In This Issue
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Building Ski Industry Demand
The McKinsey plan is to realize 3.5 million new skiers and $1.4 billion additional revenue by spending $97 million over the next…
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Bradley Packer 35 Years Later
An invention that changed the course of modern skiing was celebrated at SilverCreek by honoring the man who created it.
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Winch Grooming Comes of Age
As winching vehicles become more popular, crews are discovering new ways to use them and tips on how to ge more out…
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Where Will New Customers Come From?
The best and most logical source for more skiers is to be found among people who participate in other sports. Just match…
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Producing Growth in a “No-Growth” Region
Numerous environmental barriers made expansion seem practically impossible at Ski Inclive, until innovative techniques were employed.
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1987-88 Economic Analysis
After several years of downward trends, there were improvements all around.
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Montana’s Crown Jewel
Attention to customers, employees and the Forest Service has produced happy results at Showdown and that makes for bottom-line profits.
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New Products :: March 1989
A collection of inventive devices that work well for ski areas.
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Ski Safety Team Aims to Spread the Word
To bring the message about safety to skiers, the National Ski Patrol enlisted American Express as a sponsor.
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The Life and Legacy of Ernie Blake
“I pray there is no reincarnation. Nothing could equal the journey I’ve had. Anything else would be a boring encore.” — Ernie…
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Belleayre Saved by Skier’s Coalition
A look at the Coalition to Save Belleayre, an organization currently numbering more than 2,000 metro New and Long Island skiers and…
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Snow Companions’ Diary
They call it Hunter Mountain Shiobara — “Snowmaking Capital of Japan.” For two women from New York, it was a month-long adventure…
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PSIA Holds Symposium on Teaching Children
A National Children’s Symposium was held at Copper Mountain, Colo., in January. About 80 participants studies a new teaching manual, “Child-Centered Skiing:…
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Speak Out
Ernie Blake 1913-1989… Ski Undistry Crossroads: Merger and Marketing…
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Ski Reports
NSAA/SIA Merger Plan Faces SIA Vote This Month…Forest Service Finalizing New Permit Provisions… Important Jury Case Won in Wisconsin… Forest Service Invites…
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Liability Insurance: An Open Letter
Last summer Stuart Campbell, the president of the Midwest Ski Areas Association, asked me to conduct a seminar on liability insurance at…
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Letters
Etiquette and Semantics… Poconos Promotions
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Buying Uniforms
When it comes to ordering new lifts or grooming machines, or when starting a new mountain restaurant, ski area executives understand the…
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Ski School
Accused of being an elitist.
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B77
Revised edition update.
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Ski Indusry Focus
John Fry’s perspective and views.
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Advances in Snowmaking
The l988-l989 ski season will certainly merit being call “The Season of the Snowmaker.” This story is from the SAM print archive…
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News Tools for Snowmaking Measurements
“You can’t do the job without the right tools!” my grandfather, a master carpenter, used to repeat over and over as I…
