SAM Coverage
Barbara Wicks
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Bass Scales Everest
Some ski area owners might be tempted to liken the challenges of operating a ski area to climbing Mt. Everest. Dick Bass, the owner…
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Ctec
It sounds almost too good to be true. The American dream at its best. Two hard working engineers pool their resourses—mostly brainpower, education and…
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Jay Price
NSAA’s next president will be Jay Price, who heads a small but energetic ski area in what was once California gold rush country. Says…
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Touch-Down In The Rockies
More than 45 area, lift industry, ski patrol and Forest Service representatives gathered at Snowbird, Utah, this fall to learn how to get lift-stranded…
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Free-Style Competition
To get the real story of what is going on, SAM’s Contributing Editor, Barbara Wicks, interviewed Bob Theobold, one of the key people in…
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Who Is Chuck Lewis And Why Are They Say
“Everybody had always looked at the electronics field—the growth, the ideas and success—as the American dream. I’m convinced that recreation today offers as great…
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Lift Evacuation– Learning The Ropes
Representatives from virtually every phase of aerial lift operation attended a two-day lift evacuation seminar at Stowe, Vt., this fall. What resulted was a…