In This Issue
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Shaky Starts, Better Ends
SAM’s annual spring review of the 1996-97 ski season. For the most part underwhelming, it was pretty good in the Midwest and…
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Sam Idea Files
Innovative and creative ideas from ski areas around the country: diapers to control oil leaks in the Midwest, spare tire fencing from…
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Add Skiing to the Mix
At a time when ski resorts are expanding and diversifying activities to accommodate the maturing baby boomer crowd and its echo boom…
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Getting Kids: It Won’t Be Easy!
As NSAA comes together at the Broadmoor on the 35th anniversary of its founding there, it may be the right time for…
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NSAA Celebrates Its 35th
On Sunday, May 27, 1962, representatives of 22 ski areas from all parts of the country met at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs,…
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Ongoing Debate: The Pros and Cons of Helmets for Skiing
The debate on helmets for skiing and boarding, long an issue that the industry preferred to finesse rather than face, is reaching…
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Critically Ill Kids Get a Chance to Ski
Ski industry personnel and companies have rallied to bring skiing to the Double “H” Hole in the Woods Ranch near Glens Falls,…
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MVP: Liz Ambrosino, Jiminy Peak, Mass.
SAM invites readers to suggest others for recognition as MVPs—the exceptional employees who make a difference, no matter what their title or…
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Crossovers Fuel Boarding
Note on Terminology As everyone knows, there is an awkward lack of industry consensus on a generic word to use for everyone…
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Technology in the Works
I—Detachable Double for Ruthie’s at Aspen Ruthie’s is very special to generations of Aspen skiers—Ruthie’s Run, that is, and so it has…
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Energizing a Partnership
On December 4, 1996, at Aspen, Colo., the Forest Service, U.S. Skiing and National Ski Areas Association entered into a Master Service-Wide…
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Retaining Employees With Incentives
Free skiing may be a powerful incentive for attracting and retaining employees, but in today’s increasingly competitive job market, many ski resorts…
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The Case of the Missing Code
Oddly, there is no ANSI code for roller chain used on ski lifts or people-carriers of any type. I discovered this surprising…
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Grooming Vehicles 1997
Reported horsepower continues to inch up and drag prices along. The Bombardier 160 is now the BR180 while the Pisten Bully 330…
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The Everlasting Importance of Hydrants
Compared to the latest and greatest in snowmaking technology, snowmaking hydrants may be the least glamorous system component. At the same time,…
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A Salesman in Cyberspace
Could it have been just a little over two years ago that Rod Hanna, marketing vice president at Steamboat, Colo., wrote in…
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Bob Heron, Lift Pioneer
The first ski lifts Bob Heron ever rode were the trains of the Combres and Toltec Railroad in New Mexico. As teenagers,…
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That’s Entertainment!
Since the time of Moses, perplexed people have scaled mountains seeking answers. So it was that Vail Associates, troubled by guest surveys…
