SAM Coverage
Miscellaneous
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6 Industry Crystal Balls
As an accompaniment to Steve Bradley’s seriocomic fantasy beginning on Page 38, we asked a number of professionals in our field to project their…
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2001-A Ski Fantasy
“949. . . . .950. . . 951. . . Aha! Another tooth particle. . . 952. . .953. It was the year 2001.…
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Sam At College
Not only is the Ma and Pa ski area extinct, the seat-of-the-pants kind of manager is fast disappearing in favor of a breed that…
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Photogate
There were no break-ins or gaps of missing tape, but the analogy was perfectly clear: Colorado’s “Photogate” of last season led to the dismissal…
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Wunderbar!
Photos Courtesy of Hans Lamprecht, Motor im Schnee Magazine The multi-national trip started in Denver on January 18, when 46 ski area owners and…
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Whither Whiteface
“This is one hell of a cold part of the world,” said New York State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Peter A.A. Berle in explaining why…
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Ski Area Rip-Off
How much potential ski area income is lost annually through customer and employee theft? How much is lost from internal embezzling? From shoplifting? From…
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Whirlpools In The Snow
In ski history there has long been a relationship between snow and warm water. First there was the daring and innovative outdoor pool at…
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A Naked Look At The Year-Round Resort
Raymond S. Rodgers is a Canadian planning consultant who took a busman’s holiday at a half-dozen ski-oriented, year-round residential communities in the U.S. far…
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The Stowe Carnival
There is a famous business axiom: “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” Don’t believe it. If the Mount Mansfield Company, which…
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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. Not all…
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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 French Alps.…
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Area Communications
Communication means talk, but talking over a vast area that is typical of a ski resort precludes all but the most intimate communication —…
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Slim Davis Looks Forward
“The days of shoe-stringing a ski area, like Dave McCoy did twenty Years ago at Mammoth, are finished.” “American skiing is being given a…
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Ski-Roo-Bee-Doo
Never before had so many ski areas launched so many creative marketing programs. Confronted by discouraging skier growth statistics, threatened by recession, inflation, the…
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Two Way Radio
“Base to Unit” . . . “10-4” . . . “Loud & Clear” . . . “Over ‘n Out” . . . “Roger Dodger”…
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1973-74– A Season Of Extremes
This past year saw all sorts of records set, from all-time highs in snow accumulation in the northwest, to all-time lows in about anything…
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What Mixes With Skiing
H.C. Caldwell, of California Products, on “Do snow and tennis mix?” You bet they do, and in ever-increasing numbers around the country, ski areas…