In This Issue
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NSAA– Where It’s Been, Where It’s Going
Ten years ago this month, a small group of far-sighted ski area operators met at the Hotel Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The…
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Bob James, M.D.
Whether Bob James is found in the boardroom of a bank or in the boiler room of a ski lodge, you’re impressed.…
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Snowmaking– Getting It Together
The snowmaking tests held in conjunction with the 1972 NSAA Mid-Winter Meeting at Waterville Valley were an industry first. As an attempt…
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The Sage Of Sun Valley
The first thing about Bill Janss, sole owner of Sun Valley, resort and legend, is that he descends from a wealthy California…
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A Reservation For Two, Please
Zero Liftline Growth might soon be upon us, bringing good will, simplified maintenance and lots of black ink if the various policies…
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Learn The Rules Of Lift-Off
If your lifts ran on peak days with less than two stops an hour and no missed chairs, T-sticks, platters or J-bars…
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Food Concessioning
There are only two reasons why an area should concession out its food and beverage operations: to secure capital or to secure…
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Cabling For Tower Power
While building our fourth chairlift at Mission Ridge this year, the Forest Service asked that three of our 24 towers be erected…
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NSAA Agenda– What’s Coming At Sun Valley
The NSAA Convention: What’s in store Financing and the environment will be heading the agenda when ski area operators gather at Sun…
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Food Service
Streamline your checkout In a well designed cafeteria every service station is capable of serving customers faster than the cashier station. Anything…
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In Court
Taking her daughter to see a ski jump competition, a young mother had the misfortune of choosing a vantage point in a…
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Marketing
It isn’t too late but it’s already past countdown time for the production and distribution of next year’s brochure. Trite as it…
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Technology
Looking back, planning ahead The 1971-72 ski season was an unusual one for nearly all North American ski areas. Lack of natural…
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Report
AMF, Inc., the leisure-industry giant and parent firm of Head Ski Company, may soon be adding another name to its conglomerate roster—the…
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Speak Out
Anniversaries are not in themselves important; they merely mark the passage of time. But, as such, they are useful as benchmarks for…
