SAM Coverage
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The Everlasting Importance Of Hydrants
Guidelines for purchasing, installing, testing and maintaining snowmaking hydrants.
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A Salesman In Cyberspace
Rod Hanna, Internet guru at Steamboat, Colo., says the Internet will be the sales and marketing tool of the future. He outlines the ways…
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Bob Heron, Lift Pioneer
Renowned ropeway engineer Bob Heron has made an indelible mark on the ski industry during a remarkable career filled with firsts. Includes “A Lift…
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That’s Entertainment!
Adventure Ridge, Vail’s new mid-mountain playground, offers an abundance of activities to occupy guests in the evening: snowmobiling, snowtubing, ice skating, night skiing and…
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Energizing A Partnership
SAM interviews new Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck to find out what’s ahead for the crucial relationship between the ski industry and its largest…
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Skal, Jerry
A fond farewell and many thanks to Jerry Groswold, stepping down after 22 years as CEO of Winter Park, Colo.
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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…
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Hail To The (New) Chief!
Weldom to Mike Dombeck, the new Forest Service Chief, and his chief of staff, Francis Pandolfi.
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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.
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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 into the…
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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:…
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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 Board that uses snowboarding to…
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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. Lewis…
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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.…
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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…
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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.”
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Plug That Leak!
Using a non-disruptive process from Insituform Technologies, Purgatory, Colo., avoided the digging necessary to repair underground pipeline at a leaking reservoir. In one day,…