SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Construction Site :: January 2009
New base lodges, a gondola and expanded snowmaking are featured in this issue. GORE MOUNTAIN, NEW YORKFor 2008-09, Gore has developed Burnt Ridge Mountain,…
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Fantastic Voyages
Two massive lift projects on both sides of the border are engineering marvels. At Whistler-Blackcomb, thinking big means ushering in high-Alpine transportation by constructing…
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Construction Site :: September 2006
See what resorts were up to this past building season. Snowbird, UtahSnowbird is about to complete one of the more unusual projects in ski…
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Construction Site :: November 2006
Resorts were busy this summer installing lifts, expanding terrain, and sprucing up base areas. Breckenridge, ColoradoBreck’s new Leitner Poma 8-passenger gondola is one of…
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Lifts 2006-There Were Some Big Stories
Our annual lift construction survey is a contradiction in numbers…sort of. All in all it was an adventurous year for lift installers. CLICK…
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Construction Site :: January 2007
See what resorts were up to this past building season. Big White, B.C.The new Snow Ghost Express, a state-of-the-art C$7 million (US$6.1 million) Leitner-Poma…
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Construction Site :: May 2007
New spas, lifts and hotels will greet visitors next season at several resorts. PEEK’N PEAK, NEW YORKPeek’n Peak opened its new $1 million spa and…
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Getting a Grip
You might be surprised to find out that detachable grips have been around for a long time. Not surprisingly, the miners had a big…
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Getting a Grip, Part 2
The second part in a two-part series on the history of detachable grips. From the late 1880s through the 1950s, inventors created a wide…
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Construction Site :: September 2007
Lift installations across the country are accessing new terrain, easing congestion and making the mountain experience that much better: Schweitzer Mountain, ID; Brundage Mountain,…