SAM Coverage
Olivia Rowan
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The Aging Lift– How Is It Defined?
Several authorities in the field of lift evaluation take issue with Chuck Dwyer’s previous article on aging lifts.
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The Making Of Sno-Engineering
More tales of high adventure and funny events in the early days of ski resort planning. The second part of the story by Paul…
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The Man Behind The Splice
Redeye Smith is known as an expert in many more fields than cable splicing. An Industry Profile by Janet Nelson.
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The Wisdom Of Redeye– Lift Maintenance
Smitty offers valuable tips on preseason lift maintenance. By C.E. Smith.
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Night Lights-New Look, New Code
How the new recommendation on slope lighting was put together and what is means to ski areas. An important update by LeRoy W. Schultz…
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Proposed Night Light Recommendation
Essential reading for all areas with night skiing. The report as approved by NSAA and submitted to the EIS Board.
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A Brilliant Idea
A new lighting system was developed by the Puget Sound Power Company and Ski Acres. It resulted in dramatic savings in money and energy.…
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The 1982/83 Economic Study
Overall, skier visits were down slightly reports ted Farwell. Is it the weather or a trend?
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A Better Maintenance Building
Almost everything a maintenance crew could ask for is included in this Butternut Basin structure. Pictures and text by Lew Cuyler.
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Lift Fatigue
A complex interation of factors can cause failure in the system and components. From a speech by David K. Matlock at the Vail Safety…
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The Changing Ski Industry
A group of top marketing experts explores the identity of the ski area industry and looks at directions for the failure. Part II of…
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Vast Grass In One Pass
At Mammoth Mountain a new system of planting grass was developed with spectacular success. By Pam Murphy.
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XC Monitor
The cross country business took off with a surge according to th first report compiled by Herbert Echelberger.