SAM Coverage
Ski Patrol
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Rescue Me
Part II of II. The National Ski Patrol faces a slew of challenges, both external and internal. Is it up to the task? Note:…
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Finding Lost Skiers
Increasingly, ski areas are taking a hard line about costly search-and-rescue missions for skiers who ignore posted warnings and stray from patrolled terrain. In…
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Furry Invasion
Many California skiers these days do double-takes on German Shephards riding chairlifts and trams, as ski patrolmen from Mt. Shasta to Tahoe and Mammoth…
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Lift Evacuation– Learning The Ropes
Representatives from virtually every phase of aerial lift operation attended a two-day lift evacuation seminar at Stowe, Vt., this fall. What resulted was a…
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Evacuation Demonstration– Vail Patrol
Whether caused by mechanical failure, human error or, as another way of putting it, an act of God, every ski area with overhead lifts…
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Avalanches Under Control
Those magnificent, steep, wide-open slopes that give you some of the world’s best skiing are, unfortunately, often the most prone to avalanche danger. In…
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The Skiing Physicians Of The Nsps
Most ski areas depend primarily upon the Ski Patrol for the necessary first aid given to an injured skier. It is obvious, however, that…