SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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Tower Power
Herman K. Dupre is going public; he has put his initials on his snowmaking system and his son-in-law, Charles Santry, heads up Snow Economics,…
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Company Tours For Young And Old
Three New England ski areas are using snowmaking and snow grooming for more than just improving skiing surfaces. High-tech equipment has become the focus…
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Mammoth Installs Snowmaking
Mammoth Mountain’s Dave McCoy loves a challenge. Many things motivate him, however; telling him something “can’t be done” really gets him going. So, last…
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Snow Fences That Work
Snow-fence technology began in the West when early railroaders stacked granite blocks along hillsides to protect tracks from drifting snow. In the 19th Century,…
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Is There A ” Best” Air Pressure?
Vice President, Engineering, Sno-engineering Inc. Recently, controversy has been growing over the question of optimal compressed air pressure for snowmaking. Until a few years…
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Saalbach Snubs Snowmaking
In June 1988, the FIS Congress in Istanbul selected Saalbach/Hinterglemm, Austria, as the 1991 World Championship site on the first ballot — the first…
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Snowmaking And Grooming Win The World Cup
Just when U.S. ski areas succeeded in garnering a series of World Cup opening races, the weather across the country performed a rare sequence…
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News Tools for Snowmaking Measurements
“You can’t do the job without the right tools!” my grandfather, a master carpenter, used to repeat over and over as I would go…
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1985-86 Snowmaking Machinery Round-Up
Last year, SAM published the first Snow-Making Machinery Roundup as a continuation of our commitment to objectively clarify one aspect of the interesting and…
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Night Snow
A typical snowmaking night at Paoli Peaks in Southern Indiana is about like snowmaking anywhere—or is it? Consider these facts: In four years of…