In This Issue
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The End Page
Vital Statistics from NSGA about women and an American Demographics sidebar on insect repellent; Poorly placed signs at or near ski areas.
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Idea Files
Padded J-bars at Ski LIberty, Pa.; motor room awnings at Crystal Mountain, Mich.; portable electric generator for snowmaking on x-c trails at…
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This cover shows the Snowbird tram outfitted with a lifting frame and carrying the top terminal’s bullwheel for the new Mineral Basin…
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Hosting Company Picnics
When Kirk Hanna purchased Mt. Hood Skibowl, Ore., and started pulling it out of bankruptcy 12 years ago, he knew he’d have…
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Environmental Charter
By Sarah Stokes The ski industry has long been in the business of environmental stewardship. Those who pursue professions in the ski…
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Snowshoeing/XC Debate
By Jonathan Wiesel, Principal, Nordic Group International Back in the optimistic 1960s when I was a history grad student, we were told…
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Finally, Some common sense in Season Pass Pricing
By Bob Gillen, Publisher, The Snow Industry Letter It was like waiting for the other shoe to drop and it finally did.…
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Blue Pages
A New Scene Unfolds for Ski Media The media line-up in the ski world looks a lot different this year with the…
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Construction Site
Snowbird To avoid cutting an access road and thereby limit environmental impacts and save some money, Snowbird, Utah, staff and Garaventa CTEC…
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What’s New?
A Real Twister From Forward Motion comes the Tornado, a rotating snowboard binding that allows 360 degrees of foot positions in six-degree…
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Letters: Snow Monsters
Snow Monsters Sir: There have been several attempts at an industry-wide marketing campaign to sell skiing and boarding to the public. Our…
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Seth Says: E-Commerce going local. Right Now.
Do you remember Sidney Stratton? In the 1952 Ealing Studios comedy “The Man in the White Suit,” chemist Sidney Stratton, played by…
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How to Select an Architect
By Jack Zehren, AIA, President, Zehren and Associates, Inc. One of the first decisions to face a ski resort operator contemplating a…
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Ride and ASC Find Much Needed Working Capital
It doesn’t matter how good your strategy is if you can’t meet your ongoing operating expenses. But at least a viable strategy…
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Averting a Lift Disaster
By Sean Seifert, Area and Operations Manager, Snow Trails, Ohio After a warm December in 1998, Snow Trails, Ohio opened for the…
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Helicopter Rescue Options Expand for Ski Resorts
Now that civilian emergency medical services (EMS) and search and rescue (SAR) operations have gotten the green light to make helicopter hoist…
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To Mediate or Not to Mediate
By Jerri Tranquilli, AIC Claims Department, Acordia Resort Services The legal system is a fine institution, but it may be the last…
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Boarding for City Kids
“We don’t think you can call it a game unless everyone gets a chance to play.” This quote comes from the mission…
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Preparing for Annual Lift Inspections
By Sam Geise, P.E., Acordia Resort Services Just as it makes good sense for your car to have an annual inspection to…
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Standards for Judging Riders
What’s the difference between a slob and mute grab? Is a frontside 720 harder than a switch 540 with a grab? And,…
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OpSki Takes Aim at the Military Market
Four years ago, Massachusetts-based marketing consultant Larry Bearfield approached the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) and all four branches of the military…
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New Sewage Treatments are Ecological and Economical
Grand Targhee Employs New Wastewater Science By Michael Commins A leak discovered in Grand Targhee’s old wastewater treatment lagoon in 1990 led…
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Resorts as Retailers: Expanding Avenue or Wrong Turn?
As resorts continue to diversify, the question of whether retail shops can generate profits always comes up. When Okemo Mountain, Vt., decided…
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Worksleds 2000
When it comes to choosing a snowmobile, the key is figuring out what types of chores the sled will be expected to…
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The Trouble with Winter—Part II
Probably most readers of this article were children when SAM published a previous version 25 years ago. In the interim many things…
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Our Customers: Younger, More Riding
Industry marketers, trying to catch all the subtleties of demography, have been trying to balance the two scenarios of a) the baby…
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Industry Reports
Vail Wins in Court Again For the second time, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled unanimously in favor of…
