SAM Coverage
Safety
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DIY Lift Inspection
Conduct your own predictive maintenance inspections that don’t cost a fortune or require an outside contractor. If this were an ideal world, every ski…
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Vail Resorts Details Pass Sales, Winter Forecast in Q1 Report
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Dec. 12, 2017—In its most recent quarterly earnings report, Vail Resorts said it expects to sell a total of more than…
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort President Jerry Blann to Retire
SAM Magazine—Teton Village, Wyo., Nov. 30, 2017—After a 47-year career in the ski and tourism industries, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort president Jerry Blann will…
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Groom Safely
Here are 11 tips guaranteed to promote the health of man and machine. There’s a chill in the air, the leaves have fallen, and…
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Learning to Fly
When young kids are riding chairlifts, it takes a village to teach them the ropes. In an industry wishing to grow its participation,…
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Attending to Your Attendants
There’s more to the lift attendant’s job than simply loading chairs. Here are several training and educational tips to cover all the bases. Lift…
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Giving Staff Their Turns
Being on-snow drives the employee experience, and that fact of resort life makes injury prevention and risk management key goals for managers. Most…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2014 :: Safety on the Hill
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackle what has been a hot topic recently—safety on the hill. Surprisingly, resorts didn’t have very reassuring answers.…
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Speak Out :: Keep Kids in Their Seats
Richard Kun, Pres. Snow Summit Ski Corp., on chairlift safety and kids. Our industry seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of…
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Injury News: No Trend is a Good Trend
Injury rates for skiers and riders continue a slow decline, and some anticipated spikes have failed to materialize. “Skiing is a dangerous sport,” says…
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Blue Pages :: May 2013
PASS PERKS PROLIFERATE… PUTTING THE BITTER IN BITTERROOT… BOOTLEG SKI LESSONS ON THE RISE?… BURTON OPEN MOVE TO VAIL IS A HIT… POST MORTEM:…
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Industry Reports :: July 2013
VISITS REBOUND… BONNIER GETS OUT OF WINTER SPORTS… CALIFORNIA SENATE OKAYS SAFETY BILL… RETAIL SALES REACHED $3.4 BILLION… NEW FOREST SERVICE AD POLICY RELEASED……
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Maintenance and Safety, the N.Y. Way
See how the state of New York is being proactive about lift safety. No industry, especially a customer-based “experience industry” such as skiing and…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2013
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we mark an unfortunate first: two epic fails. With summer operations growing in popularity, it pays to make sure…
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In the Bag
Air bags are providing year-round entertainment at resorts. Are they right for you? First they were a competition tool: a new and better way…
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New Vision for Night Lights
When Steamboat decided to offer night riding, the resort found a system that is low impact and maximum fun. When the lifts stop spinning…
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Blue Pages :: January 2014
CANYONS AVY SUIT HOLDS MANY LESSONS… SNOWMAKING WITH BALLS… HEAVENLY ADOPTS NEW ZIPLINE RULES… INTRAWEST FILES FOR $100 MILLION IPO… AND SHOWS INTEREST IN…
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Global Learning
A sampling of best resort practices from around the world. There are nearly 2,000 ski resorts in the world. Like a snowflake, no two…