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Technology

real-time and empiric data from multiple sensors—including
cameras, people counters, and Wi-Fi device detectors— Courtesy of Veovo
to help operators track, predict, and manage lift lines. Veovo
hardware compatible with the BlipTrack system includes the
Brickstream (a 3D sensor that tracks physical movements),
the Isisys People Counter, and indoor and outdoor versions
of the BlipTrack sensor, which detects Wi-Fi devices to
measure travel times, dwell times, and movement patterns.
There is also a BlipTrack Traffic Sensor and BlipTrack Radar
available for monitoring patterns along roads.
Carstens declined to mention any of his ski area clients by
name, citing non-disclosure agreements, but says they include
nine major ski areas in the US. If a ski area is tracking lift
line data and sharing it with its guests via an app-based inter-
face, BlipTrack is probably behind it, he said. The system
also is in use at amusement parks in Denmark and the UK,
and in dozens of international airports including San Diego
International Airport, JFK International Air Terminal, and
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport here BlipTrack system’s queue management technology helps guests better plan their
in the US. day, and helps the area reduce bottlenecks.
The BlipTrack system enables ski areas not only to apps. That creates realistic expectations for guests, Carstens
measure and improve queue performance but also to ensure said. The product also can be used to cover specific areas,
compliance with service-level agreements and communi- like a particularly busy chairlift or gondola lift line, and can
cate accurate wait time information on screens and mobile also be expanded to cover an entire resort. “Those capabili-
ties enhance an understanding of how people move and use
facilities and services, and how disruptions or changes affect
standard behavior,” he added. “It enables management to
learn from the past and help predict the future to make
THE FUTURE OF SNOW informed operational and business decisions.”

Sharing that data with guests, through a combination
of live-monitoring screens on-site and app-based services, is
an important step in the process, Carstens said. Because wait
times are displayed resort-wide, guests can avoid congested
lifts, and that distribution of people on the mountain ulti-
mately helps reduce bottlenecks overall and increase changes
of a positive guest experience.
The system has minimal power requirements, works in
all weather conditions, and delivers data in real time. Learn
GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM more at https://blipsystems.com. —Colin Bane
TO START YOUR SEASON ON TIME
Have a new—or even old—technological innovation?
– THE CONTROL SOFTWARE FOR FULLY Whether it’s a cutting-edge device, novel application,
AUTOMATED SNOWMAKING SYSTEMS THAT HELPS YOU TO KNOW:
or use of existing technology, if it simplifies operations,
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it. Send your idea or story to editor@nsaa.org so we
can highlight it in a future issue of the Journal.
This section is not intended for general product reviews or
demaclenko.com advertorials; the objective is to provide information on new or
particularly noteworthy technology and ski area innovation.

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