SAM Coverage
Lifts
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New Life for Old Lifts
This piece describes how a new AC variable-frequency drive can result in smoother operation, less maintenance and a savings when installed on some old…
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Half Empty or Half Full
Measuring capacity is something every mountain resort faces. With a firm understanding of the process area managers can better prepare for the future. Includes…
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Applying VF Drives at Ski Areas
Using AC variable frequency drives in places formerly saved for DC applications is widespread in many industries. But there are some pluses and minuses…
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Lifts 2001-Down, But With Some Bright Spots
New lift construction survey for 2001. While the East and Southeast bounded back and the Mountain states inched ahead, the picture was not so…
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Construction Site
Summer construction including: Snowbird, Utah: lifts, Whiteface Mtn, NY: new slope, snowmaking, and weir, Bridger Bowl, Mont.: lifts, Granite Peaks, Wis.:chairlifts, snowmaking, increased lighting,…
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1999 Lifts–A Modest Downturn
David’s annual analysis of lift construction in North America shows a drop in new lifts over the previous year’s sizzling pace. Charts accompany the…
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Lift Survey :: 1990/2000
The cover is a summit view at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, of the resort’s new Le Soleil chair: a Doppelmayr detachable quad.
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The Double Swivel Chair: A Trend to Nowhere
The story is a history of Karl Ringer’s Swivel Double Chair that had a seat that opened in the middle and swiveled past passengers…
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Averting a Lift Disaster
This article profiles an ice buildup problem in a lift tower at Snow Trails, Ohio, that could have been disastrous. A small 3/16 hole…
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Innovation Returns to Breckenridge
This article details the construction of the country’s first double-loading six-passenger lift. It happened to replace the world’s first high-speed quad on Peak 9…
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Construction Site
Projects, mostly new lift construction, at Snowshoe, W.V.; Alpine Valley, Wisc.; Jay Peak, Vt.; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Deer Valley, Utah; Welch Village, Minn.; and…
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The Chairlift: How It All Began
This cover honors the first single chairlift with a telegram from W. A. Harriman.
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Carriage Positions After Installation
Norm Duke explains his procedures for determining final carriage positions after installation. His calculations help simplify the estimates in an age when hydraulic tensioning…
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Tying Down the Details
This is a brief addendum to an earlier article, “Sun Valley Sigles: History Made” by Mary Purdy Gmuender in May ’99 clarifying patent questions…
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This cover shows the Snowbird tram outfitted with a lifting frame and carrying the top terminal’s bullwheel for the new Mineral Basin quad chair.…
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Over The Top On Lifts
This issue is chock-full of coverage on lift construction including the survey, Squaw Valley’s new funitel, the Getty Museum’s tram and announcement that SAM…
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A Lift Fit for a King
Janet’s story is about the replacement of the tram at Masada, Israel. The historic location got a new Von Roll to replace a 25-year-old…
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Ropeway Technology Branches Out
People movers are the latest developments from some old names in chair lift and gondola circles. Companies are moving into intra-area transportation and branching…