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Ted Farwell presents another penetrating study of the economics of our industry. An important article.  ...

• Ski Area Profiles

Dana Gatlin interviews John Christie and comes up with a marvelously warm and interesting study. John is quoted at length, and that always means good reading.  ...

• Miscellaneous

Ed Pickett takes us behind the scenes of a fabulously successful affair that is a lesson in area/community cooperation.  ...

• Lifts

A first-person story by Sepp Gmuender on the search for, purchase and installation of two used chair-lifts. ...

• Lifts

Jim Holmlund describes the installation of an artificial ski surface at Mt. La Crosse, Wisc. A side bar on other artificial ski surfaces and their costs.  ...

• Lifts

Aaron Whitlock, in cooperation with Dan O'Connor, talk about the proper re-lubrication of your wire rope.  ...

• Snowmaking

Dick Noack discusses the equiptment and procedures for an area operator to test and evaluate his own and other snow guns.  ...

Paul Tomlingson and Gary McGraw describe the use of MJO's at winter Park for cost-efficient maintenance.  ...

• Marketing

In this issue we welcome Colleen Cayton to our editorial staff, and present her second article in SAM. Colleen has done much of the work on the ESAA's excellent marketing manual. This article is timely! ...

• Ski School

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

• Area Management

Buzz Bainbridge describes the emploee training program bought by Vail based on Transactional Analysis. This will be a major topic at the NSAA Convention.  ...