In This Issue
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Light Up For Profit
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Report
Development State-owned areas questioned in New Hampshire A subcommittee of New Hampshire’s Citizens Task Force has issued a preliminary report questioning state…
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The Wizard Of Winter Park
Winter Park is 30 years old this Winter, and Steve Bradley has been manager for 20 of those years. The resort has…
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Letters
In recent months I have read many publications in reference to the morning half-day ticket as part of the regular ticket structure.…
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Equipment
Video Recording The Model 1300 Video Instruction System is a unit which allows up to 20 seconds of action replay in slow…
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NSAA Newsletter
NSAA ConventionVail, ColoradoMay 26, 27, 28 The eighth annual NSAA Convention has shaped up into our best convention ever. We are planning…
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Technology
The problem of re-uniting skis with skiers evacuated from a skis-off gondola was raised by Steve Lyman of Sugarbush in the Winter…
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Speak Out
Why go to Vail? One of the hallmarks of a thriving industry is a strong association that can represent the collective viewpoint…
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Forest Service
Another “ounce of prevention,” an avalanche-hazard rating index, is being developed under the direction of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment…
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In Court
Christine and a boyfriend decided to go tobogganing at Snow Valley, Calif. The land was owned by the U.S. government, but permits…
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New Jersey Belle Entertains By Night
How about a ski area located in a metropolitan district south of New York City, at an elevation of less than 200…
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Bousquet Is Where Lighting All Began
When Clarence Bousquet hooked up a few strings of incandescent light bulbs over the Russell Slope at his combination farm and ski…
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How To Pick A Lighting System
Many ski areas have approached the problem of slope lighting by putting up a light. If it wasn’t sufficient, they added another.…
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Silent Snowmakers Save New York Area
Dutchess ski area in Beacon, N. Y., has eliminated snowmaking noise with three “Whisperized” Spiro-Flo air compressors. The Whisperized compressors, developed by…
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Snowmakers Ice Sugar Mountain
A Southern ski area is only as good as its snowmaking system, so when Dr. Tom Brigham—who easily deserves the epithet, the…
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Efficient Snowmaker Makes Money-Stowe
At many ski areas making snow, the fact that the snow is being made and the trails and slopes are skiable is…
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Vail Meet For Area Management
A new meeting format, a panel on environmental planning and a bigger-than-ever trade exhibition, have been combined to form one of the…
