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• Personnel Issues

A nationwide sampling by SAM staff shows several regions with labor shortage woes. We're not alone.  ...

• Miscellaneous

Ski Russia And Beyond ...

• Lifts

Where The Lifts Are being Built.  ...

• Lifts

Oitaf Congreee: Innovation and Conquest ...

A Win-Win Solution. ...

• Lifts

A Cooperative Miracle ...

• Ski Area Profiles

Bill Riskey has some strong things to say about political and organizational matters within the ski industry.  ...

• Snowmaking

An unmanned computer tends the snowmaking guns on trails at Bromont. So far, it's done a good job.  ...

• Area Management

Maybe we've been doing it backwards. Why not wait until it snows and then publish a rate schedule? ...

Long used as a lossleader, nordic center operators are beginning to take another look at trail fees.  ...

• Ski Patrol

As an inexpensive program that involves young people in skiing, junior ski patrols deserve a second look.  ...

• Safety

To get teenagers thinking safety, Camelback put them on the Ranger Patrol.  ...

• Snowmaking

Break-even modeling is a sound method for evaluating the variables of snowmaking before investing money. From the Snowmaking Workshops ...

Food can be a profit center, but more than ever before customers are demanding quality. Waterville Valley has made such a commitment.  ...

An entrant reports on this annual race and its impact on ski cuisine.  ...

• Lifts

The site for the lift seemed almost impossible, but Doppelmayr engineers came up with a solution that worked with the landscape.  ...

• Marketing

Market segmentation should be more than simple demographics. The motivators for going skiing need to be part of the promotion process.  ...