SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Get Me Down!
With summer activities on the rise at mountain resorts, summer lift evacuations are becoming a reality—and they are much different than in winter. It…
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Construction Site :: July 2014
Resorts around the world are adding terrain, lifts and services buildings for guests to enjoy next season. REMARKABLES, NEW ZEALANDFollowing years of planning, The…
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An Ounce of Prevention
Conveyor lifts have fast become the workhorses at mountain resorts. Servicing them before the season will prevent downtime and headaches. With more and more…
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Online Video Liftie Training
A new tool for lift operations aims to streamline the steps and modernize the process. Many lifties may be bumping chairs mainly for the…
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Blue Pages :: March 2011
DEALS, DEALS, DEALS… RETAIL BUSINESS IS BACK IN THE BLACK… TALE OF TWO INDUSTRIES… UNTAPPED MARKETS EVERYWHERE… MICHELLE AND THE KIDS COME TO VAIL……
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On the Hill: Alyeska Spring Training – Extreme Tram Evacuation
In this first installation of SAM’s Field Report series, we interview Michelle Cosper from Alyeska Resort about their off-season training routines. Last week SAM…
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Speak Out :: Are New Lifts All That Bad?
Editor Rick Kahl on the approaching retirement or refurbishing of lifts from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. As we suggested in Blue Pages last…
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Give Your Lifts a Hand
The longer you put off maintenance on older lifts, the smaller the margin for error. High-profile lift accidents at Devil’s Head and Sugarloaf have…
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Fun and Games for Lifties
The Wasatch Backside Lifty Invitational shows the love to some key employees. A lift operator doesn’t need to clock a co-worker with a chair…
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Contruction Site :: September 2011
Creative and fun ways to get up and down the mountain–any time of year–are gaining in popularity. New lifts to get guests up the…