting air corresponds to a piece on building skate parks. This article is not available online. For more information contact donna@saminfo.com. Shot by Sierra Photo at Mount Sunapee, N.H.

Summer improvement projects at: Park City, Utah; Ski Cooper, Colo.; Camelback, Pa.; Loon Mountain, N.H.; and Lake Louise, Alb.

Janet's opinion piece points out the cruise and golf industry's smart marketing and timely advertising to get vacationers to take to the water and links, and the advance scheduling of Christmas catalogues and asks, why can't the ski industry get on the ball? Resorts are notoriously late with brochures and notices about vacations in their summer and winter seasons and Janet explores the problems.

This is a primer on how to document summer incidents properly to avoid legal trouble in case of lawsuits.