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An Inch In Space Saves Down Time
Doppelmayr provided Stratton, Vt., with a solution to prevent ice buildup from stopping their new six-passenger lift: an inch of clearance between the outer…
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The Next Big Thing?
Some trends come and go while some turn into industry standards. Here’s a look at a few of the recent alternative activities capturing public…
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What’s In A Winning Rental Operation?
Wachusett Mountain, Mass., believing renters are their most important customers, leaves nothing to chance to keep them happy and the rental shop productive, from…
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Consumer For A Day
An industry insider decided to find out what it was like to choose a destination for a family vacation from brochures ordered up from…
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The Ultimate Flush
Sewage treatment was a growing problem at Sugarloaf/USA, Me., until they discovered Snowfluent, a process developed by Delta Engineering that uses snowmaking technology to…
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Construction Site
Lifts are more powerful, buildings are bigger, snowmaking increases. . .but some construction techniques are regressing. Projects covered include: Lake Louise, Alberta; Snowshoe, W.V.;…
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Footloose And Debt Free
A SAM “Profile in Profit,” Ski Apache, N.M., has the highest lift capacity in the state, over 200,000 annual skier visits and operates in…
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Sam Idea Files
Creative ideas from ski areas include: Christmas tree fences from Powder Ridge, Minn., rubber walkways from Buttermilk Ski Area, Colo., and an adjustable handle…
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No Discount For Some Socal Areas
Three out of the four major Southern California ski areas are streamlining ticket prices and throwing out many discounts, but the biggest surprise of…
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Miller Buys Snow Country
The New York Times sold off its tennis, ski and boating magazines–including Snow Country–to California-based Miller Publishing Group.
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Boarding Gains Continue
A survey of U.S. ski areas conducted by RRC Associates for NSAA and Transworld SNOWboarding Business examines the continuing gains in snowboarding visits, currently…
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A-Basin Sale Is Dundeed
A wry look at Vail’s recent sale–mandated by the Department of Justice–of Arapahoe Basin, Colo., to Dundee Realty for four million dollars.
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Norm Sayler Runs Donner Ski Ranch The Old-Fashioned Way
An excerpt from Robert Frohlich’s new book, Mountain Dreamers: Visionaries of Sierra Nevada Skiing. Photos by Carolyn Caddes.
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Pre-Season Preparation For Boarders
Studies from the SIA Snowboard Studies show that snowboarders are a dominant force in the early season. Here are some tips to attracting them…
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Ski Area Coffee Break
It may seem like a small thing, but good coffee and specialty coffee drinks can show guests a ski area’s concern for quality. Nowadays,…
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Mountain High Holds Forest Fire At Bay
A firsthand account of how Mountain High Resort, Calif., ended a hectic summer by enduring a catastrophic forest fire.
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Terrain Park Safely Defended
An examination of the first major court case in the United States involving the design of snowboard terrain parks, which ended in a victory…
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Undefined, But It Brings People
A look at the explosive growth in the numbers of tubing areas and a summary of a panel discussion of tubing at the Ski…