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• Resort Development

A primer on how to build a ski area with an update on the cost parameters by Jim Branch.  ...

• Resort Development

New York May Be Due For Development ...

• Lifts

Presstime Report on Keystone Lift Accident ...

Cross-Country-USA Operations Manual ...

• Lift Maintenance

A discussion of a tricky engineering problem.  ...

• Personnel Issues

Fitness Program Pays Off At Winter Park.  ...

• Resort Development

The troubles ski areas face in the planning phases can be solved through rational problem solving. Abbie Roses explains how one firm is bringing neogotiation and conciliation  to Vermont.  ...

• Lifts

The design philosophy behind an important and unusual lift selection.  ...

• Lifts

To avoid disasterous consequences, prevention, rather than simple detection, is more essential than ever writes Jan Kunczynski. An important and provocative challenge.  ...

Welding is a fundamental maintenance procedure at every ski resort. It is critical that it be understood and performed properly writes Lew Cuyler.  ...

Records were set, but expenses went up according to Chuck Goeldner, who did the most recent study.  ...

Some big thinking and a small investment revitalized out-dated groomers at Mr. Washington. An innovative approach described by Rick Curiston.  ...

• Miscellaneous

There is a surge in special annual events at ski areas across the country. Mary Kerr reviews some of the best in pictures and text.  ...

The snowboard trend may be unstoppable. Here's how two areas are successfully coping with it, as told by Chaco Mohler.  ...

• Area Management

Vermont's ski industry ran straight into no-growth forces. What really happened and what lies in the future is explained by Paul Robbins.  ...

• Lifts

The year detachable quads went into high gear.  ...