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Mountain Ops
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Adding Some International Flavor
For many years, Mt. Bachelor Human Resources Director Pat Gerhart had considered hiring employees from other countries. “We had Americans who came to Bachelor…
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Success by Design
Last summer Mount Sunapee, New Hampshire, wanted to make its beginner terrain more user-friendly. It shaved five feet off the top of the slope,…
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SAM Idea Files
Tubing for Tots Anyone who has a tubing hill knows just how popular, and profitable, these areas can be. The problem is that little…
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Job Market Looks Favorable
The nation’s still-struggling job market is making this a banner recruiting year for ski areas in many parts of the country. At the same…
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A New Season Brings New Things
It’s the day after the blackout in the Northeast and Midwest as we write this and we were one of the fortunate ones—for some…
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Finding Elbow Room
This is the second article of two explaining new formulas to determine density and capacity at ski areas and how they affect planning. Part…
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A Golden Anniversary for Dodge Ridge
In 1947, Earl Purdy was operating a profitable general store and gas station between the towns of Ripon and Manteca, California, called Simm’s Station.…
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Cheap and Deep
Aaron Brill has built a little ski area. A simple little experts-only ski area. A simple little experts-only ski area with just one used…
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Construction Site
Snowbird Construction crews at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Utah, spent part of the summer installing a new Garaventa CTEC high-speed detachable quad on…
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When You Don’t Have a Secretary
It’s the heart of the season when snowmaking guns are pounding out snow, lifts are humming away and plows are moving the blessed white…