In This Issue
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Soaring– High Road To Profits
The sport of soaring isn’t new, but its popularity is growing at an astonishing rate. What does it all mean to the…
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Report
DEVELOPMENT Christie buys Saddleback, plans expansion John Christie, through his newly formed firm Big Rangely Corp., has purchased the Saddleback Ski Area…
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Speak Out
A Vote for the 1976 Winter Games However inadequate has been the performance of the Denver Olympic Organizing Committee (DOOC) in fulfilling…
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Technology
Evacuation at Snowbird The second NSAA Lift Evacuation Seminar held at Snowbird, Utah, in September, is a strong indication of the desire…
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In Court
Martha and her family went to the defendant’s ski area one busy day, intending only to enjoy the hospitality of the lodge…
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Marketing
Meaningful and profitable area promotions can only come from a scientific, detailed approach to planning and implementation. A promotion isn’t a sound…
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Letters
Discounting discounts David Rowan’s editorial in the Spring ’72 issue of SAM called for a joint national program between NSAA and USSA,…
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NSAA News
The National Ski Areas Association has been growing a pace—about 20 percent annually, according to NSAA executive director Richard Garis. But Garis’s…
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Food Service
Employee training If you turn the clocks ahead to mid-season, without too much trouble you can probably visualize yourself overseeing a lack…
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Who Is Chuck Lewis And Why Are They Say
“Everybody had always looked at the electronics field—the growth, the ideas and success—as the American dream. I’m convinced that recreation today offers…
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Waterbars– When, Where And Why
A well-designed ski area should have as little effect upon the environment and its ecology as possible. Slope design should make use…
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Cashing In On Cross-Country
Someday the ski industry might build a monument to Theodore S. Ryan because he is the man who put a box office…
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Trail Design– The Wind Factor
In building a ski trail, care must be given to planning for maximum snow retention. And to insure the snow falls where…
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Tooling Up Your Grooming
Unquestionably, grooming helped make the ski season possible last year. The East and the Midwest had sparse snowfalls mixed with rain and…
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Hit The Brakes
A review of the most serious lift accidents in recent years indicates that one cause of such accidents far outweighs all others—lift…
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Turn On The Tots– The Ski Area Nursery
Last fall my father asked me if I would like to study ski area nurseries and do a story about them. Well,…
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How To Succeed At Nastar By Really Tryin
When a Nastar area reports it’s turned $6,000 in race revenues and sent close to 2,900 through its gates, your first reaction…
