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Featured Story

Get Ready For The Snowplayers

Ski areas around the country are diversifying their on-snow offerings into activities such as snow tubing, sledding, ice skating and showshoeing.

Skal, Jerry

A fond farewell and many thanks to Jerry Groswold, stepping down after 22 years as CEO of Winter Park, Colo.

Remembering

In remembrance of Bill Tanler, Jack Rudd, Rene Borner and Ralph Crowley, Sr.

The Shaping Of Industry Marketing

Following the initiatives of NSAA's Future of the Industry Summit in Charleston, the broad framework of a marketing plan for reaching the youth market ...

And Then The Rains Came . . . And Came

Part one details the extent of the damage faced by California's Lake Tahoe region in a January without mercy, delivering floods, mudslides and avalanch...

On The Road To New Profits

Snowtubing at Jack Frost and Big Boulder, Penn., has taken on a life of its own as a relatively small investment brings in high-margin dollars.

When The Colonel Came To Town

As executive director of the Canada West Ski Areas Association since 1979, Jimmie Spencer has brought a unique blend of military correctness, spirited ...

Lift-Loading Made Easy

An adjustable loading ramp made loading Stratton's six-passenger, high-speed lift fast and efficient. Stratton's lift department developed the ramp usi...

Dc Drives: Inspection, Cleaning, Lubrication And Overhauls

The third of three articles (the first two ran in May and September 1996) on preventive maintenance for ski lift DC drive motors. This article covers i...

What's New?

Trash compactor (Orwak), Impakt! maintenance software (TecWorks), Aquatic pool matting (Martin Nicholls), miniature golf courses (Lomma), Boulder Buste...

From Badlands To Good Skiing

A small Canadian community near Calgary wanted a ski area, but the terrain available did not lend itself to good slopes. With extensive cutting and fil...

Construction Site

Lodges, lifts of all sorts and miles of snowmaking are in the works at: Vail, Colo.; Big White, Kelowna, B.C.; Burke Mountain, Vt.; Solitude, Utah and ...

Plug That Leak!

Using a non-disruptive process from Insituform Technologies, Purgatory, Colo., avoided the digging necessary to repair underground pipeline at a leakin...

Freeze--New Ski Culture

A review of The Skiing Company's new magazine, freeze, "the magazine for freeskiers who are into big air, sick lines and all-mountain skiing."

Viking Brings Smiles To Lift Lines

Frank the Friendly Viking serves as a goodwill ambassador at Norway Mountain, Mich. He helps juggle equipment in the parking lot, plays trivia in lift ...

20 Years Ago In Sam

A fantastic winter in the East and a tale of woe in the West. Fear of a permanent energy shortage hung over the country. Several industry pioneers died...

Mvp: Lewis Mead, Attitash Bear Peak, N.H.

First in a series recognizing exceptional employees who make a difference, regardless of their title or where they fall on the organizational chart. Le...

Reaching Kids Through Snowboarding

Four areas in Washington state--Snoqualmie, Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass and Timberline--have been participating in a program called the Service Boar...

Where Still More Children Are

A notable addition to the junior programs listed in SAM, January 1997, that are introducing kids to winter sports. John Mohan runs two programs: the sk...

Bringing Snowmaking To The Public

After embarking on a $4.5 million snowmaking expansion, Smuggler's Notch, Vt., created the Family Snowmaking Learning Center to allow guests a peek int...

Shaped Skis-- Two Sam Views

I. A Revolution That Failed? II. Blowing An Opportunity? Two SAM editors examine the shaped-ski trend from two different perspectives.

Hail To The (New) Chief!

Weldom to Mike Dombeck, the new Forest Service Chief, and his chief of staff, Francis Pandolfi.

Olympic Valley Heroes

In an unusual turn of events for a typically adversarial relationship, Squaw Valley Ski Corp. were hailed as heroes by the local community after Januar...

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