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  • Reinventing Guest Services

    Reinventing Guest Services

    Digital adoption and operating changes have revolutionized customer service, improving the lot-to-lift process for guests and staff.   After a winter of changing rules,…

  • Food for Thought: Hitting the Spot

    Food for Thought: Hitting the Spot

    The pandemic served-up a host of new innovations that continue to rapidly alter the resort F&B experience.   Think back a year ago. The…

  • The New Rental Paradigm

    The New Rental Paradigm

    How last winter’s operational adjustments will help to permanently change the rental process from cumbersome and confusing to easy and more efficient. In a…

  • New School

    New School

    Covid-19 taught many new lessons about running school group programs.   After-school ski programs have been bedrock drivers of attendance at ski areas for…

  • Next-Gen Marketing

    Next-Gen Marketing

    Five key considerations for developing a resort marketing plan tailored to the changed consumer and workplace landscape.   It’s safe to say there’s never…

  • Construction Site :: September 2021

    Construction Site :: September 2021

    Projects big and small are underway across the country.   WINDHAM MOUNTAIN, NY Windham Mountain is upgrading its snowmaking system and children’s center. On-hill,…

  • Wear, Why, and How

    Wear, Why, and How

    Proper alignment and lubrication will reduce wear and increase the life of parts and components.   In ski area maintenance, the things that break…

  • Taking Out the Trash

    Taking Out the Trash

    Vermont’s statewide waste diversion efforts provide a case study on sustainable practices, even amid the need for pandemic practicalities. On July 1, 2020, just…

  • Mountain Spy :: September 2021

    Mountain Spy :: September 2021

    THE QUESTION: I’M COMING TO THE MOUNTAIN WITH MY FAMILY FOR SOME HIKING, AND WE’D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME WILDLIFE. MY KIDS HAVE…

  • Hiring in the New Era

    Hiring in the New Era

    A labor shortage borne of the pandemic poses both challenges and opportunities for winter resorts.    Staffing up for winter—always a challenge for ski…