November 2016
FEATURED STORY
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What's in Your Park
It’s remarkable that this is the twelfth year we’ve put out the call for entries to our annual terrain park contest. We received numerous submissions from all corners of the earth, and the creativity continues to be next-level. We hope these interesting and elaborate ideas will once again inspire terrain park crews to keep pushing the envelope and progressing. CLICK HERE to download the article. ...
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It’s remarkable that this is the twelfth year we’ve put out the call for entries to our annual terrain park contest. We received numerous submissions from all corners of the earth, and the creativity continues to be next-level. We hope these interesting and elaborate ideas will once again inspire terrain park crews to keep pushing the envelope and progressing.
As social media become customer service channels, resorts must step up efforts to stay abreast of comments and requests.
Improvements to gear are fueling continued interest in the backcountry. How resorts are responding depends on a number of local considerations.
Resorts have long known that employees can greatly impact business performance. Here’s a look at how to ensure that impact is positive.
As climate change becomes an accepted notion, how will Americans decide what uses of energy are acceptable? A carbon tax can providce the answer.
We highlight snowmaking improvements and, especially, new lodges.
Smart ways to move groomer tillers, dispense sidewalk grit, and enable guests to charge their mobile devices.
New England Summit Sunday River, ME, Sept. 13-15... MSAA ANNUAL TRADE SHOW Shanty Creek, MI, Aug. 21-24... Summer Ops Camp Canyons, UT, Sept. 14-16... SANY-PSAA Expo Holiday Valley, NY, Sept. 19-21
YouTube Star Buys Pebble Creek... Coleman Group Acquires Hesperus... Tamarack Homeowners Now Own the Resort... People... Awards... Suppliers
Zipline line builders and pioneers, brake system Inventors.
Arriving at a ski area for the first time can be intimidating for those who have never, ever even pulled into the parking lot of a ski area before and have no idea where to go, what to do, or what “rentals” and “lift tickets” are. How do resorts handle a call from such a guest?
If your people are good, policies and procedures can help them be great.
Rental bootfitting is an opportunity to educate guests—and provide a fit that will set them up for success.
QUESTIONS (AND ANSWERS) ABOUT LIFT SAFETY... VAIL RESORTS: HOW BIG CAN IT BECOME?... WARREN MILLER: THE FREEDOM OF SKIING... JAY LOOKS AHEAD DESPITE EB-5 WOES... CHANGES IN STORE FOR SIA SNOW SHOW
A SAM roundtable discussion explores the practical, confounding, and sometimes comical world of vehicle maintenance.
