SAM Coverage
Lifts
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New Products
An electronic information system called SAMIS (ski area management information service) has been introduced by Pearson Machine Controls, Inc., 5221 Duvall Drive, Washington, D.C.…
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Getting More B.T.U.’S
If you’re stuck with generating your own power, operating lifts with diesel or gas engines, or running snowmaking compressors, you can do something to…
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New Products
Metropolitan Agencies, 4938 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. M2N 5N7, offer an interphone for communication between top and bottom of ski lifts.
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Emergency Operator Procedures
The operator of a ski lift or a tramway may have as many lives in his hands an an airline pilot or a railway…
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Safety and Maintenance on Surface Lifts
There are many newcomers in the operation of surface lifts due to the increase of club and community ski hills, and the relatively inexpensive…
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Converting To Bullwheel Loading
BENEFITS The two major benefits of using bullwheel loading over the conventional system of loading, ahead of the drive or return terminal, are as…
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Idea File
Editor’s Note: This is the third edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on your, our readers, sharing your ideas with us.…
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Lifts 1972–Chair Construction Soars
The 35 new ski areas which opened during the 1972-73 season and the 220 new lifts constructed at ski areas throughout North America represent…
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Touch-Down In The Rockies
More than 45 area, lift industry, ski patrol and Forest Service representatives gathered at Snowbird, Utah, this fall to learn how to get lift-stranded…
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How About Dual Chairlifts
When the single passenger chair lift was developed in the United States in the 1930’s, capacities soared to 600 skiers per hour. It was…
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Updating Your Lift Drives With Scr
“Solid State,” (i.e. no tubes) technology was introduced on a massive scale with the transistorized radio in the 1950’s. The advantages of the tubeless…
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How Many To Run Your Lifts
After a ski or chair lift has been installed and is in operating condition, the major operating expense is usually wages for the personnel…
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Your Wire Rope Investment
One of the side benefits of trade association meetings such as the recent NSAA convention at Great Gorge is that they attract experts in…
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ANSI Code Changes
Forty-five separate changes to the American National Standard Safety Requirements for Aerial Passenger Tramways (B77.1-1970) were approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)…
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Letters
Slander award made In the Spring of 1972 issue of Ski Area Management there was a fairly detailed summary of suit and countersuit between…
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New Products
Poma urban transport Heron Poma, whose ski lifts are well known to the industry, has released some details on its Poma 2000 system for…
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Technology
Evacuation at Snowbird The second NSAA Lift Evacuation Seminar held at Snowbird, Utah, in September, is a strong indication of the desire of some…