In This Issue
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New Products
High pressure washer by Alfred Marcher Ski. Snowboard racks by Air Dry Systems. Power control system by Var+Controls. Human maze by Amaze…
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About The Cover
At Mount Snow, Vermont, a local farm owner has been grazing a flock of 65 sheep on the hill as a natural…
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Computers For Small Areas: Learning The Basics
Small ski areas that will be successful in the ’90s will be service-driven companies. They will provide increasingly higher levels of service…
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Ski Industry Focus
The recent drop in interest rates means ski areas with “rated” credit can take advantage of low-rate loans. But non-rated resorts, even…
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Ski Reports
Vail and Beaver Creek came out of bankruptcy with George Gillett no longer owning them (see also page 24).
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Computer Catalog Errata
Following are additions and corrections to the listings in “The Second Ski Industry Computer Software Catalog” (pages 30-36, July SAM 1992).
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Letters
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Yo, Dynos! Don’t Norton
Yo, dynos! Don’t Norton* By Gary Black, Jr.Publisher, Ski Racing If you thought that the shred heads were just an anomaly and…
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Reach Out And Touch At&T
Reach out and touch AT&T Warning: You will probably find this a mean-spirited editorial. So be it. There is a need to…
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Highlights Of A Skimpy Expansion Year
The construction index for North American ski areas has not exactly been at a fever pitch this offseason. Lift construction did receive…
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What’s Happening To Advanced Classes?
Although ski school revenues at most ski areas appear to be keeping pace with revenue figures in other departments, the “health” in…
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Seasonal And Year Round Employee Differences
by William Hill Professor of Management Development, Colorado Mountain College It’s fair to say that most ski area managers and supervisors realize…
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Computers For Small Areas: Avoiding The Pitfalls
This year is the tenth anniversary of the personal computer introduced by IBM in 1981. It’s amazing how, in 10 years, these…
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Former Drexel Executives Gain Control Of Vail Associates
For George Gillett, it was a bittersweet victory. His Gillett Holdings Inc. will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy September 30, but he…
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Can Cads Keep Skiers Skiing
CADS may be the oddest device on the slopes, but if it ever gains mainstream acceptance, it could also have significant implications…
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Lessons Learned From Giving It Away
It was a simple but revolutionary concept: don’t charge for lift tickets. For the first 18 days of the 1991-92 season, Crested…
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Impact Wrenches: Ratcheting Quick And Easy
Removal and replacement of nuts and bolts is an everyday occurrence for shop mechanics. Impact wrenches make the job easier and safer…
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Top Or Bottom Drive
Understanding the physical differences between installing a top drive versus a bottom drive of a lift helps in evaluating the actual cost…
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Backyard To The Future
Long ago in this country, there were hundreds of backyard ski slopes where many of us learned to ski. Powder Mills Park,…
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Sign Posts: Light, Versatile And Easy
Grand Targhee, Wyo., had been using steel highway posts to hold mountain signs, but we found these to be awkward and top-heavy,…
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A Topping For Powder Ridge
Powder Ridge Ski Area made a decision in the Spring of 1990: demand in that section of central Minnesota dictated they expand,…
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A Safety Puzzle Solved
One day in 1987, an insurance inspector presented a puzzle to the managers of Sundown, Iowa: replace the wood-slat snow fence nailed…
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Two Elk Fits A Niche
Vail Associates has long held an envious reputation for providing exceptional skiing through trail layouts, snowmaking and grooming and the introduction of…
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Outpost On High
It may appear that the creation of a new restaurant begins with a design theme for a building — how it will…
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Is Elegance Essential?
Grand celebrations and industry kudos marked the opening last winter of two new on-mountain facilities in Colorado: Vail’s Two Elk restaurant, a…
