SAM Coverage
Paul Janoff
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Winch Grooming Comes of Age
As winching vehicles become more popular, crews are discovering new ways to use them and tips on how to ge more out of them.
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Going Digital
Computerizing accident reports helps ensure that records are complete. It’s a risk manager’s worst nightmare: a serious incident and an accident investigation report that’s…
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Propane: It’s A Blast!
On Wednesday, January 20, shortly after two in the afternoon, and in the middle of a raging Sierra snowstorm, a propane explosion ignited a…
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Quality Assurance
Over the next three to six years there will almost inevitably be major changes in the way ski lifts are designed, manufactured, marketed, installed,…
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Steamboat And Its Martens
The American marten, Martes americana, is a reclusive arboreal carnivore of the genus Martes, about 2 1/2 feet long, with 9-in. bushy tail, and…
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A Topping For Powder Ridge
Powder Ridge Ski Area made a decision in the Spring of 1990: demand in that section of central Minnesota dictated they expand, so they…
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Tower Power
Herman K. Dupre is going public; he has put his initials on his snowmaking system and his son-in-law, Charles Santry, heads up Snow Economics,…
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Fun Foods
If you accept the basic premise that recreation is supposed to be fun, and that the ski business is part of the fun business,…