In This Issue
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Investor Group Buys Lmc
The purchase by an investor group of Logan Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of LMC snow grooming vehicles and associated implements, was announced in…
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Let’s Stand Together
by Paul Pepe, Marketing Director, Hunter Mountain, N.Y. There are lots of fishermen in this country, but there are also lots of…
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A Smoke-Free Area Base Lodge
by Brad Moretz, Assistant General Manager, Appalachian Ski Mt., N.C. In North Carolina, tobacco has been the #1 cash crop and top…
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Building The Association
by David Roberts, President, Sno-Star Pipelines In recent years and months, I have been privileged to be among the leaders of the…
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Clean Up Our Act And Clean Out The Stables
In a survey conducted by New England Ski Areas Council (NESAC) this past fall at some consumer ski shows, respondents were asked…
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The Ski Sizzle Of Martin Luther King Day
The talk of the NSAA trade show at Mt. Snow was, “How do you get on the Wachusett Mountain map?” The Wachusett…
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Skiing 2000- A Global Perspective
I believe that skiing has a brighter future when viewed from a global perspective. Canadian skier visits have grown approximately 6.5 percent…
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Playing The Political Spin Game
Election years are often called the silly season, but silly or not, political luminaries — like other celebrities — can be recruited…
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Missing The Computer Boat
The Computer Fairs last fall were attended by too few ski area people. Most of those who took advantage of the eye-opening…
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Computers For Small Areas: Computer Phobia
Space … the final frontier for Starship Enterprise. Mountain Operations may well be the final frontier for computerization at small ski areas.…
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A Tale Of Trail Inflation
The quake in central Vermont was not detected by seismographs, but the aftershock rocked ski areas all over the state and into…
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Rethinking Ski Resort Brochures
The ski industry’s major, first-of-its-kind effort in the late 1980’s to promote skiing in the U.S. boasted an impressive $5 million war…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the…
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Save Energy / Earn Money
In 1987, public utility commissions in many states began giving utility companies permission to actively encourage their customers to save energy. The…
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Thinking Outside The Box
At the age of twelve, figuring that a tandem wouldn’t deliver enough impact, Burt Mills and a couple of buddies decided to…
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Fair Market Value
The author, in collaboration with Jack Bakken, ASA, analyzed eleven ski area sales for the U.S. Forest Service during the summer and…
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Checklist For Lift Buying
Buyers at ski areas usually do not compare snow guns or snow cats, much less ski lifts. Why? Are they afraid of…
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Propane: It’s A Blast!
On Wednesday, January 20, shortly after two in the afternoon, and in the middle of a raging Sierra snowstorm, a propane explosion…
