In This Issue
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Fast Tracks
An inside look at how Henrik Bull and Sherwood Stockwell built Keystone’s new base facilities in a hurry with outstanding results.
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1983 Directory Of Products And Services
A listing of SAM advertisers of the past year.
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Supplier Directory
Names, addresses and telephone numbers for easy reference are provided in this annual listing.
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X-Country Skiing
Are touring center operators overlooking the profit potential in organized bus tours? Bus tours, according to some operators, are an untapped source…
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Marketplace
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. “What was applied in the trade did not stem from a textbook study of…
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Changing Cross Country Market
Since 1975 Cross Country Ski Magazine has conducted four studies of readers. For the most recent study, a random sample of 1,234…
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What The Figures Mean
At a time when cross country center operators are re-evaluating their markets and trying to establish a profile of the 1982 cross…
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Merger Madness
Five years ago, Killington, Vt., purchased bankrupt Mount Snow, and that event was followed by other mergers in the East and the…
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Rental Flow
Writing about ski rental shops, traffic flow, rack designs and procedures is theory based on practical experience. Actually designing a rental shop…
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Better Maze Management
This is the time of year when areas begin to set up for the coming season and assess procedures from the previous…
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Good Design Pays Off
John Frado Jr., the supervisor of the Northfield Mountain Ski Touring Center in western Massachusetts near the Vermont line, likes to think…
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Lift Controls
Presentations by three electrical engineers at the Vail Tramway Seminar gave a fascinating look at various approaches to lift controls, their philosophies…
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Night Snow
A typical snowmaking night at Paoli Peaks in Southern Indiana is about like snowmaking anywhere—or is it? Consider these facts: In four…
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Ctec
It sounds almost too good to be true. The American dream at its best. Two hard working engineers pool their resourses—mostly brainpower,…
