SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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The Digital Mountain
With the marvels of modern technology, area operators can bring the mountain to the home, the office and the courtroom with digital imagery. On…
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Energy Moves to the Front Burner
The second installment in our sustainability section is chock full of great ways to save on energy costs. Massachusetts’s Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort was…
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Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Is automated snowmaking right for your ski area? The answer: it depends. When automated snowmaking systems were first introduced way back in the last…
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Going Underground
If new snowmaking pipe is on the agenda this summer, forget those trenches-directional drilling may be the better solution. For most snowmaking systems, the…
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Finding the Right Words
Snowmakers across the country seem to have their own lingo for their product. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all spoke the same language?…
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Snowmaking Survey
This is the report of a survey conducted at Colorado Mountain College that asked resorts about snowmaking practices, covereages, training for personnel, types of…
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Rules of Thumb
Nils explains how to estimate water flow, the amount of snow that can be made depending on water volume and how to locate a…
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The Scoop on Guns
There’s an amazing selection of air-water snowmaking guns available. This is a breakdown of what’s out there and compares all the specifications in table…
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The Ultimate Flush
Sewage treatment was a growing problem at Sugarloaf/USA, Me., until they discovered Snowfluent, a process developed by Delta Engineering that uses snowmaking technology to…