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• Lift Maintenance

"Smitty" Smith gives us some ideas that are timely reminders.  ...

• Rental

Columnist Jim Shaw discusses the Burt binding for rentals.  ...

• Marketing

It's election month, and Pam Conklin appropriately discusses politics and the ski business.  ...

Tom Hillgrove reminds us of thermostats for savings.  ...

Bob Woodward tackles the controversal subject of tourers on the alpine slopes.  ...

• Ski School

Michael Cobb comes right to the point on how to pay ski instructors.  ...

• Lifts

Sam Bonasso, administrator of NSAA's lift standard, writes an important review of what you can do in the way of systematic investigation.  ...

Jim Buckingham, mountain manager of Sunshine Village in Alberta, presents a richly detailed account of how he uses barriers to control wind-caused snowdrift.  ...

Ski writer Bill Hibbard focuses on this trend-setting cross-country center in Wisconsin, and on its innovative owners, Larrie and Diana Isenring.  ...

• Lifts

SAM Technical Editor Nils zericksen reports on the recent OITAF/NACS Symbosium. Synopsis of some important papers.  ...

Joe Kohler of New York's Bristol Mountain likes good food and sees no reason why his skiing customers shouldn't get it. Our cover story.  ...

• Ski School

Two heavyweights in the ski instruction field, Mort Lund and Stu Campbell, disagree (politely) on the teaching progression that works best. An important subject these days when areas are increasingly judged on how quickly people learn in school.  ...

• Miscellaneous

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