SAM Coverage
L. Dana Gatlin
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Ski Reports: Whom Do They Serve?
by L. Dana Gatlin When I first proposed the story on radio snow reports that Ski Magazine published last December (“Does Truth Take a…
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Vision Of A New Industry
A couple of years ago, former National Hockey League all-star Brad Park returned from a Peewee hockey tournament in Quebec with a vision of…
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Second Homes Still Going Strong
By most standards it has been another season of formidable condominium sales at ski resorts. In the East, some feverish selling of condominiums and…
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Lost Valley, Maine
Lost Valley, home of the Powder Maker, Valley Engineering and Otto Wallingford, celebrates two anniversaries this season. Both say a lot about Maine’s ever-profitable…
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Black Mountain,Nh
What would you say of a ski area operator who doesn’t make ski school pupils buy lift tickets? (concession-operated, at that). What do you…
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The Christie Saga
This is John Christie’s story — a man who went through the ski area management business in 15 years. Ski patrol, trail crew, public…
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Sherman Adams
After a decade in the ski business Sherman Adams has seen some good years and few of the other kind. But since the arrival…