SAM Coverage
Management
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1980-81 Economic Study
Nineteen eighty-one marks the thirteenth year that the NSAA has prepared an economic study of the industry. It also marks my eighth annual review…
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Black Mountain,Nh
What would you say of a ski area operator who doesn’t make ski school pupils buy lift tickets? (concession-operated, at that). What do you…
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Inflation And Ski Areas
Inflation has become an economic fact of life, and recent studies indicate that living costs have increased by about 50 percent over the past…
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Ernie Blake
Janet Nelson: Is the skier today expecting too much of ski resorts? Ernie Blake: There is no such thing as too much. It’s a…
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Economic Study
The 1978-79 ski season recorded mixed results. Again weather conditions were adverse in the East, Mid-west and Pacific Northwest and resulted in a significant…
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Crystal Mountain, Wa
Ed Link and Don Christianson were handed a tough assignment a dozen years ago: Turn around the financially beleaguered, six-year-old Crystal Mountain ski resort.…
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Computers
“How do I decide whether I need a computer?” “Do I have to hire a programmer and computer operators—in short, a good-size separate staff?”…