In This Issue
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Grooming Vehicles 1996
A rundown of developments in the North American on-snow grooming vehicle market, including a table with specifications for available machines.
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Cliff Blann– A Ski Family Remembers
An obituary for a ski industry pioneer, Cliff Blann of Mt. Bachelor, Oregon.
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Winter Is Cool, Downhilling Hip
In order to be successful in selling more people on various winter sport recreation options, the industry must first sell the public…
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Maybe The Message Is Flow
A review of the book “FLOW: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, relating its message to skiing.
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Quo Vadis, Associations?
Regional and state ski areas associations need to see themselves as catalysts for collective action.
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More Rental Super-Sidecuts Available
Though availability is no longer a problem as most ski factories now build shaped skis for rental use, the bad news is…
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International Resort Gathering
A summary of topics covered at the 1st International Convention of Ski Resort Managers in Courchevel, France.
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Roundabouts Solve Traffic Problems
Annoyed by an intersection that increasingly impeded traffic at the gateway to Vail, community members solved their problem with roundabouts.
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Mountain Mowing
Tom Moriarty of Stratton, Vt., gets the groomer out of the garage in the summer by adding modifications which allow it to…
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Credibility Gets Blasted
A panel of ski marketers and writers answer questions about credibility –or lack thereof–in the ski business at a meeting of the…