SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Pioneer Fantasy Lift
Schweitzer Mountain, Idaho, built a new Garaventa six-pack and modified the terminals to make it look like a 19th century steam-powered contraption. Using Disney-type…
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Letters to the Editor
Paul McMorris asks for names re: Idea File piece in the November 2000 issue; Marian Austin of Association of Scottish Ski Areas reminds us…
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Lift Survey :: 1990/2000
The cover is a summit view at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, of the resort’s new Le Soleil chair: a Doppelmayr detachable quad.
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The Chairlift: How It All Began
This cover honors the first single chairlift with a telegram from W. A. Harriman.
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Carriage Positions After Installation
Norm Duke explains his procedures for determining final carriage positions after installation. His calculations help simplify the estimates in an age when hydraulic tensioning…
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Tying Down the Details
This is a brief addendum to an earlier article, “Sun Valley Sigles: History Made” by Mary Purdy Gmuender in May ’99 clarifying patent questions…
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This cover shows the Snowbird tram outfitted with a lifting frame and carrying the top terminal’s bullwheel for the new Mineral Basin quad chair.…
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A Lift Fit for a King
Janet’s story is about the replacement of the tram at Masada, Israel. The historic location got a new Von Roll to replace a 25-year-old…
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Ropeway Technology Branches Out
People movers are the latest developments from some old names in chair lift and gondola circles. Companies are moving into intra-area transportation and branching…
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Conveyor Magic
An overcrowded beginner hill at Glen Eden Ski Area,Ontario, was transformed by a powerful conveyor lift manufactured by Barrie Welding and Machine, which doubled…