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Gary McCoy of Mammoth Mountain, California, becomes the 15th elected head of NSAA. ...

• Finance
• Ticketing

A financial analysis of the bottom-line benefits of point ticketing--a slippery subject that is part marketing strategy, part real-dollar accounting and part consumer psychology. Factors in the successful solution at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, are analyzed by the area's financial officer. ...

Day lodges have come a long way since they were mere warming huts. The six day lodge entries in the 1994 Snow Country design award competition offer ideas and features for other area operators. ...

• Environment

How Eldora, Colorado, successfully coped with an environmental challenge involving the Rocky Mountain Capshell snail. Instead of panicking in the face of a jurisdictional threat to its snowmaking water supply, it set out to fight fire with fact, not fuss. ...

• Energy
• Lift Maintenance

The DC drives of the Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., lift system were generating significant harmonic currents that were raising hell with the supposedly "clean" power the utility provided to other customers. The harmonic distortion was finally cured with help from Var+Controls, Inc., of Whitmore Lake, Mich. Here's how all parties concerned reached a sol...

• Lifts

The new Poma gondola in Killington, Vt., combines comfort for the body with excitement for the mind. Replacing a 25-year-old icon involved coming up with something that combined comfort and convenience with an expression of the emotions that energize the sport. ...

• Marketing

Advertising errors are easily corrected when they are recognized. Article offers general advice on common misconceptions in ski area advertising. ...

A lot of exciting new stuff in grooming vehicles this year. Article covers new features, with extensive graphs, charts and specifications on most over-snow vehicles. ...

• Snowmaking

In three weeks, Solitude, Utah, installed snowmaking to cover 50 acres and save what looked like a bleak holiday season on the horizon. ...

• Lift Maintenance

Another in the Lift Basics series explains how power is transmitted with an emphasis on V-Belts. Includes charts, graphs and illustrations. ...

• Conferences / Trade Shows
• International
• Internet

A review of the 19th annual Ski Travel Symposium in Snowmass, Colo., from April 17-18, which focused on information networks, quality service, the benefits of on-line operation, globalization and price/value ratios. ...

The Jackson Ski Touring Foundation in New Hampshire introduced wheelchair athletes to cross country skiing this season. With the inspiration of Tom Perkins and the help of some charitable donations, cross country sit-skis have been made available to the public and patrollers and instructors have started training as instructors and guides. Ad...

• Resort Development

A story on environmental opposition reprinted from the Golf Business Green Sheet of the Golf Development Institute in Ignacio, Calif., covers a sting operation by golf developers to gather racketeering charges against so-called environmental groups. The operation resulted in the go-ahead for a golf community in Purchase, N.Y. ...

Shawnee Peak, Maine, wanted to provide night skiers with the same quality of snow conditions as day skiers had. The solution was to groom 15 trails in three hours, using three machines working in formation with the ski patrollers. ...

Formulas for ski area food and beverage managers to figure the cost of food are given along with examples and simple instructions. ...

A ski writer's memoirs of two ski trips--one to Norway and one to Switzerland--as well as guidelines for ski areas to effectively entertain guest travel editors. ...

• Racing

Specific review of current MBA-Ware that covers several systems incorporating computer-aided business programs into daily management. Includes several favorite programs and contact addresses. ...

Weather station (Mesotech), Wireless lift pass (All-pine Marketing), Sealant (American Sealant), Fan Gun Improvements (Lenko), Handletow (H.S. Fabricators). ...

I. Domestic marketing: Outlines NSAA's marketing plans and listing of officers on the marketing committee. II. International marketing: a history of international marketing of the ski industry, particularly on the Ski USA program developed by Bernie Weichsel of BEWI Productions and the efforts of Colorado Ski Country USA. ...

• Miscellaneous

An informal summary of the season for the various regions in North America. Topics include: Local success stories, effects of the eastern chill, snow totals and skier visit increases and decreases. ...

• NSAA
• Politics

A farewell to Chris Diamond as head of NSAA, and a greeting to Gary McCoy as the newly elected, 15th head of NSAA. ...

• Environment

Praise for Eldora Mountain resort in Colorado and their handling of environmental opposition arising from concerns about the Rocky Mountain Capshell Snail. ...

• Politics

A call for ski areas to assemble the voice of skiers into a lobby that won't be muscled by government officials and biased small interest groups. ...

• Miscellaneous

Critique of ski manufacturers' exploitation of pro racers' equipment endorsements. ...