SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Lift Unloading– Skier Ability Dictates
Bottlenecks in the lift loading area (see “Learn the Rules of Lift-Off,” Spring SAM) are not the only problem standing in the way of…
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Learn The Rules Of Lift-Off
If your lifts ran on peak days with less than two stops an hour and no missed chairs, T-sticks, platters or J-bars for 15…
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Cabling For Tower Power
While building our fourth chairlift at Mission Ridge this year, the Forest Service asked that three of our 24 towers be erected without clearing…
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And Now…Bull Wheel Loading
For several years now chairlift configurations that permit skiers to unload at the bull wheel of the upper terminal have been in use, and…
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Commissioner Of Uphill Transportation
If you took all the lifts on Aspen Skiing Corp.’s three mountains and strung them end to end, they would stretch 17.7 miles long,…
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Chairlift Seatpads– Heat In-Ouch Out
Since cave days, man has been devising more efficient and comfortable devices to sit on. Those neanderthals sitting on cold rocks in the winter…
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1970 Lift Construction– Rate Declines
Ski area and lift growth for the past year have shown a marked decline over past years. The number of new ski areas has…
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New Lifts For North America
EAST LOCATION TYPE MANU. LENGTH VERT. CAP. SPEED Mt. Southington, Southington, Conn. T-Bar Dopplemayr 1200 175 900 590 Powder Hill, Middlefield, Conn. Chair †…
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Upward Rise Of The Aerial Tram
In one giant step, the ski industry in North America will have more than doubled the number of aerial tramways serving skiers on this…
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Electricity First
Electrical energy is the most common source of power for ski lifts in North America today. It is relatively cheap to operate, it offers…