SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Lifts 2004-An Overdue Rebound
It was a busy summer as resorts across North America gave themselves a little boost in uphill capacity. While not a record, it was…
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B77 Revision Advances
The biggest changes in the latest edition of the B77.1 standard on lift operations are in resort signage, fuel handling, and updating electrical requirements,…
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OITAF-NACS: Innovation and Pragmatism
About 65 persons attended the ninth symposium of the International Organization for Transportation by Rope, North American Continental Section (OITAF-NACS for short) at Vail…
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Getting to the Top
by Alain Lazard, Diversified Ski Services Where sliders go, lifts follow. Or is it the other way around? In the past 60 years, all…
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AC vs. DC
Throughout the world ski lifts are powered by AC and DC motors and drives up to about 1,000 horsepower. In more and more applications,…
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Lifts 2003-We’ve Leveled Off…Down There
What does one say about a lift-building year that is not exactly, er, uplifting? I guess you just supply the facts and leave the…
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Giving a Lift a Lift
Everyone knows that it can snow in Tahoe—really snow. Just ask the Donner party. Anyone who has lived in the Tahoe area for any…
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Do I Need a Rocket Scientist?
“Do I need to hire a rocket scientist?” I thought to myself while running correlations between lift faults and sunstorm activity. The level of…
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Construction Site
Ski Plattekill, N.Y. This small area’s new North Face Express is a 3,500-foot double chair operating at a rope speed of 500 feet per…
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Lifts 2002 — Not One for the Record Books
Let’s face it, there were few who expected this to be a great lift-building year. And it wasn’t. In fact, it was the smallest…