SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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Snowmaking 2008
A roundup of the latest in snowmaking technology, which emphasizes ease and efficiency. The high cost of energy and concerns with global warming make…
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Better Snow, Less Cost
As energy prices skyrocket, ski areas and manufacturers are looking at ways to cut costs. In snowmaking, variable frequency drives will help. When ski…
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Construction Site :: September 2008
Guests can look forward to bigger facilities, more terrain and more snow at many resorts this coming season. BRIDGER BOWL, MONTANAAs part of its…
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An Unlikely Slope
An enterprising Dutch investor turned a hilly pasture into a thriving snow business. Here’s how. At first glance, Auckland’s North Shore doesn’t look like…
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Fan Guns-In the East?
When Peak Resorts purchased an eastern resort, the company decided to bring its successful Midwest snowmaking operations in. Did it work? Last fall, Crotched…
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Speak Out :: November 2006
Joel Bourassa, Operations Manager of Tenney Mountain Resort, Plymouth, N.H., implores us to take on “A Snowmaking Challenge.” SAM talks differing strategies at Vail…
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Supersize It
Squaw Valley’s superpipe take time, energy and a lot of snow to build and every year they wonder-is it worth it? In the greater…
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Speak-Out :: A Mighty Wind
Felix Kagi, General Manager of Crotched Mountain, talks efficiency in “A Mighty Wind”. Chuck Cobb, Chairman of Kirkwood and Durango Mountain Resorts, asks “Tension? What…
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Gaining Efficiency
Pats Peak added software controls to its snowmaking pumps, boosting efficiency and increasing reliability, for relatively little cost. With no time for down time…
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Pump Up The Volume
This past winter, two Pocono areas proved the value of maximizing their snowmaking capacity. Considering the balmy temperatures throughout the Pocono Mountains at the…