In This Issue
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Marketplace
Ski Area Public Relations: Where To? Recently a ski area public relations professional was passed over for a promotion for the second…
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X-Country Skiing
The Problem of Too Many Skiers For many touring center operators, the question is no longer how do I get people to…
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The Rental Shop
Save Time with Floating Pre-mated Systems In selecting rental bindings a shop must consider many factors: initial cost, rental efficiency, customer acceptance…
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Summer Money At Vernon Valley, NJ
Amusement parks have been around for close to 100 years; Coney Island’s roller coaster dates back to 1927; Disneyland opened in 1955.…
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Summer Money At Ski Liberty, PA
Remember the “turf” ski? Forget it! The grass skis of today are to “turf” skis what fiberglass skis are to hickory boards…
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Summer Money At Sun Valley, ID
Sun Valley is well known as an all-around winter resort. It might be equally well-known as the quintessential summer resort. On both…
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Summer Money At Sugar Hills, MN
There’s an art to keeping a ski resort busy and profitable during the summer, and the Charles Skinners of Sugar Hills in…
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The Real Estate Gamble
It was a Catch-22 situation. At-the-site lodging was the only thing that could put the languishing ski area back on its feet,…
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Computers
What’s it worth to know on Tuesday morning, exactly how every one of your operating departments did the prior week through Sunday?…
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Rating Instructors
Some time this season a number of ski schools will hear from a lady from Missoula, Montana. She will ask if they…
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Creating The Right Profiles
Chief Aerial Tramway Engineer, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service The single most important consideration associated with installing an aerial tramway or…
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Lifts 1979
There are strong indications that last year’s sharp upturn in new lift construction might have been sustained in 1979 had it not…
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Avalanche!
The mountain talked — protesting “Get off!” Avalanches ran down Wipe Out Chutes during the storm. Northeast facing slopes sloughed early season…
