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  • 40 Years Of Chairlifts In North America
    An unusual chart reveals the growth pattern of chairlift construction from 1955 to the present.
  • If You Build It, They Will Come
    The history of the ski industry is the history of uphill transportation. Beginning a new series of features about lifts and their impact.
  • A New Look At The "Ski Resort Of The Future"
    30 years ago, Ski magazine ran an article forecasting a new era in skiing. SAM asked four prominent ski industry figures: John Fry, Sherry Dorward, Paul Matthews and Jack Zehren to comment and to look ahead to the next 30 years.
  • Skiing's Demographic Future
    The massive baby boom generation set a growth pace that we won't see for another dozen years. In the meantime, skiing has to look to different groups for growth.
  • What Do Mothers Want?
    The decline in numbers of women skiers can be attributed to a variety of factors: "hassle factor," poor promotion of benefits and services to women and poor response to male messages being sent in a male-dominated sport. Delivering the right message will be important to attract mothers and the children they bring with them.
  • Hiking Centers For Profit
    Killington and Merrell Footwear join forces in opening a fully equipped, for-profit hiking center with an educational outdoor program. Boot rental is available, and a fee allows access to a variety of mapped trails with interpretive materials and stunning views.
  • Will Environmental Constraints Pass Into Oblivion?
    Congress appears to be ready to deregulate everything, including many environmental policies that affect ski areas. This does not mean, however, that ski areas will be freed from environmental constraints in place on the local, state and federal levels.
  • Putting Spin On Environmental Good Deeds
    Tips on how ski areas can get messages about environmental work to the public.
  • Rain Forest Gondola
    A stunning Poma gondola installation in an environmentally sensitive tropical location in Australia offers technological, environmental and marketing lessons.
  • Jigback Tops Lone Peak
    An amazing Doppelmayr tram reaches the summit at Big Sky, Mont., but not before a glacier under the bottom terminal was tamed.
  • Lifts 1995
    A summary of lift expansion in North America in 1995. Despite a lackluster season, VTFH grew in the East, but construction overall was less than dynamic.
  • Environment Is Topic At Industry Week
    A review of issues and topics covered at Ski Industry Week at Beaver Creek, Colo.
  • Aspen Airport Crashes
    What started as a simple ballot question on expanding the runway at Aspen's Sardy Field evolved into a referendum on growth that mobilized anti-tourism forces.
  • Slicing And Dicing The Market
    Market segmentation is all the rage as ski marketers search for ever more creative ways to get a piece of the pie.
  • 1995 Index Of Articles In Sam
    A comprehensive listing of all articles published in SAM in 1995.
  • Year-Round Schools Promise January Crowds
    An explanation of the movement for year-round schooling and the opportunities such a schedule could offer the ski industry.
  • Salomon Binding Aims To Reduce Acl Injuries
    Salomon's new bindings are designed to prevent ACL injuries, but there is skepticism as to whether they are as effective as an educational ACL course.
  • Fun And Familiarization
    How to strike a balance between offering local ski shop employees fun on your slopes and familiarizing them with your operation.
  • Musings On The Future Of Skiing
    The author contemplates the effect on the ski industry of societal shifts from realignment of wealth in the United States, and from attitudinal shifts among the wealthy.
  • A Salary Survey Is Needed
    A national industry salary survey would provide the information necessary to ensure that salaries you pay employees are comparable to those of your competitors.
  • Reflecting on 35 years of "recycling" topics, off to Nepal and preparing for the NSAA Future of the Industry Summit in Charleston.