In This Issue
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Ski School Marketing
The area was Snoqualmie Summit, 50 miles from Seattle. It was 1975, and General Manager Stan DeBruler was looking for someone to…
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Speak Out
We record with sorrow the death of Walt Elliott, 50, killed in a sailplaning accident in Massachusetts.
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Idea File
Patrol designs rescue cannon Mt. Ripley is an athletic facility of Michigan Technological University and the ski patrol is made up primarily…
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NSAA Newsletter
Presidential Byline For the past year and a half you have been hearing me expound on some of the problems that face…
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Letters
Sir:
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Getting Legislation Passed
Mike Beebe, president of the N.H. Ski Area Operators, and owner of Temple Mountain, contributes this practical, step-by-step course of action based…
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New Products
Evacuation device Grand Distributors, Inc., 600 River St., Grand River, OH 44045, have developed a lift evacuation device called Evacu-Lift which avoids…
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Report
There’s no land boom yet, but nearly everyone agrees that real estate looks more attractive since the “agreement to agree” to purchase…
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Alcoholism
In the Winter 1978 issue of SAM we ran an article by Mike Beebe on this problem. In this follow-up piece Beebe…
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Press Passes
Establishing good working relationships with the local press should be as primary a goal for a ski area as a program of…
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Safety Control Circuits
What constitutes the safety control circuit of a chairlift? What criteria must it meet? What safety capabilities should it provide? What other…
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Sam At College
Not only is the Ma and Pa ski area extinct, the seat-of-the-pants kind of manager is fast disappearing in favor of a…
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Rope Alignment
Did Someone Mention “ALIGNMENT”? Yep, we said it, then we listened and yawned while everyone from the ticket sellers to the summertime…
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Wedding X-Country & Alpine
Most of the early marriages were shaky, one or both parties having reservations about the affair. Those that lasted did so at…
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Construction ’78
On the heels of that record-breaking season of 1977-78, many had assumed that the industry would go on a big expansion binge.…
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Loveland
Out in the Valley of the Jolly White Giants, where big resorts are king, there lives a little ski area which has…
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Yellow Flag Management
Managing a small, seasonal company such as a ski area is not unlike coaching an athletic team. You develop a strategy for…
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Bill Killebrew Takes Charge
“Assuming it snows,” Bill Killebrew once said, “anyone would have to be a terrible bungler to not make money at Heavenly.” He…
