SAM Coverage
Safety
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Quality Assurance
Over the next three to six years there will almost inevitably be major changes in the way ski lifts are designed, manufactured, marketed, installed,…
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Can Cads Keep Skiers Skiing
CADS may be the oddest device on the slopes, but if it ever gains mainstream acceptance, it could also have significant implications for the…
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First Class First Aid
At many ski areas, the first aid facilities are an afterthought with the first aid room located wherever there is space in the daylodge…
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Skier Safety Bullet Biting
Areas that have embarked on aggressive safety awareness programs have made extensive use of materials supplied by the National Ski Areas Association, particularly the…
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Skier Safety Act Is Together
The safety awareness programs being developed at all levels of skiing herald a profound change in attitude that is virtually certain to reduce serious…
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Avalanche!
The mountain talked — protesting “Get off!” Avalanches ran down Wipe Out Chutes during the storm. Northeast facing slopes sloughed early season snow. Mammoth…
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Cover Story– Fire
The lift operators arrived in time to complete their usual pre-operational checks at the base station of a top-drive gondola. As usual, everything was…
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Hit The Brakes
A review of the most serious lift accidents in recent years indicates that one cause of such accidents far outweighs all others—lift roll-back. Though…
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Symposium On Avalanche Control
In April a group of scientists from seventeen nations met in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss not only what has been revealed through experimentation and…
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Safety– Top Your Lift With A Witch
Consider the title of this article for a moment. Each word is found in Webster, and together they are combined to be grammatically correct…
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Lift Safety
The average ski area operator will seldom come face to face with the more complicated design problems involved in his lift project. One point,…