SAM Coverage
SAM Staff
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Planning Your Way Through Expansion
Construction efficiency at Copper Mountain in Frisco, Colorado, is probably the virtuoso act of the ski industry. It took just 13 months of construction…
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1973-74– A Season Of Extremes
This past year saw all sorts of records set, from all-time highs in snow accumulation in the northwest, to all-time lows in about anything…
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The Eastern Gyro Behind The Jolly Green
You’d hardly think that a kid reared in West Hartford, Conn., schooled in the Midwest flatlands and strapped to skis for the first time…
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NSAA Mid-Winter Agenda
Test-tracking at Snowbird This month’s Slope Maintenance Conference at Snowbird, Utah, will take on a different—and more practical—format than in years past. Gone this…
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Media– Newspapers
Each year the newspapers serving the major metropolitan markets of North America get into skibiz in a bigger way — and with very good…
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Your Wire Rope Investment
One of the side benefits of trade association meetings such as the recent NSAA convention at Great Gorge is that they attract experts in…
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NSAA Convention Coverage
The Playboy Club at Great Gorge, N.J. proved to be well suited for the 11th Annual NSAA Convention. Nobody really liked. it. In fact,…
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Survey By Balloon
When the owner of a ski area turns a hobby into an effective technique for speeding up the growh of his area, hundreds can…
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NSAA Agenda– What’s Coming At Sun Valley
The NSAA Convention: What’s in store Financing and the environment will be heading the agenda when ski area operators gather at Sun Valley for…
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Selling New England Skiers New England
“The biggest opportunity for Eastern ski resorts lies in developing package plans and in creative regional promotion. These steps are necessary if New England…
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Snowmaking To Highligh Midwinter Meet
The NSAA Midwinter Meeting has always been an excuse to play a little mid-season hookey, see old friends, talk out common problems and try…
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1970 Lift Construction– Rate Declines
Ski area and lift growth for the past year have shown a marked decline over past years. The number of new ski areas has…