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SAM · The Digital Edition

January 1996

20 articles

In This Issue

  • Lifts 1995

    A summary of lift expansion in North America in 1995. Despite a lackluster season, VTFH grew in the East, but construction overall…

  • A Salary Survey Is Needed

    A national industry salary survey would provide the information necessary to ensure that salaries you pay employees are comparable to those of…

  • Musings On The Future Of Skiing

    The author contemplates the effect on the ski industry of societal shifts from realignment of wealth in the United States, and from…

  • Fun And Familiarization

    How to strike a balance between offering local ski shop employees fun on your slopes and familiarizing them with your operation.

  • Salomon Binding Aims To Reduce Acl Injuries

    Salomon’s new bindings are designed to prevent ACL injuries, but there is skepticism as to whether they are as effective as an…

  • Year-Round Schools Promise January Crowds

    An explanation of the movement for year-round schooling and the opportunities such a schedule could offer the ski industry.

  • 1995 Index Of Articles In Sam

    A comprehensive listing of all articles published in SAM in 1995.

  • Slicing And Dicing The Market

    Market segmentation is all the rage as ski marketers search for ever more creative ways to get a piece of the pie.

  • Aspen Airport Crashes

    What started as a simple ballot question on expanding the runway at Aspen’s Sardy Field evolved into a referendum on growth that…

  • Environment Is Topic At Industry Week

    A review of issues and topics covered at Ski Industry Week at Beaver Creek, Colo.