SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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The Snow Makers
The biggest equipment news is bound to be in the field of snowmaking. The dreadful realities of what can happen in the east has…
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How Efficient Is Your Snowmaking
Because of the competitive nature of snowmaking, and the increasing number of suppliers introducing new product developments, it is important for the smaller operator…
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Snowmaking– Getting It Together
The snowmaking tests held in conjunction with the 1972 NSAA Mid-Winter Meeting at Waterville Valley were an industry first. As an attempt to show…
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How To Measure Your System’s Efficiency
In any discussion on snowmaking, the inevitable question always arises: airless or conventional? Also, where snowmaking expansion or modification is required, should the design…
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Snowmaking Bids
Only a few years ago, decisions about snowmaking were relatively simple. You either made snow or you didn’t. Now the situation has become much…
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It Takes More Than Snow
Someone once said, “A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.” The admonition might have been equally well addressed to the ski business,…
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Analyze Your Snowmaking Equipment
Snowmaking has attracted more attention during the past year than any other phase of ski area development. This interest is related to many things:…
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Efficient Snowmaker Makes Money-Stowe
At many ski areas making snow, the fact that the snow is being made and the trails and slopes are skiable is all management…
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Snowmakers Ice Sugar Mountain
A Southern ski area is only as good as its snowmaking system, so when Dr. Tom Brigham—who easily deserves the epithet, the Father of…
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Silent Snowmakers Save New York Area
Dutchess ski area in Beacon, N. Y., has eliminated snowmaking noise with three “Whisperized” Spiro-Flo air compressors. The Whisperized compressors, developed by Ingersoll-Rand Co.,…