In This Issue
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Ropeway Seminar
Technical Editor Nils Ericksen continues his summaries of important papers presented at the OITAF/NACS meeting at Sunshine Village. This time he covers…
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Tony’s 8th Wonder
SAM visits the fantastic convention center built by Tony Wise at Telemark, Wisconsin, and its indoor ski track on real snow.
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Hydraulic Shovels For Trails
Doug Bordon describes the use of hydraulic shovels in constructing trails at his brand new Morin Heights ski area in Quebec.
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Scr Drives-Some Solutions
Engineer Phil Berger gives the engineering facts behind the current safety alert regarding SCR drives. “Must reading” if you have, or contemplate…
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Lifts 1980
SAM”S annual inventory of new lift construction in North America, together with statistical analysis.
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Kids Laugh In Ski School
Ski writer/instructor Morten Lund focuses on the dynamic teaching methods developed by Al Maruzzi at Camelback, Pa. It’s “movement education” and it…
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Ski School: Cures for Mid-Season Burn-Out
By the time the calendar reaches the first of February a disease begins to permeate the ranks of the employees. Call it…
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Speak Out
An institution retires Elsewhere in this issue is a news report on the retirement of Doc Des Roches from the helm of…
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Ski Reports
The national Ski Hall of Fame at Ishpeming, Mich. will induct six people next spring, including some famous names in the ski…
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Marketplace: Photography: Number One Communicator
Given the aesthetic beauty of skiing—the surroundings, the participants, their health and obvious enjoyment—a good ski photograph communicates better than any other…
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Report on “SKI Business Week”
Ah, the euphoria of two years ago, when everyone in the ski industry was elated over research findings that there were more…
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X-Country Connection: New Ways to Teach
Formal cross-country ski instruction has been practiced in this country for the past decade and very little if anything has been done…
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Washington Report: Decreased Regulations Ahead
Ski area operators can look forward to less interference from the government in 1981, and it’s not just because the Republicans have…
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Letters: GLM and ATM
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The Rental Shop
One thing any skier—even a never-ever—can understand is pain. When your feet hurt you don’t enjoy skiing. I doubt that anyone knows…
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NSAA Economic Study
It is time again to assess the pluses and minuses of the last ski season. The financial results from the disastrous eastern…
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The Consumer Ski Shows
Quo vadis consumer ski show? Are they an endangered species? Ski area operators, despite their concern with the environment, may not be…
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Blue Mountain– A Hill Made Of Gold
You might think that a ski area with its primary operations plugged into a computer (including point-of-sale outlets and the world’s most…
