In This Issue
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The End Page
Five items:1) Road & Track’s semi tongue-in-cheek vehicle review of the Kassbohrer Pisten Bully 3002) A transcript of the Brundage Mountain telephone…
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Idea Files
Boot Dryer at Caberfae Peaks, MIch.; Easy chair hauler at Whitetail, Pa.; Poles for parking at Killington, Vt.
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Logging for Lumber
This article describes a number of techniques used by foresters and loggers that can be effectively applied to cutting trails. An accompanying…
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Retrenching Time for Retail Trade Shows?
Jim Spring’s retail audit shows that ski retail business has contracted about 3.7 percent overall to an even $2 billion. It’s a…
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Blue Pages
The Les, George and Adam $57 Mil. Challenge On Page 15 of this issue is an ad quite unlike any other we…
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Michael Kennedy’s Death
Re: Michael Kennedy’s death on skis, I hope SAM will go on record editorially, representing true sportsmen/skiers everywhere, by decrying the truly…
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Wetlands: Get Ahead of the Curve
These remarks are my reaction to the article on Page 60 which the editors invited me to comment on. Sensitivity to wetlands…
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El Niño Makes Most Happy
Blame it on El Niño. The 1997-98 ski season is the first year since I have been writing season wrapups in which…
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The NSAA Rap Sheet—36 Years of Names, Dates and Numbers
NSAA has been pragmatic, sometimes sentimental, often adventurous over the years in its selection of sites for its annual convention and trade…
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SIA: Some Background on an Industry Sector That Faces Some Problems
I don’t know quite how to say this politely, but some people are describing the situation on the equipment side of the…
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Countdown to 2002
Its all over in Nagano: the medals bestowed, the ceremonies enacted, the legends created. But for those in charge of organizing the…
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Watershed Management: Coming Soon to a Wetlands Near You
In his recent State of the Union address, President Clinton announced a new Clean Water Act initiative that could dramatically affect the…
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Growing the Market Is Key
Growing up the son of a National Park Service employee, Keystone chief operating officer John Rutter “had skiing in my blood.” The…
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Take the Luge Challenge
Knowing that real lugers go 80 miles an hour on highly specialized ice tracks must have heightened the excitement among the participants…
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Looking Ahead to OITAF 1999
From May 23 to 27, 1999, the best and brightest of the world’s wire rope industry will convene in San Francisco, Calif.,…
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Industry Reports
SIA Attempts to Force Trade Show Agreement Snowsports Industries America (SIA) set a process in motion in April they hope will once…
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Let There Be Light
In this article, SAM revisits the ski slope lighting standard developed by NSAA’s night lighting committee—spearheaded by LeRoy Schultz—almost 15 years ago.…
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Grooming Vehicles 1998
In the 20 years since SAM‘s first “Over-Snow Vehicles” review appeared (Spring 1979), snow groomer designs have undergone exciting—and expensive—evolutionary changes. That…
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Beyond the Surface
Since man’s first encounter with snow, he has attempted to tame it. From his earliest need to travel in search of food…
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1998 Rental Roundup: XC and Snowshoes
Guess what? Not everyone wants to go downhill skiing or snowboarding in the winter and smart ski resorts are expanding the options…
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What a Tangled Web We Weave
I finally found something rougher on skiers than ski area voice mail or even ski area perpetual hold. It’s that hot new…
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The Revolution in New Media
It was creative, rude and so tasteless it was over the top: Mussolini as TV ski industry spokesperson, extolling the virtues of—what…
