The SAM Archive
Magazine Archives
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Audio/Visual At Aspen
Assuming that nature and snowmaking combine to fulfill the primary wish of ski area managers for long seasons,…
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Nurseries Without Tears
"I started skiing when I was five-years-old," says Billy Kidd, a former Olympic silver medalist from Stowe, Vt.…
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Zero Base
In today's business climate, Zero Base Budgeting is not an alternative budgeting procedure—it is the only responsible avenue…
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Gauge Alignment
The May 1980 issue of SAM had a very good article on ALIGNMENT by George Cooper, Lift Supervisor,…
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Recent Legislation
In the last issue of SAM, the author reviewed many court cases and judgments which led up to…
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New Look For B77
The proposed B77. 1-1982 may reflect the most significant changes in the standard since the 1960s. These changes…
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X-Country
Old rental practices die hard. Some touring centers continue to rent old equipment replacing it only after it…
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Hall Ski-Lift Co
This season, skiers from California to Maine will be riding on 19 new chairlifts carrying the name Hall.…
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Lifts 1981
North American lift construction for 1981 gives totals that, like last year's, convey mixed signals.
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Club Med Is Coming
"Club Mediterranee has been in the ski resort business for more than 20 years," says Serge Trigano, chairman…
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1980-81 Economic Study
Nineteen eighty-one marks the thirteenth year that the NSAA has prepared an economic study of the industry. It…
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Controlling Lifts With Computers
The technology of micro computer systems has come a long way in the past ten years. So far…
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Timesharing Condos
Timesharing seems to be a real estate creature whose—you should pardon the expression—time has come for the ski…
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The Alta Enigma
Alta, the quaint Utah ski resort with world class stature, is perplexity personified. When ski lift tickets at…
