SAM Coverage
Miscellaneous
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Speak Out
Let the Games Begin- a SAM editorial on the winter Olympics, and An Open Letter to Jim Spring- written by David Rowan about some…
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Industry Reports
Two Colorado Resorts Get New Operators, ADA Defined More Narrowly, Retail Numbers Slide at the End of the Year, A New Website for First-Timers,…
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Mixing Art with Skis
Using nature as a backdrop, an art park at Crystal Mountain is lending some culture to the north woods and attracting visitors of all…
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It Really Does Take A Village
Community pride in high school ski champions helped inspire a town to donate cash and labor to bring a new lift and new life…
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Industry Reports
Disabled Athletes Meet with USSA; NASTAR Partners with U.S. Ski Team; Labor Trouble for Goodwill Games; Copper Cleared in Sled Accident; Jury Awards Record…
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SAM Idea Files
Recycling old wire rope for use in guardrails at Mountain High, Calif; Old chair lift seats and a snowmobile trailer make a parking lot…
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Blue Pages
Weather: El Ninos and Las Ninas spelled Los Awful season; USOC–Humorless in Colorado Springs re: Brighton, Utah’s billboard campaign; An “Uphill Battle” Against a…
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The End Page
The most expensive millennium package at Sheraton Tamarron Resort in Durango, Colo.; French lift ingenuity; No liquor on lifts; Brighton Has Fun in Utah,…
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Industry Reports–various headlines
The Numbers Game–examining mid-season skier numbers of big resort groups; CPSC Urges Helmet Use; Vermont Areas Launch Environmental Website; CSCUSA Gives 20K to Avalanch…
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SAM Idea Files
Shawnee Mtn, Pa., used bone-yard materials to build a bullwheel support for its handletow; Steps cut into snowbanks leading from parking lots at Diamond…
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Blue Pages
Seeing Double at Sun Valley [Snowbasin to become Sun Valley, Utah?]; Earl Miller Pursues his [Snowboarding Death] Cover Up; From NSAA to USFS: Pointed…
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The End Page
Taking Aim at Insurance is the umbrella headline for three items: a cartoon about poorly placed warning signs; an item about a humourous, yet…
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Industry Reports
Gillett steps down and takes Targhee with him; Mammoth to operate Gotcha Glacier; New Resort for B.C. (Kicking Horse); No more free skiing at…
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Letters to the Editor
Letter taking exception with an End Page piece (January 2000) on a multiple-lift tower at Les Menuires, FRance. And a letter clarifying two photos…
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SAM Idea Files
Handmade kiddie waterslides at Wild Mountain, Minn.; Apple picker ladders as rescue ladders at Shanty Creek, Mich.; Sprayable concrete to resist erosion trouble at…
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Blue Pages
Subjects, by subhead: Criminal Charges in Skiing Death (Nathan Hall case in Colorado re: Vail employess crashing into and killing Alan Cobb); World Cup…
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Industry Reports
ASTM (Helmet) Standards Approved; U.S. To Host Record Number of World Cup Events; Colorado Skier Visits Down Slightly; Cross-Country Calls for Standardized Bindings; Gunstock…
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SAM Idea Files
An hour meter from Grainger used to record use on ATVs at Ski Roundtop, Pa. and Afton Alps, Minn.; A transport basket for various…