SAM Coverage
Mountain Ops
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Seth Says: Slats Greets the New Millennium
I went up to Tantamount last Thursday night to watch some of my friends race under the lights and afterwards found Slats Grabski sitting…
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Construction Site
Mountain High A new lift, grooming vehicle, lodge renovations and snowmaking upgrades to the tune of $3 million were the off-season chores for construction…
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SAM Idea Files
Idea #1: Wire Rope Guard Rails J.R. Reinhardt, mountain operations director at Mountain High Resort, Calif., found a terrific way to recycle old wire…
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Let There Be Light
In this article, SAM revisits the ski slope lighting standard developed by NSAA’s night lighting committee—spearheaded by LeRoy Schultz—almost 15 years ago. Nowadays, more…
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Worth A Second Look
Thirty or forty years ago, they were called warming huts; today we call them lodges — base, day, summit — but the purpose for…
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Oh My Gosh! Is There An Endangered Snail In My Snowmaking Pond?
Eldora Mountain Resort, located just outside of Boulder, Colorado, found itself in the middle of an environmental issue concerning a small snail, the Acroloxus…
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Sit-Ski Comes To Cross-Country
Wheelchair athletes are a familiar sight at road races and alpine ski events; now they are cross country skiing as well. This season, cross-country…
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Afternoon Groom
When lights for night skiing were installed six years ago at Shawnee Peak, Me., the expectation was that night skiers would have the same…
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Feeding The Hungry Skier: Ideal Food Cost
One question that ski area food and beverage operators often ask is: “What should my food cost be?” Because every operation is different, offering…
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On Line: Mba Software
At almost every small ski area where computers are used, three programs — a word processor, a spreadsheet and a data base — are…