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November 1981

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Featured Story

Innovative Building At Winter Park

We asked Winter Park to share some of the planning and thinking behind their striking new 65,000 square foot West Portal Station.

The Alta Enigma

Written by Korologos,Mike

Our cover story is also our profile in Profits for this issue. Salt Lake City writer Mike Korologos digs for the secrets of this unusual success formul...

Mastering A Master Plan

Written by Deslauriers,Ralph

Ralph DesLauriers, the presiding genius of Vermont's Bolton Valley, discusses the need for a master plan-one that is kept continuously up-to-date.

Aligning With Lasers

Written by Vonallmen,Beat

Ski resort engineer beat VonAllmen goes into the technicalities of aligning lift towers with the help of lasers.

Winterizing Diesel Equipment

Written by Alm,Brian

A timely and detailed service feature by the experts at John Deere could save lots of down time this winter.

Ten Top Motivators

Written by Mills,Allen

Surprising results of a study of past and present employees of a Lake Tahoe resort by Allen S. Mills, Mark A. Bonn and Victor L. Vaccaro.

Practice Of Grooming

Written by Carey,Chip

Chip Carey of Sugarloaf/USA wrote this for SAM. It presents the fundamentals of one of the most basic disciplines in the operations of a modern ski res...

1982 Directory Of Products And Services

Written by Editor

Listings Limited to SAM advertisers of the past year

Supplier Directory

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