In This Issue
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Speak Out :: Are New Lifts All That Bad?
Editor Rick Kahl on the approaching retirement or refurbishing of lifts from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. As we suggested in Blue…
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Industry Reports :: May 2011
SIA ANNOUNCES EARLIER DATES… VILLA OLIVIA SOLD… ELDORA CLEARS FIRST HURDLE… VAIL PLANS EXPANSION AT NORTHSTAR… AWARDS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS SIA…
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Blue Pages :: May 2011
DON’T CHANGE TIME–SHIFT THE WORKDAY… IS THERE AN ECO-GROOMER IN YOUR FUTURE?… HALFPIPE, WOMEN’S JUMPING IN OLYMPICS… HELMET LAW TO TAKE EFFECT…
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Mountain Spy :: May 2011
Mountain spy, Liz Eren, takes on season pass deals and spring skiing. THE QUESTION: ARE YOU OFFERING A COMBINATION SEASON PASS THAT INCLUDES…
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Open Season
With good snow coast to coast, resorts racked up a second stellar year. Once again, proving that snow trumps all—even a still-weak…
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Non-Skiers Join the Scene
When you add it all up, winter resorts offer much more than just skiing and riding. Perform an online search for top…
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Tree Wells Are Trouble
With more skiers and riders heading off-piste, tree-well education can save lives. On a powder day, there are no friends. That saying…
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Give Your Lifts a Hand
The longer you put off maintenance on older lifts, the smaller the margin for error. High-profile lift accidents at Devil’s Head and…
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Speak Out :: About Those Debit Card Fees…
David Frick of Transaction Resources comments on the Durbin Amendment. Having been in and around the credit card industry for 30 years,…
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On the Hill: Alyeska Spring Training – Extreme Tram Evacuation
In this first installation of SAM’s Field Report series, we interview Michelle Cosper from Alyeska Resort about their off-season training routines. Last…
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Construction Site :: May 2011
Resorts expand with new lodges, summer attractions and energy-saving tools. CAMELBACK/CAMELBEACH, PENNSYLVANIACamelbeach Mountain Waterpark, alter ego to Camelback Winter Resort and the…
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Creating Skiers
Innovative ski and snowboard schools across the country illustrate how resorts can create new customers. For years now, the ski industry has…
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The Hidden Cost of Water
With so much attention being paid to energy use, it’s easy to overlook the cost of water–and there are many ways to…
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Pay Now or Pay Later
Summer maintenance can save time and money and shrink the to-do list for opening next fall. Now that the ski season has…
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Adapting to Climate Change
New data on climate change paints a potentially scary picture for ski areas. The rains that drenched Los Angeles just before Christmas…
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Summer in the Mountains
To find out just how important summer operations are at mountain resorts, SAM conducted a survey. The results show that summer is…
