This roundup includes reports on helmet and forest service issues that took center stage at Ski the Hill; Okemo's (Vt.) lease of Mt. Sunapee; Mt. Tom, Mass. closing; Financial trouble for Mt. Orford, Bromont and Stoneham, Quebec; David Cleary's resignation as counsel to NSAA; media news from STN's freq. change to Snow Country's name change and a new publication, Winter Adventure, from The Skiing Company; Intrawest and Compagnie des Alpes Form Alliance; New Resorts Developing in Montana, West Virginia; Executive Shifts at Vail and Booth Creek; People; Boston Mills/Brandywine Showcases Areco Guns; ASC Inks $7M Rental Fleet Deal and Supplier News.