In This Issue
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NSAA President Voices Optimism
A brief review of an important speech by Frank Snyder on the decade ahead.
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Master Planning
by Everett Lord-Wood. A noted consultent looks at the meaning of master planning for the smaller ski area operator
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Annual Check-Up
by Ted Farwell, MBA. Tthe most noted of ski area economists, Ted Farwell, takes you behind the new NSAA-United Banks of Denver…
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Artificial Skiing Surfaces
by Robert E. Kinney,, P.E. A review of what is available…and what the costs are
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Trouble With Winter
By Henrik Bull FAIA. A noted ski architect incisively and wittly reviews the rules for building in the mountains
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Bullwheel Loading
An update on developmens by SAM’s technical editor, Bob Kinney, the man who introduced it
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Summer Restaurant Potential
By Dicik McHugh
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Wire Rope Lubrication Illustrated
This article is currently not available online. Please email donna@saminfo.com for a pdf copy of the article
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French Tour Rockies
A special report on a special tour of the rockies by a group of French ski area operators
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Stop Summer Shocks
The one system of a lift that can almost be counted on to give problems when lift start-up time arrives next winter…
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Pro Racing Makes It Big
Should I get a pro race at my area next season? How much does it cost? What hidden costs are there? What…
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Fertilizing Your Alpine Trees
High altitude alpine vegetation is increasingly being recognized as part of a “fragile” environment easily damaged by careless or intensive use. The…
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How Efficient Is Your Snowmaking
Because of the competitive nature of snowmaking, and the increasing number of suppliers introducing new product developments, it is important for the…
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Delicate Economics
Recently while participating in the U.S. Forest Service-sponsored National Winter Sports Symposium in Denver, I listened as Vail’s Jim Bartlett talked about…
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Free-Style Competition
To get the real story of what is going on, SAM’s Contributing Editor, Barbara Wicks, interviewed Bob Theobold, one of the key…
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Pete Seibert Interview
The 1st vice president of National Ski Areas Association is usually elected to the presidency after the incumbent has served two terms.…
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ANSI Code Changes
Forty-five separate changes to the American National Standard Safety Requirements for Aerial Passenger Tramways (B77.1-1970) were approved by the American National Standards…
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NSAA Convention & Trade Show Plans
Final plans for the 11th NSAA Convention were late in coming, as Dick Garis and the committees labored to pull together the…
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Speak Out
Re-introducing: SPEAKING OUT That section of SAM called “Speaking Out” has been provocative, constructive and well read over the years. We plan…
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Letters
Slander award made In the Spring of 1972 issue of Ski Area Management there was a fairly detailed summary of suit and…
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Report
AREA ROUNDUP California enjoys fine season; a great one in southern areas Ski areas in California enjoyed one of their longest seasons…
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New Products
Poma urban transport Heron Poma, whose ski lifts are well known to the industry, has released some details on its Poma 2000…
