In This Issue
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Lift Basics: Gear Ratios
“Gearheads.” That’s what some people call those of us who are always tinkering on our cars or trucks; adding suspension lifters, swapping…
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Significant New Insights on the U.S. Skier Market
Let me start with a conclusion: USIA has generated some extremely valuable and significant data with Part I of their research study…
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Ski Equipment: Barrier to Market Growth?
I recently had occasion to watch and eavesdrop on an attractive young person — gender is irrelevant, but let’s call her Suzie…
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Are We Giving Away the Store?
There are any number of organizations vying for the opportunity to market our ski resort or other services by “giving away” our…
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Summer Business
Summer business. Depending on where you are, it ranges from nonexistent to bigger than the winter trade. The tram at Cannon Mountain,…
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New Products
Superior devices From Superior Tramway Co. come two devices of interest to most area lift departments: Backstop — A differential band backstop…
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The Marketplace: Globalization Of American Skiing
More has caused the recent growth of the international skiing market to the United States than simply poor European snow conditions, a…
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Keeping Safe: Snowmobiles
Back in the days of the Model-T, Henry Ford offered a track kit accessory for the rear wheels of his vehicles. From…
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On-Line: Ski-Profit for Rental Shops
Ski-Profit is a software package for ski rental shops that was developed and is being marketed by Sport Select of Oakland, Calif.…
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In-House Network Tv- A New Kind Of Messenger
Ski-V is a different kind of closed circuit broadcasting network made up of state-of-the-art hardware plus easy-to-use software. The new television system,…
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The Americans with Disabilities Act
Will your ski school staff be required to communicate with a hearing-impaired skier using American Sign Language? Will you be required to…
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Asia’s Answer- Part 2
Affluence and burgeoning populations of young people are creating a leisure market in the Pacific Rim countries that resembles the robust 1970’s…
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Swap: Three Wilderness Parcels For Highway Frontage
In July of 1991, the Purgatory-Durango Ski Resort in Colorado exchanged three isolated parcels of pristine mountain land with a total size…
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SWAP: Land Exchanges Are Changing Western Areas
Last November, Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort acquired property adjacent to their ski areas through a complex trade involving land located in…
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Lifts 1991
Well, we knew it was coming, and it did. We have hit new lows for new lift construction in North America with…
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Whistler’s Quads and Bubbles
Whistler Mountain, B.C., effected a major overhaul of its lift system this year, replacing an old four-passenger gondola and three double chairs…
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Planning for an Uncertain Tomorrow
Even for the most sophisticated manager, strategic business planning sounds vague, ominous, threatening and complicated. It smacks of something only the CIA…
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Nibblers: Cutting Capacity with Control
If faced with the chore of cutting a particular pattern of steel stock from a large sheet, the mechanic has several options.…
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Mammoth Installs Snowmaking
Mammoth Mountain’s Dave McCoy loves a challenge. Many things motivate him, however; telling him something “can’t be done” really gets him going.…
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Carrier Use Monitoring
Maintenance Manager, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A lot has been said in recent years about the value of relating ski lift carrier…
