SAM Coverage
Grooming
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Ski Area Vehicle Maintenance Institute 2013
The annual Ski Area Vehicle Maintenance Institute in Grand Junction, Colo., May 13-16 drew nearly 300 attendees. In addition to several workshops dedicated to…
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PRINOTH Unveils New Groomer
SAM Magazine-Innsbruck, Austria, March 27, 2009-With great fanfare, PRINOTH unveiled its new European groomer, the Beast, on a clear night in the Austrian Alps…
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Denmark Gets First Snow Ski Resort
Snow Hunter – Demark, November 1, 2008 – Despite global warming, Denmark’s rather low lying hills and the global growth of indoor snow centres,…
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Brundage Upgrades Groomers, Parks
SAM Magazine-McCall, Idaho, Oct. 21, 2008-Brundage Mountain has upgraded the ski area’s grooming fleet, adding new terrain parks and enhancing food and beverage operations…
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Mountain High Doubles Park Investment
SAM Magazine-Wrightwood, Calif., Oct. 10, 2008-Mountain High has doubled the ski area’s investment in its Faultline terrain park offerings for 2009. The investment will…
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Ohara Groomer Comes to America
SAM Magazine-Champion, Pa., Feb. 27, 2008-After years of rumored introduction, the Japanese-built Ohara DF357 snowcat has finally made it to the U.S. PBL Enterprises…
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$6.6 Million Investment Highlights Perisher Blue’s 2007-2008 Season
SAM Magazine – Perisher Valley, Australia, March 20, 2007 – Australian ski resort Perisher Blue has pumped $6.6 million (AUD) into improvements for the…
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Boreal to Become an All-Mountain Terrain Park
SAM Magazine–Donner Summit, CA, September 9, 2005–Joining several ski areas across the country, Boreal Mountain Resort will devote all of its slopes to freestyle…
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Halfpipes Made Easy
The Pipe Dragon Cuts and Carves by Scott Willoughby There’s nothing magic about Doug Waugh’s Pipe Dragon, except the rate at which it allows…
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Upkeep Prevents Downtime
Ski area managers would be hard pressed to find a piece of equipment that runs harder than a grooming vehicle. Operating 16 hours or…
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New Breed Of Cats
Improved driver ergonomics … Better horsepower-to-weight ratio … Superior fuel economy … More usable horsepower … Steeper torque curves … Surround-sound stereo. Sounds like…
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1993 Vehicle Roundup
Lots of great news for buyers and operators of snow grooming vehicles. Besides what appears to be an annual horsepower race, there is a…
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Moguls Made By Machine
Looking at a run covered with machine-made moguls, you might say trail grooming has come full circle. Or, you might say it’s reached a…
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Grooming Vehicles ’92
The Table Headings Here’s a rundown on what the column headings mean. Number of cylinders is self-explanatory. The horsepower developed is supposed to be…
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Yo-Yo Winch Grooming
Mt. Norquay near Banff in the Canadian Rockies, has long been famous for its super steep skiing and ferocious moguls. While this has been…
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Vehicle Interiors
Remember what it was like driving the snow grooming vehicles of 10 or 15 years ago? During that period, most attachments were towed behind…
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Cross-Country Trail Grooming
Ten years ago, cross-country skiers were happy to ski on any trail that was packed with only a trace of a track. Today, they…