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Featured Story

Grooming Vehicle Round-Up :: May 2001

A round-up on grooming technology featuring the four new groomers on our cover.

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Industry Reports

No merger and no Otten at ASC (on MeriStar merger failure and Les Otten resignation); Resorts of the Canadian Rockies files for protection; Ski Patrol ...

Are There Casualties of the Season Pass Wars in Colorado?

Discounted ticket pricing and special passes for the 2001-2002 season in Colorado are making it difficult for some smaller- and medium-sized areas to p...

Making the Model Work

As promised, the NSAA released a handbook of best practices culled from effective methods for increasing trial and conversion rates from around the cou...

Grooming Vehicles 2001

This is the annual roundup of grooming vehicles. A table of specifications accompanies the article.

In the Aftermath of Fire

A story about the turnaround and rebuilding of the main lodge at Maplelag cross-country ski resort in Minnesota. The lodge burned to the ground in 1999...

1999-2000 Economic Analysis

The annual report on business across the country revealed an overall drop in profit, but gains in the Midwest.

The Pride of the Patrol

Beaver Mountain, Utah, volunteer ski patrol replaced its small headquarters with a new facility using donated supplies, labor and money.

Green and Profitable

How an environmental audit of the ski area operations can lead to more efficiency, good PR and, best of all, a healthy bottom line.

Tell Guests to Get Lost

A description of how pre-packaged mazes have helped some resorts earn cash during the summer.

World Ropeways

A review of Hans Dieter Schmoll's book on the history of ropeway transportation, 'Welt Seilbahn Geschichte.' Many illustrations, text is in German. Two...

Are We Still in the Same Business?

This essay calls attention to the phenomenon around real estate in mountain communities and the growing disconnect between skiing and spending time at ...

Making a Good First Impression

Smart layout in the rental shop can help customer flow, alleviate anxiety and generate happy guests.

More Than Just a Smile

Managers say that good interpersonal skills, especially in front-line positions, build good customer relations and add to success.

Strength in Numbers

How Midwest ski areas formed a buying group to get better rental equipment. The buying muscle presented by a group helped bring about some changes to m...

Who's on the Slopes?

Preliminary numbers from the annual National Skier/Boarder Opinion Survey show some shift in demographics that might lead to adjustments in marketing.

Way Back When in SAM

This is a look back at SAM issues and articles appearing 25 years before and 10 years before. The highlights include the Haskell Hearings, NSAA/Coke pr...

Putting the Fleet Up for Summer

This is a description of the most important tips to follow when putting grooming vehicles under wraps once the ski season has ended.

Guess Who's Coming to Ride?

A description of Aspen Mountain opening to snowboarders on April 1, 2001. About 2,500 snowboarders showed up on the historic day.

Business Websites

Three Websites to make bookmarks for legal matters, office supplies and filling part-time and seasonal positions.

Construction Site

Wachusett Mountain, Mass., new base lodge expansion; Granite Peak at Rib Mountain, Wis., snowmaking upgrades; Mount Sunapee, N.H., lift; Whitetail, Pa....

Idea Files

Rubber anti-fatugue mats on motor room floors at Camelback Ski Area, Pa.; A stop gate that reacts according to rope deflection (weighted gate) at Brian...

Blue Pages

Has the Les Otten Saga Ended (looking into the latest ASC news as well as remarks about the other conglomerates); Vancouver's Bid for the 2010 Olympics...

The End Page

Going Hollywood: moviemaking takes over Wachusett Mountain, Mass. for a day; Pint Sized Groomers: tiny kids for a tiny machine; Our Reputation Precedes...

At Last...Snow

The review of business on the continent shows that near-perfect winter weather will result in some new records in both the U.S. and Canada.

Let's Not Market Danger

A reminder to USST that it does no service when trying to build an audience by hyping the alleged danger of skiing and snowboarding when the industry i...

Just Cleaning Up at Aspen

Kreitman's take on the much ballyhooed opening of Aspen's slopes to snowboarders on April 1, 2001 is a check with reality and shows the move just bring...

Coming Full Circle

The piece is an excerpt of a book review from the November 1985 SAM followed by commentary by Jennifer. The point is, the new handbook of best marketin...

Remembering Dave McTaggart

A remembrance of the roguish founder of Greenpeace and his earlier forays into the ski industry. David McTaggart was 69 when he died in a car crash in ...

Two Greats Pass On

Separate obituaries of Sverre Engen and Edward 'Scotty' Scott.

SAMMY Winners Picked

Announcing the winners of the annual leadership award: John Rice, GM at Sierra-at-Tahoe; Jack Turner, producer of Snow Monsters; Chip Perfect, VP/GM of...

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