In This Issue
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Next-Gen Snowmaking
Automating your snowmaking saves time, money and labor. Among resorts that make snow, snowmaking is the biggest line item in the energy…
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Resort Economics 101
Despite the recession, the 2008/2009 season held up because of decent snowfall. Still, there are areas of concern. The arrival of the…
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The VFD Retrofit
Variable frequency drives are beneficial in many ways, including energy savings and improved performance. For many outside of a small circle of…
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Filling Up the Park
Mountain Creek is giving away lessons and more than doubling its ski and snowboard school bookings. The sun was out and the…
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Construction Site :: May 2010
New Lodges, lifts and summer attractions for mountain resort guests. KEYSTONE, COLORADOAs part of Keystone’s River Run Gondola upgrade, the resort replaced…
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Industry Reports :: May 2010
BRIAN HEAD ON THE MARKET… TAMARACK OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT… COHEE ACQUIRES SIERRA SUMMIT… DEER VALLEY WINS IN COURT AGAINST CHRISTY… BOSTON EXPO GETS…
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Going Down the Tubes
Resorts find tubing succeeds year-round. Summer tubing can be both profitable and promotional for winter resorts. As with winter tubing, profit margins…
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Short But Suhweet
Good snow offset a short season for most. Late start. Early end. But in between, the 2009-2010 ski season was quite good.…
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Under the Lights
Here is the latest on lighting the slopes for night skiing and riding. In 1936, Bousquet, Mass., became the first ski area…
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Mountain Spy :: May 2010
Mountain Spy Liz Eren rides the Olymic wave with this issue’s question and received the usual varied answers. THE QUESTION: MY SON…
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Blue Pages :: May 2010
HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL IMPACT INDUSTRY… HELMET LAWS A-COMIN’… OBAMAS FAVOR LIBERTY… XANADU SNOWPARK GETS VETERAN OPERATOR… WILL OLYMPICS BOOST SNOWSPORTS?… MOVE…
