The Numbers Game--examining mid-season skier numbers of big resort groups; CPSC Urges Helmet Use; Vermont Areas Launch Environmental Website; CSCUSA Gives 20K to Avalanch Programs; Shop Program Aimed at Gear Safety; Quotas for Alberta?; Blue Hills May Get a Break; Ski Areas Join in Vermont [electric rate] Petition; Mont Saint-Sauveur Buys Edelweiss Valley; Publishing Moves [re: Times Mirror and Wintersport Business]; Obituaries [Otto Wallingford and Gabe Cyr]; Supplier News, Personnel and People.