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Who I Am; What I Am Not
In a June 24 editorial by Lois Friedland in the The Snow Industry Letter, I, among other women, was singled out as being part…
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Little Thoughts On Big Bucks
Probably like many of our readers, we are dazzled by the pyrotechnics on the ski area acquisition front. With $288 mill to buy a…
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Industry Loses Three Greats
Charles “Chic” Morton, 80—Chic Morton started his 50-year association with Alta, Utah, with a bartending job at Alta Lodge, which led in turn to…
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NSAA’s First President Honored
David Judson, founding president of National Ski Areas Association, has been elected posthumously to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame. We applaud. It…
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Convention Musings
NSAA’s 35th anniversary convention was a triumph. Everyone went away happy. Congratulations to the NSAA staff on a job superbly done! You could tell…
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What is—what should be—the image of skiing and boarding?
Allen Best, seasoned reporter for the Vail Valley Times, was struck by some attitudes on ski racing expressed by Messrs George Gillett and Adam…
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NSAA Celebrates Its 35th
On Sunday, May 27, 1962, representatives of 22 ski areas from all parts of the country met at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, and by…
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Getting Kids: It Won’t Be Easy!
As NSAA comes together at the Broadmoor on the 35th anniversary of its founding there, it may be the right time for a little…
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Hail to the [new] Chief
Mike Dombeck is the new Forest Service Chief and thus a very important person to our industry. One of his first acts was to…
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Remembering
Bill Tanler by David Rowan Bill Tanler’s was not a household name on the area side of the ski industry except for those who…