In This Issue
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Looking Back
A short look back at the big issues in past issues of SAM, 35 years befor and 10 years before.
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Publisher’s Memo
“NSAA’s San Francisco Triumph” describes the national convention and the OITAF Congress as seemles and smoothly run (more on page 22, same…
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Speak Out: Got a Problem? Work it Out!
This issue combines Speak Out and the letters section to highlight an exchange between a customer and Breckenridge’s COO regarding a perceived…
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Millennium Fever
This report offers a continent-wide look at what resorts have planned for their customers who want to celebrate Y2K on snow.
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1999 Metro Newspaper Directory
Contact names, numbers, addresses and descriptions of special sections and promotions for ski areas to use when selling to North America’s largest…
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Fall Consumer Show Schedule
This is a list of ski shows and a source of contact names and phone numbers of contacts for those shows.
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End Page
Dave Barry’s stunt to cover Vail Resorts’ Adam Aron’s car with magnets to benefit the Summit Foundation outside the annual hockey classic;…
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Blue Pages
2006 Olympics to Italy; Shakeout at Mountain Creek; Nordic World Pledges Renewal; Seven Springs Sale is Derailed; It’s Helmets Again in N.J.;…
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Whistler’s Winter Playground
We take a look at Whistler’s kid-friendly winter terrain. This article is not available online. For more information, contact donna@saminfo.com. …
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Construction Site
Lifts, snowmaking, lodge and golf course development at Cannon Mountain, N.H., Kirkwood, Calif., Park City, Utah, Stevens Pass, Wash., Okemo, Vt., and…
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Seth Says: It’s the Message Not the Medium
This article promotes the premise that smart advertising makes the difference. Seth takes a look at ads that stick out and ones…
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Northstar Rekindles its Restaurant
This is a story about Northstar’s recovery after a fire devastated the Summit Deck and Grill restaurant on Feb. 28, 1998.
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Why the Ski Industry is Treading Water
An analysis of a LeisureTrak survey that finds sports participation in decline in a bullish economy. Demographic changes and their impact on…
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Tying Down the Details
This is a brief addendum to an earlier article, “Sun Valley Sigles: History Made” by Mary Purdy Gmuender in May ’99 clarifying…
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Snow Sport Camps
This article reports on the gaining popularity of sports camps and how some resorts are cashing in on the trend. Most camps…
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Ski the Hill
This is a wrapup of what happened in Washington, D.C. during the NSAA’s annual lobbying trip Ski the Hill. Environmental issues and…
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Passport Programs Growing
This article reviews the multitude of passport ski pass programs designed to get school kids onto the slopes.
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OITAF 8th Congress Scores Well
This piece describes the success of the International Organization for Transportation by Wire Rope’s 8th Congress in San FRancisco.
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Trade Show Wrapups
Pictures and captions wrapup the spring season of trade shows.
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SUVs Take On Ski Resorts
As SUV makers tap into the wintersports market, Lake Tahoe ski areas are getting great publicity and nice cars to drive in…
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Carriage Positions After Installation
Norm Duke explains his procedures for determining final carriage positions after installation. His calculations help simplify the estimates in an age when…
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Capturing the Spirit of Youth
This cover article describes Whistler/Blackcomb’s (British Columbia) award-winning wiinter playground for kids. It had little effect on the environment, has a castle…
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What’s That Buzz?
This story is about Jack Frost Mountain, Pennsylvania’s, move to introduce motocrossing to its off-season activities. The article describes the involved, 50-acre…
