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• Marketing

Social media have revolutionized the way resorts communicate with guests. Here’s a look at how these media have evolved, and how to take advantage.

Our 14th annual Terrain Park Contest is the best yet, thanks to a new category called Bread and Butter, and tons of entries in the traditional Features and Events categories.

• Technology

Resort software and e-commerce can complicate the guest experience. Joe Hession hopes that SnowCloud solves the integration puzzle.

• Cross Country / Snowshoeing

The XC association faces many of the same issues as NSAA, plus a few of its own. And like NSAA, CCSAA is pushing on several fronts.

• Construction

In this expanded edition, we look at a wide range of capital investments, at resorts big and small, from Whistler Blackcomb, B.C., to Magic Mountain, Vt.

• New Ideas

Clever thoughts for lift ops: safety netting, organizing lift shack information, and a do-it-yourself bullwheel cover.

• Pub Memo

We are all about the future.

• Conferences / Trade Shows

Regional Shows, Summer Ops Camp

• News
• Opinion

Climate Action, Marketing BINGO, thoughts on year-round ops, and the latest supplier developments and resort personnel moves

• Lifts
• Lift Maintenance

We’re launching this new periodic column within SAM to help educate and share important information about the lifts portion of our industry.

• Ticketing

Despite Epic and Ikon, pass sales are growing at many smaller and independent resorts.

What does it take to hold risks to a minimum, for both guests and employees?

• Customer Service

"Should I put my kids in lessons or teach them myself?"

• Marketing

Along with their unique attributes and concerns, Millennials display encouraging signs of satisfaction and loyalty.

• Personnel Issues

Inspections for wage and hour law compliance by state and federal authorities are increasingly common.