SAM Coverage
Miscellaneous
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The End Page
The Art of Grooming, Homestead Resort, Mich., paints names on their grooming vehicles; Rl Nino…the Real Story, Kottke Report comments regarding waether’s impact on…
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Our Industry’s Enigmatic Mood
A short editorial noted the “I’m all right, Jack” feeling at the NSAA convention at Marco Island, Fla; “True Good Friend of Skiing” is…
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Industry Reports
This roundup includes reports on helmet and forest service issues that took center stage at Ski the Hill; Okemo’s (Vt.) lease of Mt. Sunapee;…
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Letters on Skiboarding and SAM’s new look
There is one letter on how shops can make the most of skiboarding’s explosive growth.And then there are five letters on SAM’s new look.
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Industry Reports
IBM drops Olympic sponsorship for 2002; Papers selected for presentation at OITAF ’99; Olympian Ned Gillette killed in Pakistan; $57 million marketing initiative revised;…
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Blue Pages
Buying and Selling: Gillett purchases Seven Springs, Pa., Mount Abram, Maine, sold and rumors of others; Canadian Resorts Revel in Dollar Gap; Choppy Seas…
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The End Page
Vail Trail’s inquiring photog asked “What is a Funicular?” and got some funny responses; A summer sign leads chair riders to syat on for…
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Industry Reports
Vail Facilities Savaged in Arson Attack; Intrawest to Develop Village at Solitude, UTah; also Intrawest-Mont Ste-Anne Negotiations; Suit Forces Whitetail to Drop County Bond…
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Blue Pages
Vail Battles an Ugle Perception; GLM…GLS…Shorties…Now It’s Your Turn…Perfect Turn; Jay Peak Finds Expansion Dollars; Impacts of a Low Loonie; Olympic Bookkeeping; An International…
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The End Page
Funny captions for photos; a ditty about Noah and the Ark and what if Zoning Boards existed back then; Aspen Today’s snow desk.
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1998 Directory of Products and Services
The entire directory of companies that provide products and services to resorts.
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Industry Reports
Early Season statistics; arson at Camelback; NSAA chooses Leagas Delaney ad agency for marketing push; SIA to publish trade magazine; Mont Sainte-Anne deal with…
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Sam Idea Files
Innovative and creative ideas from ski areas around the country: diapers to control oil leaks in the Midwest, spare tire fencing from Kissing Bridge,…
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Shaky Starts, Better Ends
SAM’s annual spring review of the 1996-97 ski season. For the most part underwhelming, it was pretty good in the Midwest and Rocky Mountains…
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Snowmobile Innovations
A look at a new snowmobile brake system in use at Snowmass, Colo., and the Resc-You winch for snowmobiles, manufactured by Kalaska Enterprises of…
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What Is–What Should Be–The Image Of Skiing And Boarding?
Every sport develops its own emotional triggers, and we must understand and analyze our sport in order to successfully play on its triggers.
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Strength In Numbers For Small Areas
Two groups of small- to medium-sized ski areas, the Mountains of Distinction in the East and the Gems of the Rockies in Colorado, have…
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Who I Am; What I Am Not
SAM’s co-publisher, a woman, questions the legitimacy of differentiating women in the ski industry on the basis of their gender rather than their accomplishments.