SAM Coverage
Miscellaneous
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Blue Pages
All for one, and one for all. Crash and burn brightly. Mountains of beer. Show us the money. Freedom from expression. Tamarack forges ahead.…
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Publisher’s Memo
Jennifer’s publisher’s memo explains a couple of subtle changes in the magazine to make things easier for the reader. She developed the ideas during…
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Industry Reports
Sugarbush completes and Vail pursues land exchanges; Canada/U.S. to co-host Olympics?; Intrawest to build village in France; Burke goes to auction; Goggle thieves contact…
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SAM Idea Files
Mad River Glen, Vt., uses pig-warming mats to keep lift ops’ feet warm; Mountain Meadows, Vt. uses a changeable trail map sign to indicate…
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Blue Pages
OK Corral-style stand off in Alberta (feds imposing skier-number limits on Canadian National Forest Land); Other No-growth confrontations (Wachusett Mountain, Mass. and Mountain Creek,…
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The End Page
Winter Sports Hits the Motherlode of National Attention (Advertising: Thule and Planetpoint.com); And a Snowshoe, W.V. ski instructor makes the People Magazine top 100…
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Construction Site
Projects detailed at: Seven Springs, Pa., Telluride, Colo., Bristol Mountain, N.Y., Chestnut Mountain, Ill., and Big Mountain, Mont.
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Construction Site
Projects detailed at: Seven Springs, Pa., Telluride, Colo., Bristol Mountain, N.Y., Chestnut Mountain, Ill., and Big Mountain, Mont.
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SAM Idea Files
Mirrors at top terminals to help lift operators keep watch of the end of the unloading ramp while also watching approaching skiers from Snowshoe,…
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Blue Pages
Skiing Co and TMM Sold to Time, Inc.; SACC to Grade Resort Environmental Records; Sydney Dynamics Sought for 2002; piece on Jim Lyons having…
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End Page
Joe Gmuender engineering from a lawn chair; using old skis as tomato stakes; engineering definition from Nils Ericksen; A weird survey.
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Industry Reports
ASC Merges with Meristar; Two Colorado Court Decisions (Nathan Hall and Eldora MOuntain); Austrian (Lift) Tragedy Still Unsolved; Saddleback Sells Part of Appalachian Trail;…
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SAM Idea Files
Using float chargers to juice up batteries w/o overcharging and using an extra battery with a marine switch for backup power at Winterplace, W.V.;…
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Blue Pages
Doral: A New Brand in Snowsports (our questions on the MeriStar-ASC merger that was not to be); Dept. of Utterly Useless Statistics (wherein David…
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The End Page
Wild Mountain, Minn., lost power the day after Thanksgiving and made due towing skiers with Pisten Bullys and cooked burgers and brats on gas…
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Reports
Court Decides for Jiminy peak–broken femur incident 1998; Mammoth Power Fines End, For Now–infamous rolling blackouts; NSAA Introduces New Symbol–orange blob for freestyle terrain;…
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Idea Files
Mowing low under lifts so parts don’t get lost at Song Mountain, N.Y.; Portable soda dispensing system at Wild Mountain, Minn.; Wood lift loading…
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Blue Pages
Musical Chairs, Washington Style/first appointments in Bush administration; Our Exported Politesse Takes Root/American-type smiles and service in French resorts; Midwest Areas Form Rental Buying…