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Wachusett Wins...Sort Of. $2.9 Million Awarded in Snowboard Accident. Tamarack Scales Back. Crested Butte Still Looking. Stowe Expansion Approved. Casualties on U.S. Slopes Fall Off. Canada and the U.S. Set Records. City Buys Pin Rouge. Forest Service Okays Copper Beeline Program. United Park City Mines Land. The 2010 Olympics in Vancouve...

• Ski Area Profiles

It takes complete buy-in from every level to attract and retain new customers. Here's how four resorts have found success. ...

• Safety

A look at a mass casualty incident drill at Timberline Lodge in Oregon. ...

• International
• Personnel Issues
• Public Relations / Publicity

Hiring international employees has its charms and its pitfalls. Mount Bachelor experienced both has decieded it's not for everyone. ...

Imagine integrating every resort system into one seamless, wireless function. Imagine no more, the future is now. ...

More and more areas are committing more effort and budget to revamping beginner terrain. Here are a few ideas. ...

• Ski Area Profiles

Salomon's Oasis Demo program was a big hit at resorts last season. ...

• Legal
• Insurance

Two recent court cases show that inherent risk is still alive and well. ...

GPS units are lightweight, easy-to-use, hand-held and have a variety of practical uses for winter resort operations. ...

Are your on-line marketing efforts helping or hurting? ...

Have we finally escaped our dependency on the white stuff and found a new way to get people to the slopes? ...

• Consumer Equipment
• Lifts
• People

Ski areas kept busy this summer upgrading facilites, installing new lifts, and generally making life easier for customers. ...

• New Products
• Resort Development
• Tubing

Small tubing hill, hay bags and auxiliary power engines are some of the great ideas from creative ski resorts. ...

• Miscellaneous

Teaching Revolution in Pipe and Park. Skiing and Riding--In Oklahoma? Eldora Takes On I-70. One Man's Dues are Another's Dividends. It's Not Easy Being ASC. Melting Away in Europe. Insurance Everyone Can Love. Kobe In Court. ...

The jobless recovery is a good time to recruit quality employees for the longterm. ...

Environmental Entanglements, by David Crowley, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area. The Growth Initiative is Doing Fine, by Nolan L. Rosall, President, RRC Associates, Inc. Safety Monsters, by Linda Tikalsky. ...