In This Issue
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Rules of Thumb
Dale’s primer on rigging haul ropes explains the minimum specs required for using gear on haul ropes of different diameters. He also…
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Lift Survey :: 1990/2000
The cover is a summit view at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, of the resort’s new Le Soleil chair: a Doppelmayr detachable quad.
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Stowe-Glades Not a Priority
VP of mountain ops at Stowe, Rod Kessler, writes about his resort’s decision not to open gladed skiing. It is a counter-point…
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Gladed Terrain: Should We or Shouldn’t We?
Jay Peak’s President on their policy of opening gladed terrain–in fact all terrain between boundaries–to skiers. It is countered by Rod Kessler…
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The Way We Weren’t
Vermont Ski Areas Association President Candace Moot says goodbye to the industry she has been involved with for more than two decades.…
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What Snow is Not
David’s take on the term “product” as it has crept into the vocabulary as a synonym for snow. He objects to the…
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Wrap-up of Safety Awareness Week
The article is an overview of what happened regionally during the NSAA’a Safety Awareness Week of January 15-22.
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The End Page
Taking Aim at Insurance is the umbrella headline for three items: a cartoon about poorly placed warning signs; an item about a…
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Blue Pages
Seeing Double at Sun Valley [Snowbasin to become Sun Valley, Utah?]; Earl Miller Pursues his [Snowboarding Death] Cover Up; From NSAA to…
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SAM Idea Files
Shawnee Mtn, Pa., used bone-yard materials to build a bullwheel support for its handletow; Steps cut into snowbanks leading from parking lots…