In This Issue
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NSAA Convention
Convention coverage and news.
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Mountain Out Of A Computer
It’s been a busy week. Managing a ski area through the peak of the season leaves little time for anything else. The…
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Speak Out
“Letting George do it” Sixteen years ago in SAM appeared an open letter from NSAA addressed, “Dear Ski Area Operator,” and signed,…
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New Products
Snow grooming specialists, Valley Engineering, of Gray, Maine, have introduced four new items: 1) The Junior Trail Grader is now available with…
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The Great Numbers Game
In medieval times, one of the great questions — endlessly debated by theologians, scholars, philosophers and clerics — was how many angels…
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Letters
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Report
Ski Industries America will produce a partially-sponsorable radio program, “Sno Country Reports,” according to David Ingemie, SIA Marketing Director.
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Summer Maintenance
It was good to see so much interest in the maintenance panel at the NSAA Convention. Now I will try to add…
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Lift Crew Training
The airline industry learned long ago that they needed a sophisticated staff to care for their aircraft. The airlines also found that…
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Load Testing
The Ski Area Management Winter 1975 issue contained a frequently-referenced article on post-construction load testing of aerial lift facilities. It enumerated prerequisites…
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Breeze Rentals
When Lew Sapiro left a successful real estate financing business in New York and came to Denver to purchase a ski rental…
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Boreal Ridge
If car crazy California had a “drive-in” ski area, it would be Boreal Ridge, a success story sitting at the top of…
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Looking For Trouble
Editors Note: This is the second in a series of five articles being written about various types of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) applicable…
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Cross-Country Trail Grooming
Ten years ago, cross-country skiers were happy to ski on any trail that was packed with only a trace of a track.…
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The Downeast Adventures Of Wendy & Dick
The oldest continuously operating ski hill in the State of Maine, the Camden Snow Bowl, lies on the Ragged Mountain, second highest…
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The Market Place
Most ski area marketing directors don’t read the newspaper. But, simply because they live in places where people come to “get away…
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Washington Report
I had been to the White House before — as a tourist. But now I was going as an invited member of…
