The Voice of the Mountain Resort Industry  |  Est. 1962

SAM · The Digital Edition

November 1997

27 articles

In This Issue

  • A-Basin Sale Is Dundeed

    A wry look at Vail’s recent sale–mandated by the Department of Justice–of Arapahoe Basin, Colo., to Dundee Realty for four million dollars.

  • Relevance Of Design Standards

    Applying design standards for nordic and freestyle jumping competitions to terrain parks and terrain features at ski resorts is comparing apples and…

  • Tubing Needs Legal Attention

    Tubing is pushing the liability security envelope developed over the past 40 years by the ski industry. Though uphill safety requirements are…

  • Supplier Directory

    Names, addresses and key contacts for suppliers of products and services to the ski industry.

  • 1998 Directory Of Products And Services

    A listing of products and services and their suppliers within the ski industry.

  • Boss From Hell

    A tongue-in-cheek look at what happens to ski areas that get big and go public, like “Whale.”

  • Conducting Transactions Online

    An explanation of how ski areas can set up shop on the Internet without racking up huge bills for hardware and software.…

  • Skiing As Entertainment

    During a trip to Korea, the author gets a whole new perspective on skiing as entertainment.

  • Undefined, But It Brings People

    A look at the explosive growth in the numbers of tubing areas and a summary of a panel discussion of tubing at…

  • Terrain Park Safely Defended

    An examination of the first major court case in the United States involving the design of snowboard terrain parks, which ended in…