November 2013
FEATURED STORY
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What's Hot in Terrain Parks?
At SAM's annual Cutter's Camps, the latest trends are revealed and discussed. There’s no better place to find out what is trending in the world of freestyle terrain than at SAM’s Cutter’s Camp. Last spring, over 200 of the industry’s best and brightest in the terrain park world gathered at Mount Snow, Vt., and Timberline, Ore., to talk about the issues and opportunities for parks both big and small. 1. All Grown Up. Everyone in the park world is doing more to come together on the essentials of terrain park operation. Risk management is no longer a scary word to a park manager—it’s just part of the job. Features are starting to look very consistent from coast to coast. Jump...
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In this month's Mountain Spy, we logged on to Facebook and posted our question on the walls of several mountain resorts. In a world of immediate customer service, Facebook is the first place many customers go for a quick answer--and a legitimate one at that. Unfortunately, almost half of the mountains didn't respond to our message and left our Mountain Spy in the dark...others nailed it!
EVOLVING TERRAIN PARK MANAGEMENT... ONLINE WAIVERS GAINING LEGAL BACKING... UNITED WE SKI AND RIDE IN D.C... FOREST SERVICE CLARIFIES RESORT RULES... HAYSTACK TRANSFORMATION TAKING SHAPE... PASS DEALS WITH A TWIST... HOW DO WE LOVE THEE?... WHEN DID SOCCER BECOME A WINTER SPORT?... A DAY TO CELEBRATE SNOWBOARDING
