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Sam Geise
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SAM Idea Files
A Clean Fire Last year, skiers returning home from Sunburst Ski Resort, Wis., reeked of smoke and parents found burnholes in their kids’ $1,000…
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SAM Idea Files
How Tall is Too Small? Méribel in Les Trois Vallées, France, needed a way to measure the size of the children who were riding…
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SAM Idea Files
One Sign Does It All Some days, Toggenburg, N.Y., needs to open and close the ski trails almost by the hour. It’s a big…
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Idea Files
Idea #1: Hand Dryers SAM staffer Jonathan Gourlay found this great idea when he visited Brighton Ski Area, Utah. When the Brighton Center lodge…
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Idea Files
Idea #1: Mats for Motor Rooms Ski-lift motor room floors are often made of steel that can be slippery even when dry. When the…
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Idea Files
Idea #1: T-Bar Golf Green If not for the T-bar, it looks exactly like the green on your favorite golf course. Mike Reynolds, former…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: Double Insurance When a power outage hits a ski resort, nothing feels worse than switching to auxiliary power and finding that a…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: $25 Kiddie Water Slide Many of the young children visiting Wild Mountain, Minn., with their parents were too small to enjoy the…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: Bullwheel Lift At Shawnee Mountain Resort, Pa., two-by-four wood supports were used to hold up the flying return bullwheel of its handletow.…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: Wire Rope Guard Rails J.R. Reinhardt, mountain operations director at Mountain High Resort, Calif., found a terrific way to recycle old wire…
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Preparing for Annual Lift Inspections
By Sam Geise, P.E., Acordia Resort Services Just as it makes good sense for your car to have an annual inspection to assess wear…
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Changes Coming in Wire Rope Standard
A new wire rope standard is on the horizon. Created by the Wire Rope Technical Board, the new standard will replace Fed. Spec. RR-W-410C…