In This Issue
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Phil Gravink
“It isn’t the old country road anymore — it’s a super highway of skiers! There have to be responsibilities, the same as…
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Report
Murray leaves NSAA marketing post Tom Murray has resigned from his position as Marketing Director of NSAA to assume the position of…
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Speak Out
“Darcy” Brown On the occasion of Darcy Brown’s retirement from the presidency of the Aspen Skiing Corporation, we would like to recall…
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Issues
Have you ever gone up to a lady who has a small child in tow and said, “Lady, that’s probably the homeliest…
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Letters
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New Products
Reliable Racing Supply, 624 Glen St., Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801, has found considerable acceptance this season for its Break-A-Way slalom poles, according…
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Heritage Mountain
Editors Note: Nobody could ever accuse ski area planners and builders of thinking small. They are a special breed. They have mostly…
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Jumbo Chairs
For Stadeli-Lift, headquartered just outside Zurich, Switzerland, there had been endless preparatory work with the appropriate Transport Office in Berne before getting…
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Finding Lost Skiers
Increasingly, ski areas are taking a hard line about costly search-and-rescue missions for skiers who ignore posted warnings and stray from patrolled…
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Over-Snow Vehicles
The story of over-snow vehicles and their use at ski areas might start with the end of World War II when surplus…
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A Look Back
30 Years ago in Ski Industry Magazine Plans are announced by Alexander Cushing and Wayne Poulsen for a major ski resort at…
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Management Styles
The ski industry is coming of age and as a result of its new-found maturity, many ski resort operators are taking a…
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Yellow Flag Management
One of the biggest surprises to me upon entering the ski industry was the seeming lack of planning and control of capital…
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Night Into Day
In the Midwest, skiers think nothing of a two-hour drive to the ski slopes for three or four hours of skiing at…
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Joe Wachtel
“You can’t be a desk jockey and operate a successful ski area,” says Joe Wachtel, vice-president of operations at Sundown, Dubuque, Ia.…
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Non-Destructive Testing
Director of Operations, Industrial NDT Co., Inc. Felix Kloman, president of Risk Planning Group and insurance consultant to the ski area industry,…
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The Junkman Cometh
Hugh Knapp had the perfect idea, he figured. He’d become a one-man bulletin board, message center and brokerage house for used ski…
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Lift Maintenance
1. Older Lifts Some of the older lifts in use today have welded shafts in the bullwheels. A lot of these have…
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Solar Ranch House
“The Ranchouse” a new 10,000 square foot lodge was built this fall at Sierra Ski Ranch. Sierra Ski Ranch is located 175…
