The SAM Archive
Magazine Archives
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Year-Round Schools Promise January Crowds
Think of it—no more crowd crises at Christmas and Easter plus a January and spring packed with reservations…
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Salomon Binding Aims To Reduce Acl Injuries
Citing studies that indicate about 40 percent of ACL injuries result from forward twisting falls, Salomon has introduced…
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Hitting The Target With Radio
While it would be ideal to reach every potential skier with media advertising, even the largest operators need…
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Summer Construction Season
Two words sum up this summer construction season, and those words are "LBO" and “S-K-I."
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Biggest, Baddest Snowmobile Race
Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minn., has found an answer to perennial early-season slow-business woes. The area has become…
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Editorial Integrity On Trial
I keep putting quotes around “ski testing” because what you three magazines do is not real testing: it’s…
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Just Say ” No!”
I have a message for all ski resort presidents. The subject is discount card companies. The message: Just…
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Where Golf Is King
There are more golf courses per square mile in the Coachella Valley, home of Palm Springs, than anywhere…
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Whale Of A Deal
Susan and Steven Plausteiner — and the rest of their staff at Vermont's Ascutney Mountain Resort — reached…
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A Tropical “Ski ” Lift
Costa Rica's newest tourist attraction is a ski lift—a 24-cabin, 6-passenger fixed grip gondola just over 423 feet…
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Taking Up The Slack
An articulated steel cable has improved the appearance and operation of Sun Up Lift 17 at Vail by…
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Radio Frequency, Future
The Smith family arrives at X resort, parks its car and heads for the lifts. Because the Smiths…