SAM Coverage
Cross Country
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Methow Valley: A Profile in Profit
Many snowbelt communities that depend on summer tourism stagnate in winter. An increasing number are turning to various forms of winter recreation to keep…
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Cross Country Convention Was The Best Yet
This year’s Cross Country Ski Areas Association convention in April, held at Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, B.C., had a turnout of 114 people…
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X-Country Skiing
Are touring center operators overlooking the profit potential in organized bus tours? Bus tours, according to some operators, are an untapped source of income.…
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Changing Cross Country Market
Since 1975 Cross Country Ski Magazine has conducted four studies of readers. For the most recent study, a random sample of 1,234 names of…
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What The Figures Mean
At a time when cross country center operators are re-evaluating their markets and trying to establish a profile of the 1982 cross country skier,…
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Good Design Pays Off
John Frado Jr., the supervisor of the Northfield Mountain Ski Touring Center in western Massachusetts near the Vermont line, likes to think that “trail…
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X-Country
Old rental practices die hard. Some touring centers continue to rent old equipment replacing it only after it falls apart on an unsuspecting customer.…
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X-Country Skiing
Two years ago I asked an Alpine area operator if he was having problems with cross country downhill skiers. “No, the cross country skiers…
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Blackhawk Ridge
Blackhawk Ridge in south central Wisconsin has a long record of innovations. Owners and operators Larrie and Diana Isenring believe that it was: The…
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X-Country Skiing
Over the past two ski seasons a new method of touring center development and promotion has emerged that could change the future of the…