In This Issue
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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U. S. Ski Team Development
by Tom Kelly, Communications Director, U.S. Ski Team In comparison to the ski industry as a whole, ski racing may appear to…
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What A Season!
Of all years for Marvin Kottke to send out his annual end-of-the-season survey to ski areas early. “Normally, it wouldn’t be a…
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Snowboarding- Defining The Problem
This season, problems with a faction of snowboarders have pushed many resorts to review their snowboard policies. Some areas which had previously…
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New Products
3D perspective maps In the field of map design comes Terragraphics, a company which produces computer-generated 3D maps. The images are full-color…
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Crockery, Glass And Silverware
Many ski areas try to recycle food service ware, such as plastic cups and plates, but because of their isolated location —…
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Ski Schools Coming On Line
Over the next few years, computers will have a great impact in how ski schools are run. From simple stand-alone PCs on…
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Accessing The Weather
A recent article in the Computer Shopper reviewing software that can download weather data caught my interest. After a telephone call, plus…
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Telephone Trials
“If you know your party’s extension, please press 1. If you want this, press 2. If you want that, press 3. If…
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Horses To The Rescue
Last summer, Steamboat ski area in Colorado needed to have three old lifts removed to make way for two new quads. But…
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Improving Attendants Attendance
In 1988, Tracy Berwick, lift supervisor at Hunter Mountain, N.Y., was frustrated because 25 out of 50 lift attendants quit or were…
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Ski Historians Meet At Sun Valley
They came from as far as Norway and Australia, they ranged in age from mid-thirties to mid-eighties and they skied like demons.…
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Nepa Process May Be Revisited
A better method for assessing the environmental impacts of ski development? Or a Trojan horse that will undermine approvals and increase compliance…
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Ada Revisited
The ski area industry continues to feel its way in trying to comply—or learn how to comply—with the provisions of the Americans…
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Opening The Outdoors To The Disabled
As ski resorts struggle with the issue of seasonality, the need for a diversity of recreational activities, particularly in the summer, and…
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It’s The Snow, Stupid
Snow had a magic quality for gold miners in the 1850s. When cabin fever struck during deep, cold winters in the Sierra,…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has…
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1993 Vehicle Roundup
Lots of great news for buyers and operators of snow grooming vehicles. Besides what appears to be an annual horsepower race, there…
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Shopping For Natural Gas
There is one immutable fact we have all learned to endure: energy is one cost that is always on the rise. Because…
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New Breed Of Cats
Improved driver ergonomics … Better horsepower-to-weight ratio … Superior fuel economy … More usable horsepower … Steeper torque curves … Surround-sound stereo.…
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Why Bother With A Safety Loop Monitor?
An emergency stop order on a lift must be carried out immediately, given the sheer power of the machinery involved and its…
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Transforming A Persona
Technology can transform a sport — help people hit a tennis ball harder, pole vault higher or ski downhill with greater control.…
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Reprise Of An Old Refrain
Interest in snowshoeing, seemingly frozen in time somewhere in the Bronze Age, is heating up. The warming trend is sparked by fresh…
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Vision Of A New Industry
A couple of years ago, former National Hockey League all-star Brad Park returned from a Peewee hockey tournament in Quebec with a…
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Adding To The Mix
Tyrol Basin ski area is carved out of a small and beautiful wooded valley in the unglaciated country just west of Madison,…
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Return Of The Goons
Remember goon skis? In the late 1950s, stunt skiers liked to make super-short skis by sawing the shovels off a pair of…
