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Restoration Of Greatness
Intrawest, the new owner of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, is making a massive investment in modernization while assuring the preservation of the area’s history. Joe…
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Lifts 1993
No surprises: the doldrums are still evident in year-end totals of new lifts and Vertical Transport Feet per Hour (VTFH), although circumstances have made…
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Customize Your Lift
Article outlines some practical, inexpensive steps that can make new lifts more user-friendly and safer, too. Topics covered include: lift completion, improved safety, facilitated…
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As Perfect As Possible
The story of how the father-and-son team of Clyde and Chip Perfect got into the ski business. The Perfects, learning the ski business as…
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1992-93 Economic Analysis
Snow definitely makes a difference; a fact confirmed by the records of last season, but there were a few soft spots. Skier visits hit…
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One Year
After the first year in its revitalized form, NSAA’s new president, Michael Berry, reveals plans and visions for the future of the organization in…
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Reinventing Tourism Promotion In Colorado
Colorado governor Roy Romer called the Colorado Tourism Summit to explore alternatives in the face of the demise of the Colorado Tourism Board. Article…
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Keeping Women Coming Back
Jeannie Thoren is taking her women’s equipment clinics to midwestern areas to make the sport user-friendly for women. This piece explores the merit of…
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Expansion Plus
At Alyeska, Alaska, landscaping got as much attention as the routine additions, with more than $1 million spent on outdoor beauty in addition to…
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Knowledge Reduces Accidents
Surveys taken at Mount Snow, Vermont, revealed that skiers with knowledge of ski-related fatalities rated skiing as more dangerous on a scale from one…
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Customer Service: Small Surveys For Small Areas
The cost-saving aspects of doing in-house surveys of skiers and guests against the cost ($2,500-$3,000) of hiring a survey operator.
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New Products
Products include: software catalog (World Class Software), composite hose( Heatway), interlocking floor system (Dri-Deck), galvanizing repair compound (Brite Products).
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Discount Lift Tickets Reaching Epidemic Proportions
An in-depth look at the pros and cons of discounted tickets. Covers strategies of ski areas that offer many types of tickets and those…
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Linking Usfs With Public Education And Environmental Issues.
Deals with the changing structure of the USFS and how ski areas and industry players can use this opportunity to effect positive changes.
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Searching For Common Ground
A reprint of a letter written by Joe Parkinson to the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) newsletter calling for unity and urging the cessation…
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Kids Can’t Afford To Ski
A look at the rising costs of ski vacations and some of the current trends in lodging that make skiing more accessible to the…
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A Hard Look At Ski Instruction
NSAA and PSIA have formed a task force to address the relationship between ski instruction and skier dropouts, and to identify issues facing PSIA…
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The Vital Local Markets
Studies show that often overlooked local markets may be a bigger and better source of business than many ski area operators realize, as sampling…