In This Issue
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NSAA Newsletter
Unity of Purpose In a move which is in the best interests of the industry, the Board of Directors of the National…
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Cover Story– Fire
The lift operators arrived in time to complete their usual pre-operational checks at the base station of a top-drive gondola. As usual,…
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What Produces Profits
Last year a Wall Street type was overheard saying, “So what’s to running a ski area? One business is like any other.”…
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Danger– Load Test In Progress
Chief Cableways Engineer, USDA—Forest Service Load testing of aerial lifts has been performed for many years and the procedures are fairly well…
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Lifts 1974
As in the past, the primary source of information on new lifts and new areas is the lift manufacturer. The key data…
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1975 Products, Services, And Suppliers
Ed. Note: To maximize the usefulness of this directory of products and services cross-referenced with suppliers, we have sacrificed completeness for clarity.…
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Schools Can Mean Profits
In the Midwest, where enterprising ski area managers pursue every angle to make their operations pay, some areas have developed a consistent…
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Economic Study Of Ski Areas
The newest economic analysis of ski areas is in print and tells a mixed story. Perhaps it can be summed up by…
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From Expo To Vail In 10 Days
November 3 signaled the end of the 184-day run of EXPO ’74 in Spokane, Wa. At the same time it marked the…
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Letter From France
Shortly before going to press we received a letter from a reader in France who operates a small ski resort in the…
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Letters
Sir:
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Speak Out
One of the penalties of writing opinion is that one will not have the command of language to make oneself understood. (Naturally,…
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Report
For this issue we asked our regional editors to get a feeling for how the season might shape up based on advanced…
