SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Get All The Spiraling Out Of Rope Tows
Every year there are bad accidents on rope tows; all-too-often they are lethal ones. The villain is rope spiraling. In 1964 SAM carried a…
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Remodel Or Replace ?
With increasing frequency ski area operators are facing the dilemma of the aging lift. Should it be replaced, remodeled, or “run into the ground”?…
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Emergency Operator Procedures
The operator of a ski lift or a tramway may have as many lives in his hands an an airline pilot or a railway…
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Converting To Bullwheel Loading
BENEFITS The two major benefits of using bullwheel loading over the conventional system of loading, ahead of the drive or return terminal, are as…
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Lifts 1972–Chair Construction Soars
The 35 new ski areas which opened during the 1972-73 season and the 220 new lifts constructed at ski areas throughout North America represent…
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Touch-Down In The Rockies
More than 45 area, lift industry, ski patrol and Forest Service representatives gathered at Snowbird, Utah, this fall to learn how to get lift-stranded…
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How About Dual Chairlifts
When the single passenger chair lift was developed in the United States in the 1930’s, capacities soared to 600 skiers per hour. It was…
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How Many To Run Your Lifts
After a ski or chair lift has been installed and is in operating condition, the major operating expense is usually wages for the personnel…
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Your Wire Rope Investment
One of the side benefits of trade association meetings such as the recent NSAA convention at Great Gorge is that they attract experts in…
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ANSI Code Changes
Forty-five separate changes to the American National Standard Safety Requirements for Aerial Passenger Tramways (B77.1-1970) were approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)…