In This Issue
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Pow Wow Packs A Punch
There’s been a lot of talk about the burgeoning overseas-skier market. Ski resorts that participated in a huge travel-trade show called 1991…
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New Numbers From Old Sources: Nsos, Nsga, Asd
Skiers are still young, but getting older; they are still entering the sport at an encouraging rate and departing it at an…
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Ski Hall of Fame: Maintain Standards!
This editorial speaks to an institution over which we have no influence whatsoever — nor seek any — but of which we…
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GRFS — A Critical Industry Battleground
One of the stickiest and most intractable problems faced by the ski area industry today centers on the fees paid by areas…
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Media Distortions On Sununu
Some years ago this magazine tilted a lance at NBC for what we thought was dishonest investigative reporting. Now we do the…
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Expansion And Expenditures
Major capital expenditures at U.S. ski areas this summer will be few and far between, continuing a trend that began in 1987…
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What They Say Or What They Do
The ski industry has long struggled with basic skier statistics: How many skiers are there? How frequently do they ski? At what…
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Feeding the Hungry Skier: Summer Studies and Plans
How can a ski area food and beverage operation increase sales and profits, improve customer satisfaction and enhance professional image in the…
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Computer Controlled Fueling
Everyday technology increasingly influences our lives. For instance, in many metropolitan regions there are completely automated and unattended credit card gas stations.…
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The Limits To Mountain Resort Growth
The vision has been lost. And unless it is restored to its rightful place soon — and kept in place by an…
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Cross Country Convention Was The Best Yet
This year’s Cross Country Ski Areas Association convention in April, held at Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, B.C., had a turnout of…
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Mountain Guide for the 21st Century
“Hi! I’m Sherpa, the Smugglers’ mountain guide. From dining to romance to mountainside adventure, I can help make your vacation here more…
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Bobsleds May Be The Future
Skiing may be exciting, but Vail Associates has extended on-snow exhilaration to the ultimate Walter Mitty experience: a bobsled course adjacent to…
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Drill Presses: Good News And Bad News
The drill press is a relatively simple machine in terms of design and its versatility for ski area applications has particular strength.…
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NEPA Reality: It Exists and You Can Cope With It
Over the past twenty years, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has spawned millions of pages of environmental analysis, thousands of lawsuits…
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Extreme!
Is there anyone out there in the ski industry who hasn’t heard about extreme skiing? Check his ID. In the last several…
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How The Brits See Us
A classic ski joke in Europe is that you can spot people who have skied in America — they get off the…
