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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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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Pipe Wall Thickness
with Application Engineering Staff, Ratnik Industries Pipe Friction Loss Theory Pipe friction loss is a large design factor influencing performance of a snowmaking system.…
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What A Snowmaking Year
Ed Note: If ever there was a year for snowmaking to be center stage and show its stuff, 1976-77 was it! In the East,…
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Testing Snowguns
Ratnik Industries, Inc. Today, more and more areas are doing their own snow gun testing. A set of flow meters, whether fixed or portable,…
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Managing The Snowflake
“I wanted to congratulate you and your staff on the fine job that has been done recently. It was a real pleasure to ski…