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the COO at iFly Indoor Skydiving in Austin, TX, and also was with KSL Capital NSAA/FedEx
Partners, one of the two partners that formed Alterra.
Member Service

BRETT FISCHER has been promoted to vice president of
NSAA members save:
lodging/future development and planning for MT HOOD
SKIBOWL, OR, LLC’S group of companies specializing in resorts, •Up to 45% on select FedEx
recreation, hospitality, lodging, and real estate. Fischer has Express International
worked for the organization for 17 years, previously as general Services
manager of Skibowl and general manager of Mt. Hood Management Company. •Up to 35% on select FedEx
Domestic Services
KAT JOBANPUTRA is senior vice president of retail/rental for •Up to 24% on select FedEx
ALTERRA MOUNTAIN CO. With more than 30 years of experience Ground Services
in the retail/rental industry, Jobanputra will be responsible for It’s a cost-cutting measure that
leading the retail and rental teams across the Alterra family adds up — all with no enrollment
of destinations. fees or minimum quotas.

Sign up and start saving!
TOM HAYS has been promoted to the role of general manager
at SUNLIGHT MOUNTAIN RESORT, CO. Hays began his career at Go to the Member Services
Section of www.nsaa.org for
Sunlight in 1982 working as a volunteer ski patroller and has more information or call the help
been the assistant general manager for base operations since line at: 800-475-6708.
2012. He replaces TOM JANKOVSKY, who is retiring after
serving as GM since 1985.

Places
PATS PEAK, NH, has announced a variety of capital improvements for the 2018–19
season, including a snowmaking compressor that will boost the air plant by 20
percent; four new energy-efficient SMI snowmaking fan guns and 20 new towers; TAKE
a snowmaking powerline upgrade; new rental equipment; and continuing
A RUN
expansion of its main base lodge.
with Us!
TAOS SKI VALLEY, NM, has a new high-speed quad chairlift for the 2018–19 season with Us!
that will transport guests from the base area up the mountain in just over five
minutes. The resort also is adding new high-capacity snowmaking equipment,
including new pumps, 30 new tower guns, and 50 new hydrants, as well as debuting
a “gondolita” that connects the base area with the beginner’s area.

ALTERRA MOUNTAIN COMPANY is investing $10 million in capital improvements
at MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA. Projects include the recent installation of the tallest New benefit for your season pass holders:
zip line in the country and a new via ferrata climbing route, along with funding FREE one-year digital
the first leg of a multiphase plan for improvements to the Canyon Lodge. The subscription to Skiing
lodge will undergo a complete renovation over the next several years and is History magazine
anticipated to cost between $20 million and $25 million.

To sign up, call 802.366.1158 or
ALTERRA also is investing $28.2 million in a number of large-scaled improvement email kathleen@skiinghistory.org.
projects at WINTER PARK RESORT, CO—the single biggest investment in improve-
ments in the resort’s history. Projects include a new 10-person ski gondola to
replace the Zephyr Express chairlift, which is expected to increase uphill capacity Skiing History is published by
the International Skiing History
to 3,600 guests per hour and will decrease wait time by 15 minutes during peak Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Image courtesy Hans Truöl Archives
season. Other upgrades include revamping the plaza area in front of the Zephyr (antiqueskishop.com)
Mountain Lodge and an updated snow making system.

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