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Trail Maintenance
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Boot Camp Symposium on Terrain Features
This is an article describing the symposium sponsored by Pisten Bully at Mammoth Mountain, Calif., in November of 2000. There was classroom training as…
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Construction Site
Wachusett Mountain, Mass., new base lodge expansion; Granite Peak at Rib Mountain, Wis., snowmaking upgrades; Mount Sunapee, N.H., lift; Whitetail, Pa., snowmaking; Grand Targhee,…
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Logging by Air
Logging by way of helicopters avoids fragile ground when there’s not enough snowcover. A description of how Marmot Basin, Alberta, did it is a…
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Trails For Mountain Bikes
A fall Mountain Bike Trails Workshop at Mount Snow, Vt., discussed building and maintaining trails to avoid potential problems such as soil erosion and…
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About The Cover
At Mount Snow, Vermont, a local farm owner has been grazing a flock of 65 sheep on the hill as a natural lawn mower.…
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Snow Fences That Work
A look at the findings of Ron Tabler, who has been studying and developing different systems of snow fencing for state highways and now…
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Crossroads In Groomer Design
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Crossroads In Groomer Design
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Oversnow Vehicles 1988
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Converting Dinosaurs
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Oversnow Vehicles 1987
Mechanical and attachment refinements make the machinery more sophisticated each year.
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Winch-Assisted Grooming– 2 Systems
Super steep slopes can be groomed using winches as both LMC and Kassbohrer have shown with new equiptment.
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Moving Snow By Chopper
The idea seems like overkill until you minimize the variables. Then patching makes sense according to Jim Buckingham.
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Care & Training Of Slope Main. Crews
The secrets and techniques that gave Steamboat a reputation for superbgrooming are revealed in an interview with Gary Kline. By Jeannie Patton.
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1985 Roundup Of Over-Snow Vehicles
There may be few totally new machines on the market this year, but the improvements have made the standards better than ever. By Nils…