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When it comes to putting customers on the hill, sometimes more is less. ...

• Conferences / Trade Shows
• Marketing

Diversity experts and consultants from the general business world explored a multicultural future with winter resort execs at Steamboat.

• Research
• Snowmaking

This study, along with a similar one completed in 1999, sets a national baseline of statistically reliable information regarding the common practices and composition of snowmaking systems in America today. ...

• Ski School

SAM goes undercover as a beginner and tests out the experience at two resorts-one large and one small. The results may surprise you. ...

• Buildings & Grounds
• Lifts

Resorts across the country are investing time and money in improving the customer experience, one to the tune of $1 billion. ...

• Area Management
• Business
• Resort Development
• Ski Area Profiles

It's amazing what a resort can do with some capital, great managers and a genius on staff. Maryland's Wisp Mountain is poised for the big time. ...

GPS tracking system, work wear, battery-operated shoe inserts, bike racks, radiant heating units, home theate sound system, plows, replacement batteries and chargers, slip-resistant shoes, beverage carrier, and personal heater. ...

• Miscellaneous

A welding cart, a sheave wheel adjuster and a mobile chair remover are some of the great ideas from creative ski resorts. ...

• Business
• Insurance
• Personnel Issues
• Risk Management

You might be surprised to find out how many ways you can lower your workers' comp costs. ...

• Marketing

Three resorts use modern technology to convert newcomers into lifetimers-and to retain the loyalty of core customers. ...

Snowmass to Expand. Doppelmayr CTEC Purchases Partek. Las Vegas Avalanches Close Area. Fires Put Damper on Three Ski Areas. Colorado Debuts New Extreme Signs. X Games a Record-Breaker. Elk Meadows Sold at Auction. Mount Ashland Closer to Expanding. New Snowboard Mag. SIA Audit Show Overall Sales Down. Obits. People. Supplier News. Add a comm...

• Public Relations / Publicity

Weather and the media have challenged areas in the Northwest and Northeast this season. ...

• Miscellaneous

Making the Slopes Safer, by Claudia Carbone. The Labors of Norton, a SAM Editorial. The Beast in the East, by Jennifer Rowan. ...