SAM Coverage
Lifts
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Qmc Debuts At June Mountain
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B77-Modified Procedures
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To Go Up, Go Underground
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Compacted Wire Rope
There has been controversy and debate over its potenial for ski lifts. Now the focus is on actual performance.
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Detachable Quads– Assessment At Vail
A technical review and appraisal of the new equiptment, plus the public’s evaluation.
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Tracking The Wind
An unusual computer application allows the tram operators at Jackson Hole to onitor the weather at each tower for safer operation.
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Lift Surveying– Accuracy Is Everything
Surveying errors increase costs for ski areas and waste valuable design time for manufacturers, Errors can be prevented.
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B-77 Standard– 2011 And All That
In 25 years, the Standard will still be recognizable, but slowly and inevitably, changes will come.
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Area ExpANSIon 1986
We take a look at some of the lift and snowmaking construction activities this past summer.
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Whistler’s Peak Chair
There were problems galore to solve in this huge relocation project, not the least of which was the agressive profile and the bolting into…
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Sugarbowl Builds A Lift For Deep Snows
Lifts have unique problems in places where the snow drifts to 100 feet or more. Lift Engineering solved this one.
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Aspen’s Crown– The Silver Queen
The six-passenger Pomagondola not only moves people faster, it changes the way they ski the mountain and gives the resort a new image.
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World’s First 8-Seater
The new speedy Doppelmayr gondola at Steamboat has reduced lines and relieved congestion on the lower mountain. It also operates in very high winds.
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Detachable Quad At June
Lift Engineering solved a problem and built a skier-friendly lift in process. It makes a strong statement of design philosophy: understatement.