SAM Coverage
Mountain Ops
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SAM Idea Files
A Clean Fire Last year, skiers returning home from Sunburst Ski Resort, Wis., reeked of smoke and parents found burnholes in their kids’ $1,000…
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Half Empty or Half Full
Following is a description of a current model or formula for determining ski area and lift capacity. A companion article on determining slope density…
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SAM Idea Files
How Tall is Too Small? Méribel in Les Trois Vallées, France, needed a way to measure the size of the children who were riding…
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The End Page
Instead of our usual “light” End Page, we decided to devote this month’s page to people from the mountain resort industry who showed courage,…
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Some Thoughts on Our Fortieth
To prepare myself for this 40th anniversary publishers’ memo I cruised through our 20th and 25th celebrations. Scary! So much that I was planning…
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40 Years of SAM : A Look Back and a Look Ahead
This issue marks our 40th year in the industry. To celebrate, we created a collage of four decades of covers, including a Japanese version…
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The End Page
In going through 40 years of SAM covers to choose the best for the cover of this issue, we also came across a few…
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Profile in Profit: Sun Valley
Ask about profit margin and you won’t get an answer. Sun Valley is a privately-held company owned by Earl Holding who also owns Sinclair…
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SAM Idea Files
One Sign Does It All Some days, Toggenburg, N.Y., needs to open and close the ski trails almost by the hour. It’s a big…
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Logging by Air
This past fall, after more than two years of working on the necessary approvals, the management of Marmot Basin Ski Area, Alberta, was ready…