In This Issue
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1979 Directory Of Products And Suppliers
The Vital, cross-referenced listing…and annual SAM service features.
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Skiers Past, Present & Potential
At the end of the 1977-78 ski season the U.S. Forest Service undertook a nationwide skier market study. Sno-engineering, Inc. and Opinion…
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Recreational Racing
A decade has passed since eight hand-picked ski areas successfully navigated through the unknown waters of a recreational skiers’ racing program called…
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Capacity
One key to building a successful ski area is to achieve to optimum balance between slope capacity, lift capacity, utilization and lift…
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Yellow Flag Management
Few would argue the responsibility of a general, mountain manager or maintenance supervisor in minimizing labor cost in a labor-intensive business such…
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Wintergreen
A ski resort that last winter hung up the “sold out” sign every weekend — some days closing its entrance gate before…
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Bomb Threats
At the height of the ski season last winter, four Colorado ski resorts were forced to deal with the “unthinkable.” Aspen, Vail,…
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1977-78 Economic Survey
The 1977-78 Economic Analysis of North American Ski Areas completes a decade of such annual studies. It is therefore perhaps fitting that…
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Lifts 1978
No matter how you slice it, 1978 has been a big year in new lift construction, and although this index is not…
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Something For The Bunny
Ed. Note: Tony Sowder’s article is the first in a continuing series on lift technology by the people who design and build…
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NSAA Newsletter
ASF Establishes Washington Office The American Ski Federation’s Director of Government Relations, attorney Joe Prendergast, has opened up the new ASF office…
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Speak Out
“Slim” DavisGeorge Froehlich We again sadly use these columns to record the passing of friends. The first, the legendary Wilfred “Slim” Davis,…
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Report
Arapahoe East will have no slide and, in all probability, no skiing this season.
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New Products
Accumatic Timing Lab., P.O. Box 69, Denville, N.J. 06734; has brought out new Radiometric eyes for use in their low-cost Stop Watch…
