SAM Coverage
Lifts
-
Peak To Peak Gondola To Unite Whistler And Blackcomb
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Apr. 17, 2007-Whistler Blackcomb will unite its two mountains with the ambitious Peak to Peak Gondola, which will set world records…
-
Express Chair to Replace Vail’s Chair 10
SAM Magazine -Vail, Colo., Mar. 20, 2007-As local bumpers will no doubt lament, Vail Resorts is replacing yet another vestige of the past, Vail’s…
-
Local Warming: First Heated Chairlift Starts Operations
SAM Magazine-Trysil, Norway, Mar. 6, 2007-It sounds like something you’d expect one of those private “members only” ski resorts to install: a heated chairlift…
-
Revelstoke Resort Moves Closer To Reality
SAM Magazine-Revelstoke, B.C., Jan. 17, 2007-Revelstoke Mountain Resort, located on Mt. MacKenzie and in the process of being developed by Canada’s Simpson Property Group,…
-
Goodbye to Italy’s Oldest Chairlift
SAM Magazine-Corvara, Italy, Dec. 18, 2006-Listed as “Number 1” in the Italian Registry of Lifts, Corvara’s Col Alto chairlift has finally undergone the transformation…
-
Crystal Turns to Wind
SAM Magazine–Thompsonville, Mich., August 22, 2006–Joining the wind power wave, Crystal Mountain, Mich., announced that it will power its high-speed quad, the Crystal Clipper,…
-
Crystal Joins Green Power Movement
SAM Magazine-Thompsonville, Mich., Aug. 21, 2006-Crystal Mountain became the first Michigan ski area to commit to renewable wind energy today. The resort will purchase…
-
Jackson to Build $25 Million Tram
SAM Magazine-Teton Village, Wyo., Aug. 10 2006-Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) will replace its original 60-passenger tram with a new 100 passenger state of…
-
Huge Upgrade Of Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche Zermatt Ski Area
July 10, Italy/Switzerland (snowHunter)– For the coming winter season 2006/2007, there’ll be a re-launch of the ‘International’ ski area of Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche in…
-
Intrawest Plans Dramatic Interconnect for Whistler/Blackcomb
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Oct. 26, 2005-In an effort to further cement its position as one of North America’s top resorts, Intrawest plans to construct…
-
Jackson Hole Ski Area to Retire Aerial Tram
SAM Magazine-Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 28, 2005-Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will retire its Aerial Tramway, estimated to have carried over 2 million passengers winter…
-
And Then There Were Two
SAM Magazine–Salt Lake City, Utah, January 25, 2005–The lift supplier field just got smaller as Doppelmayr CTEC announced its acquisition of certain assets of…
-
Mount Washington Cog Railway Skiing Started Up
SAM Magazine–Bretton Woods, N.H., December 22, 2004–The Mount Washington Cog Railway fired up its engines this past weekend and transported the first sliders part…
-
Tokyo’s Incredible Ski Dome
In the March 1990 issue of SAM, in an article titled “The Indoor Sport of Skiing,” we reported on a number of innovative indoor…
-
Oitaf Congress In Barcelona Disappoints; “Heavy Metal Tour” Following Does Not.
In the first week of June, the 7th International OITAF Congress brought together tramway experts and authorities from 25 countries in Barcelona, Spain. No…
-
Horses To The Rescue
Last summer, Steamboat ski area in Colorado needed to have three old lifts removed to make way for two new quads. But those old…
-
Checklist For Lift Buying
Buyers at ski areas usually do not compare snow guns or snow cats, much less ski lifts. Why? Are they afraid of hurting feelings…
-
Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…