September 2007
FEATURED STORY
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The Private Ski Area: A Marxist View
Is there any reason to believe that private clubs will be more successful businesses than public resorts? “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member,” famously quipped Groucho Marx. The ski industry must be wondering the same thing about some private clubs.The concept of the members-only ski area has been invigorated in recent years because of the huge real estate sales success of The Yellowstone Club in Montana. But Yellowstone Club developer Tim Blixeth has lately become embroiled in highly publicized, acrimonious litigation with former Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, who claims that Blixeth has grossly undervalued the bicycle racer’s early origi...
Is there any reason to believe that private clubs will be more successful businesses than public resorts?
With high-speed internet becoming more accessible than ever before, video viewing is a great way to connect with customers.
The second part in a two-part series on the history of detachable grips.
Lift installations across the country are accessing new terrain, easing congestion and making the mountain experience that much better: Schweitzer Mountain, ID; Brundage Mountain, ID; Mammoth Mountain, CA; Steamboat, CO; Bear Creek, PA.
Rick Kahl discusses "Different Approaches to Diversity." And Chris Westover, Assistant Mountain Manager at Snowbasin Mountain Resort, lets us know we missed one in "15, No, 16 Under 30."
FINAL SKIER VISITS DOWN... SALE OF CANYONS IN DISPUTE... CNL ON THE MOVE... HIDDEN VALLEY SOLD... ALPINE MEADOWS SOLD... RUSSIA TO HOST OLYMPICS... PEOPLE... SUPPLIER NEWS
Like it or not, politics plays a major role in all companies. Here's how to turn it to everyone's advantage.
Observe your employees closely, and they will show you the best ways to motivate and lead them.
Labrador Mountain, N.Y., proves that it's more important to be good than first.
How do you learn to become a top CEO in the ski business? Practice, practice, practice.
If the nozzles on your snowguns are damaged or degraded, they are just spitting away your profits.
For this edition of Mountain Spy, our 007 Liz Eren quierd areas in regions where the weather was less than cooperative last year to see what they had to say for the future.
NEW GUIDELINES FOR TERRAIN PARKS... MAY I SEE YOUR PASSPORT, PLEASE?... INTRAWEST PUTS RESORT CHIEFS IN CHARGE... RIGHT TIME FOR REITS... INTO THE ABYSS AT THE CANYONS... THOSE RESILIENT, SAVVY YANKEES... SHORTSWINGS...
