In This Issue
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Less Recreation, More Preservation?
The November cover is a humourous rendition of two Canada lynxs posting a no-skier sign in their territory–it refers to the U.S.…
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Stop the Music, I Want to Get Off
John’s take asks, what’s so wrong about serenity and quiet? John speaks to the ways various ski areas use music on the…
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End Page
Rotating wire rop spool with suspended ATV; leveling a lift tower with various-length bolts; Snowmaking web page by a proud father; Funny…
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Idea Files
Snowmobile flasher on sleds at Seven Springs, Pa.; a plug saver for stop gate connections at Rocking Horse Ranch, N.Y. and using…
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OSHA Clarifies Lift-Tower Climbing
Resort Management must provide a safe work environment for its employees. This not only makes good business sense; it is also a…
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A Very Special Section
Our special focus in this issue is on the sort of topsy-turvy, Alice-in-Wonderland world where a 1,400-page document is produced by the…
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Parents Ski Free?/Will the 1999 Outdoor Retail Summer Market Leave a Meaningful Mark?/Erwin Wieland Retires/Doug Waugh, Alex Lowe Die
Parents Ski Free? [Editor’s note: The opening of this item appears on an earlier page that is not included in the archived…
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Pre-Season Bookings
At the risk of jinxing the entire 1999-2000 ski season…so far, so great. “After last year, I thought there might be a…
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Blue Pages
Skiing and Clinton’s Enviro Legacy The Clinton administration’s moves to give Gore a shiny campaign asset and Clinton an environmental legacy started…
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Construction Site
Snowshoe As part of a three-year expansion project, Snowshoe Mountain, W.V., crews knocked down the Timberline Lodge to clear the way for…
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To the Editor
Helicopter Rescue Sir: Allow me to add a second chapter to the article on “Helicopter Rescue Options” that appeared in the September…
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Seth Says: How Not to Use E-mail
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: group trip Date: 5 Jan 1999 15:02:43 Hello, Tantamount folks: I just wanted to tell you how…
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Finding the Best Teen Workers
Both the U.S. Census Bureau and Workforce 2000 have been telling us that the 16- to 24-year-old population has been shrinking for…
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The Future of Booking Rooms Starts With a Click
Last season was the first for real-time online bookings at ski resorts and the results were less than exemplary. But many in…
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Industry Reports
Mountain Creek Lodge Destroyed by Fire An accidental fire Sunday, October 10, destroyed a base lodge at Mountain Creek, the Intrawest-owned ski…
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Skiing With Style: Sugar Bowl 60 Years
By Robert Frohlich with S. E. Humphries 120 pages with photographs throughout. Price: $40. ISBN: 1-893057-01-1 Coldstream Press, Truckee, Calif. (800) 916-7450…
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Alcohol-Server Training Reduces Risk
It’s no secret that ski areas are perceived as highly risky places. But do you realize one of the riskiest locations of…
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Heads Up: New National Safety Call to Action
In the wake of two seasons of bad press stemming from the 1998 deaths of Michael Kennedy and Sonny Bono, the National…
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Two Legal Sides to the Fence
Fence 1 On February 2, 1994, Sam Skier and some friends were skiing at the Snowy Ski Area making their last run…
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Innovation Returns to Breckenridge
After three years of monitoring user patterns and analyzing the growing demands skiers placed on the aging Quicksilver SuperChair at Breckenridge Ski…
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Tubes, Skibikes and the Zorb, What’s Next?
It seems like anything and everything is game at resorts these days. Snowbikes, tubes, mini-skis and laser guns are all part of…
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Against All Odds in New Jersey
When Robin Smith wrote this article, he was president at Mountain Creek. Smith has since departed and now works for York, the…
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Methow Valley: A Profile in Profit
Many snowbelt communities that depend on summer tourism stagnate in winter. An increasing number are turning to various forms of winter recreation…
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Forest Service Plan Would Limit Colorado Skiing
This land is your land This land is my land From California To the New York island From the Redwood Forest To…
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Vail’s Category III Project: A Case Study
In July 1999, Vail Resort finally commenced cutting lift alignments and trails in its Category III expansion area, now named Blue Sky…
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The Lynx: Coming to a Ski Area Near You?
Mostly nothing is what’s known about the Canada lynx. We do know that this cat favors the same higher-elevation, snow-vaulted geography as…
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Growth Issues: Crossroads in Colorado
Nationally, providers of outdoor recreation are on a collision course with the conservation ethic. SAM presents a special section that explores this…
