SAM Coverage
Olivia Rowan
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Cogeneration– Using Power To Cut Costs
The selection of the correct equiptment is at the core to making effective use of heat from engines. At Snowbird, they put it together…
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The Great Gastronomy Gap
Some skier-chefs express their opinions on ski area food and provide tips for improving the product. And, then they, raced for the fun of…
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A Real Real Estate Tale
The idea of a condo-level hotel seemed viable on paper, so Ski Windham’s management proceeded with plans. Then, they looked before they leaped…and they…
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The Key Is To Improve The Product
NSAA’s new chairman, Channing Murdock, maintains providing better skiing is the way to promote growth.
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Mountain Upgrade
Lift replacement in a mountain upgrade can be modeled to study impacts of different uphill configurations.
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Impacts Of Detachables
New methods of predicting density problems on mountains are needed with high capacity lifts.
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Spirit Mountain Goes Detachable
Why a detachable in mid-America? SAM takes a technical look at a new Borvig/leitner bubble quad.
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Understand People, Be Willing To Listen
Employees can contribute to volume business-at least that’s the philosophy of Mammoth Mountain’s Dave McCoy.
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The Good News Is, It’s Getting Colder
Aside from forecasting the weather, this climatologist says changes indicate a cooling trend.
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Oversnow Vehicles 1987
Mechanical and attachment refinements make the machinery more sophisticated each year.
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Winch-Assisted Grooming– 2 Systems
Super steep slopes can be groomed using winches as both LMC and Kassbohrer have shown with new equiptment.
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Catching The Fitness Boom
The right market is as important as the right facilities for a ski resort athletic club.
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Aiming For The Other Season -Now-
Dick Bass says the cost of snowbird’s elegant, new spa is worth the investment for summer and winter business.
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A X-Country Legacy For Canada
Canmore has a magnificent site and outstanding facilities, but will it work when the games are over?