SAM Coverage
Mountain Ops
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Another Guest Editor, the SAMMYs and more
First, we at SAM would like to wish you a Happy New Year! As we write this, it is mid-December and the early season…
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Terrain Parks Grow Up
by Katie Bailey Beginners—they used to be the bane of terrain parks: Clueless kids rolling over 60-foot tabletops, rookies traversing across landing zones, and…
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SAM Idea Files
Quick Disconnect For easy access to chairlift loading areas by ski patrol, lift maintenance people and grooming vehicles, Mark Barthel, mountain manager at Grand…
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Last-Minute Preparations
Painting, mowing, dusting, tuning skis, flushing out the sewage treatment plant. . . From one end of the country to the other, ski resorts…
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A New Guest Editor and More
In this issue we turned to one of our original SAMMY winners for his thoughts and comments—Tim Boyd. Boyd is the president of Peak…
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The End Page
We wonder how many customers at Wilmot Mountain, Wisc., must have dropped their precious pies before this sign was deemed necessary. Throw in first-timers…
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SAM Idea Files
On the Mark A good thermometer is a vital instrument at ski areas, especially for snowmakers. However, there is no need to spend an…
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A new guest editor and more
As we begin to prepare for the 2004-05 season, we have once again looked to a previous SAMMY winner to offer insight, opinion and…
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Numbers, Numbers
The winter sports business is awash in numbers: skier-visit totals. EBITDA. Beginner conversion rates. Snowmaking gpm. These numbers matter, because they guide our business…
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On the Cutting Edge, II
by John Stouffer Did you know that 51 percent of all ski resort lift tickets in the United States are now sold to people…