Editing Ski area (section)

== Business models ==
Alpine ski areas require substantial capital investment, a significant labor force, and maintenance of an infrastructure that provides dining and retail services to skiers and that assures reliable snow that is appealing to skiers in locations that are accessible to them. Consequently, they require a fee structure and ancillary attractions that provide the revenue to sustain them economically.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solelhac |first=Armelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Es84EAAAQBAJ&q=ski+area+management |title=Mountain Resort Marketing and Management |date=2021-08-25 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-43162-9 |language=en}}</ref> The natural settings of ski areas require the management of their environmental impacts, according to legal standards.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Pröbstl-Haider |first1=Ulrike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MolcDwAAQBAJ&dq=ski+area+management&pg=PA6 |title=Environmental Management in Ski Areas: Procedure—Requirements—Exemplary Solutions |last2=Brom |first2=Monika |last3=Dorsch |first3=Claudia |last4=Jiricka-Pürrer |first4=Alexandra |date=2018-05-21 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-75061-3 |language=en}}</ref> The profession of ski area management requires specialized training in degree programs.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maxwell |first=Jess E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2rwI565dPgC&dq=ski+area+management&pg=PT32 |title=A career in skiing? Gogebic will teach you how. |date=October 1972 |publisher=Skiing |pages=161–2 |language=en}}</ref> Specialities include the maintenance of the lift and trail infrastructure and the management of the supporting commercial enterprises that rent and sell skis and that provide food services.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZbHyjo4MN0C&dq=ski+resort+management+degree&pg=RA1-PA112 |title=Ski school or "B" school? |date=October 1988 |publisher=Skiing |pages=112 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nelson |first=Janet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKkFQVm0mekC&dq=ski+resort+management+degree&pg=RA3-PA82 |title=Phi Beta Skia |date=December 1984 |publisher=Ski |pages=80–82 |language=en}}</ref>