In This Issue
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Wind– A Tramway Derailment
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X-Country Connection, Search & Rescue
Despite frequent disagreements, my brain and I have been best-of-friends for over 40 years. Mine is a typical three-part brain whose main…
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Rental Shop
When and why to replace rental bindings is a question that concerns most rental operators. Some shops operate on a set replacement…
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Real Estate And Skiing
Chuck Lewis is known in the ski area industry as the possessor of one of the sharpest financial minds around. He was…
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New Tax Law-Coming Down The Pike
The success of destination ski areas is inevitably linked to the success of the surrounding recreational real estate developments, as each activity…
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Second Homes Still Going Strong
By most standards it has been another season of formidable condominium sales at ski resorts. In the East, some feverish selling of…
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The Vermonters Are Restless
If Vermont gets a head cold, will the rest of the ski industry start running a fever? Well, maybe it’s time to…
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The Doppelmayr Dream Machine
The race for higher lift capacities has brought technology few would have dreamed of just a few years ago. The latest entry…
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Moving To Monocables
On a recent trip to France, SAM visited the studios of Denis Creissels, conceiver of some of the most avant-garde of today’s…
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Keystone’s Avant Garde Gondola
The Keystone Resort in Colorado, owned by the Ralston Purina Company, would seem an unlikely site for a lift system as avant-garde…
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Skier Safety Act Is Together
The safety awareness programs being developed at all levels of skiing herald a profound change in attitude that is virtually certain to…
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Lift Ticket Prices
This is the time of the year when ski area managers begin deliberations on two important decisions: 1) What will be next…
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Deer Valley’s Service Sector
Many ski industry people have said Deer Valley set a new standard in services and amenities. And, Edgar Stern, chairman of the…
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1985 Roundup Of Over-Snow Vehicles
Vehicles are looking better all the time. Have you purchased a Class III Vehicle lately? Or, how about a Class I or…
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Payroll Prisoners-Conscious Competents?
We heard every word the friendly-voice said, but we were most impressed with how it was said, because we’re in the business…
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People Movers Meet
In reflecting on the International Conference on Automated People Movers, which took place in March in Miami, Florida, I found myself asking…
