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• Snowmaking

A fascinating and detailed account, with full color illustrations-of how one area manager controls within an inch of its life, every flake of snow that falls and every flake he makes ...

• Lifts

An important tabulation of what potential lift emergencies are, probobly cause and most importantly, what you do first when they happen. By Sam Bonasso and Dan Flesher ...

• Miscellaneous

Technical Editor Nils Ericksen takes you through the pros and cons of citizens band versus FM communications for ski area operations, and brings out many useful buying hints ...

• Marketing

ted Farwell, dean of ski economists and a frequent contributor to SAM, analyses the fascinating new studies made on this Aspen skier. An important review of some important studies.  ...

• Area Management

This article is currently not available online. Please email donna@saminfo.com for a pdf copy of the article ...

• Marketing

We analyze the major marketing program that the Coca Cola Company is getting under way at ski areas.  ...

• Legal

by H. William Dixon. An expert in all aspects of ski area insurance tells you some things to watch for. ...