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Battling Inadequate Rentals
Though ski area managers have been working to upgrade rental condominiums over the last few years, eradicating the worst might take a few more.…
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Ski School Reunion at Tremblant
The gathering of 600 ex and current ski school instructors at Tremblant was a huge success for a few days in July owing to…
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Snow Monsters Join NSAA
NSAA announces Jack Turner’s Snow Monsters program (video and snow creatures) have been made available to member resorts in an effort to help grow…
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1998 Rental Helmet Roundup
This is a roundup of all the helmets available for rental shops for the 1998-1999 season.
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Whitetail Goes Geothermal
Geothermal power is being harnessed for Whitail, Pa.’s first on-site lodging. This article details how the resort is building to accomodate its environmentally-friendly mantra.
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Introducing Blacktail, Montana
This is a profile of the process of founding Blacktail, Mont., the first new ski area to open on Forest Service Land since 1978.
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Work In Progress
This sidebar to a main article on the potential opportunities and pitfalls in developing resort villages takes a look at Winter Park for some…
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Base Area Villages
This article discusses potential opportunities and pitfalls when developing resort villages. It also discusses the ways to successfuly structure and market such developments. (An…
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The Opie and Dopey Show
Two Breckenridge patrollers developed a multimedia presentation to teach kids about ski safety. The program is a success, using miniature characters in a slide…
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Enter E-Commerce
This article reviews the resorts that are offering skiers the opportunity to book vacations on-line. It also takes a look at the technology that…