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  • Blue Pages

    Skiing Co and TMM Sold to Time, Inc.; SACC to Grade Resort Environmental Records; Sydney Dynamics Sought for 2002; piece on Jim Lyons having…

  • SAM Idea Files

    Mirrors at top terminals to help lift operators keep watch of the end of the unloading ramp while also watching approaching skiers from Snowshoe,…

  • Construction Site

    Projects detailed at: Seven Springs, Pa., Telluride, Colo., Bristol Mountain, N.Y., Chestnut Mountain, Ill., and Big Mountain, Mont.

  • Construction Site

    Projects detailed at: Seven Springs, Pa., Telluride, Colo., Bristol Mountain, N.Y., Chestnut Mountain, Ill., and Big Mountain, Mont.

  • Drawing Athletes Out of Doors

    This article describes a Tubbs Snowshoes-Reebock program aimed at increasing snowshoeing at resorts by appealing to indoor athletes in city gyms. Programs at ski…

  • Nastar is Reborn

    The story explains the new deal to rejuvenate citizen racing at ski areas through Nastar. Agreement hammered out involving SKI magazine, the U.S. Ski…

  • Triumph of a Dream

    This actually is an excerpt from Pete Seibert’s new coffee-table book “Vail: Triumph of a Dream.”

  • Lift Loading Accidents

    This is a case review of an accident that reaffirms the importance of proper training of lift attendants.

  • Not Just Another Pretty Face

    Mount Shasta, Calif., keeps breaking skier visit numbers. This profile of the operation tries to shed some light on the reason for its success.

  • A (Super) Pipe Dream

    The piece details the first specifications for internationally sanctioned halfpipe events. A diagram details the specs for building FIS-approved superpipes.