SAM Coverage
Olivia Rowan
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What About Galvanized Wire Rope
Cost is the major reason for not using this durable rope, but more applications could bring the cost down.
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Water Worries In Vermont
Ancient legal doctrines are affecting modern needs for snowmaking’s essential ingredient and ski areas are attempting to cope.
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Camaraderie Comes With Safety
At vail, they instituted a four-pronged safety program to bring back past attitudes and feelings about skiing.
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Snowmaking Is 40 Years Old
We know how important snowmaking is. In the beginning, it seemed to be a modest, but promising idea at best.
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The Russians Were Here
Killington hosted a group of Russian students in an effort to bring skiing into the international peace process.
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When Avalanches Are Made By Machines
Snow fractures can occur from the combination of underlying snow on steep slopes and the machine-made product on top.
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The Guns Of Denderite
At last it can be told: What was the dendrite doing all those years, what came out of the secret research and where will…
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Outwitting Lines And Labor
With the base lodge reconstruction at Mt. Snow, the inadequate food service was converted into a fast and profitable operation.
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Overcoming Enviromental Obstacles
Each year different concerned groups get into the approval process. Here are ways to handle changing situations.
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The Indoor Sport Of Skiing
In England and Japan, new technologies are being used to make it possible to ski on real snow all year round.
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Lights Up/Costs Down
Hidden Valley proves that less light may be more in terms of energy and cost savings. A night-light case history.
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Ski Trips Look Like Tourism At Marketing Show
Record numbers of ski marketers get new view of their sales potential.
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The Season Of Weather Flip-Flops
Cold temperaures moved East to West for a change, causing reverse skier-visit trends.
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Radical Extremes Challenge X-C
Too much, too little and ill-timed weather patterns produced a variety of skier-day results
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Re-Inventing The Small Ski Area
Cherokee is an old-fashioned kind of ski area-one built by a single individual and aimed at the day-tripper business.