The SAM Archive
Magazine Archives
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Summer Maintenance
It was good to see so much interest in the maintenance panel at the NSAA Convention. Now I…
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Solar Ranch House
“The Ranchouse” a new 10,000 square foot lodge was built this fall at Sierra Ski Ranch. Sierra Ski…
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The Junkman Cometh
Hugh Knapp had the perfect idea, he figured. He'd become a one-man bulletin board, message center and brokerage…
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Non-Destructive Testing
Director of Operations, Industrial NDT Co., Inc.
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Joe Wachtel
“You can’t be a desk jockey and operate a successful ski area,” says Joe Wachtel, vice-president of operations…
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Night Into Day
In the Midwest, skiers think nothing of a two-hour drive to the ski slopes for three or four…
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Phil Gravink
“It isn’t the old country road anymore — it’s a super highway of skiers! There have to be…
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Over-Snow Vehicles
The story of over-snow vehicles and their use at ski areas might start with the end of World…
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Finding Lost Skiers
Increasingly, ski areas are taking a hard line about costly search-and-rescue missions for skiers who ignore posted warnings…
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Jumbo Chairs
For Stadeli-Lift, headquartered just outside Zurich, Switzerland, there had been endless preparatory work with the appropriate Transport Office…
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Chair Grip Update
Since the first article on chair grips appeared in the Spring 1977 issue of SAM, I am pleased…
