SAM Coverage
Lifts
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Lifts 2007 :: It Was a Good Year
Lift manufacturers were busy last year installing almost 25 percent more uphill transportation than the previous season. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF…
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Construction Site :: January 2008
Racing fence installations, new lodges, and new lifts give guests plenty to look forward to. Everything from the Olympics to new trails kept areas…
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The Single That Could
When Mad River Glen needed to replace its aging single chairlift, the area opted to stick with tradition and refurbish the historic lift. Mad…
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Speak Out :: “Talking Green” and “Counting Down”
Jules Older talks with Aspen Skiing Company’s Auden Schendler about environmental impacts on the industry. Jennifer Rowan counts down the ride up the chairlift.…
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Speak Out :: Peak to Peak and Will Video Kill the Chairlift Ride
Greg Sweetser, Executive Director of Ski Main, discusses how the Maine Peak to Peak initiative went beyond a mere PR stunt. SAM’s Elizabeth Eren…
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Don’t Create a Wait
Here are ways that bottom lift terminal areas can run safely and efficiently. There’s no doubt that when it comes to base terminal management,…
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Construction Site :: July 2008
New lifts and lodging properties kick off the summer construction season at resorts around the country. sunday river, maineBoyne Resorts has launched the first…
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Construction Site :: November 2008
New lifts, expanded snowmaking and an interesting conveyor construction are featured in this issue. Telluride, ColoradoThe opening of the steep, above-treeline Revelation Bowl this…
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Lifts 2008 :: An Average Year
While lift construction in 2008 was more or less average, the scale of some of the projects was far from it. CLICK HERE…
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Construction Site :: January 2009
New base lodges, a gondola and expanded snowmaking are featured in this issue. GORE MOUNTAIN, NEW YORKFor 2008-09, Gore has developed Burnt Ridge Mountain,…
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Fantastic Voyages
Two massive lift projects on both sides of the border are engineering marvels. At Whistler-Blackcomb, thinking big means ushering in high-Alpine transportation by constructing…
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Construction Site :: September 2006
See what resorts were up to this past building season. Snowbird, UtahSnowbird is about to complete one of the more unusual projects in ski…
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Construction Site :: November 2006
Resorts were busy this summer installing lifts, expanding terrain, and sprucing up base areas. Breckenridge, ColoradoBreck’s new Leitner Poma 8-passenger gondola is one of…
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Lifts 2006-There Were Some Big Stories
Our annual lift construction survey is a contradiction in numbers…sort of. All in all it was an adventurous year for lift installers. CLICK…
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Construction Site :: January 2007
See what resorts were up to this past building season. Big White, B.C.The new Snow Ghost Express, a state-of-the-art C$7 million (US$6.1 million) Leitner-Poma…
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Construction Site :: May 2007
New spas, lifts and hotels will greet visitors next season at several resorts. PEEK’N PEAK, NEW YORKPeek’n Peak opened its new $1 million spa and…
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Getting a Grip
You might be surprised to find out that detachable grips have been around for a long time. Not surprisingly, the miners had a big…
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Getting a Grip, Part 2
The second part in a two-part series on the history of detachable grips. From the late 1880s through the 1950s, inventors created a wide…