In This Issue
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Mud Money
These aren’t your mother’s obstacle races. Military-inspired competitions are making a big mark at ski areas in the off-season. Mud season is…
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Get Fit For Work
Fitness and nutrition play a big role in how your employees perform. Snow is accumulating in the mountains, and the young men…
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Steel Versus Iron
When it comes to snowmaking pipe, there are pros and cons to using steel or using ductile iron. The recent introduction of…
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What’s In Your Park VII?
Check out this year’s entries. Again this year we asked resorts from around the world to send us news and pictures of…
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Lot-to-Lift Made Easy
It’s a brave new world out there in customer service thanks to new mobile devices that make it easier to cater to…
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Construction Site :: November 2011
A special report on the ski areas that were hit by Tropical Storm Irene. Resorts in the Northeast impacted by Tropical Storm…
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Speak Out :: In the Wake of Irene
Surviving Irene Tropical Storm Irene did its worst damage across upstate New York and northern New England in late August, but it…
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Positive Signs Pile Up
The tea leaves favor a big season ahead for most. With forecasters promising another la Niña and the East picking up from…
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For the People
When designing your freestyle terrain, remember all those who might use it. What keeps me up at night even after an 18-hour…
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Ramping Up Retail
What resort shops can do to improve their sales. Retail efforts at many ski areas commonly lack the kind of allure and…
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In the Right Place
Do you have the signs that your area needs, and in all the right places? Every ski area has a wide selection…
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Effort In = Costs Out
A resort-wide focus on cutting energy costs led to big savings at Crested Butte. Even as prices of electricity, natural gas, and…
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Eco-Tip :: Biodiesel Alternative
Turning Kitchen Oil Into Snowcat Fuel Biodiesel: An organically produced, renewable resource, such as vegetable oils or recycled animal fat greases, that…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2011
Mountain Spy Liz Eren plays an eager young adult yearning to work and play in the mountains—remember those? We called them “ski…
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Blue Pages :: November 2011
CAN ANYONE CERTIFY TERRAIN PARKS?… TIME IS ON THEIR SIDE… ONTHESNOW BIDS TO BE ONE-STOP SOURCE… SNOCOUNTRY STEPS UP ITS GAME… SUMMER…
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Industry Reports :: November 2011
ALPINE MEADOWS AND SQUAW VALLEY COMBINE… TWO N.Y. AREAS SOLD… WISP FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY… PRIVATE CLUBS OPEN AND CLOSE… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER…
