SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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SMI Goes Small
SAM Magazine – Midland, MI, October, 26, 2006 – Snowmaking equipment manufacturer Snow Machines, Inc. (SMI) has introduced the quietest, lightest design in its…
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Loveland Fires Up Its Gun in the Snowmaking Battle
SAM Magazine-Georgetown, Colo., Sept. 21, 2006-Over the past twenty-four hours, a cold front has moved through Colorado, dropping snow across the state and allowing…
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Huge Upgrade Of Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche Zermatt Ski Area
July 10, Italy/Switzerland (snowHunter)– For the coming winter season 2006/2007, there’ll be a re-launch of the ‘International’ ski area of Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche in…
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Snow Valley Makes First Snow
SAM Magazine–Running Springs, Calif., September 15, 2005–In the race of the firsts, Snow Valley, Calif., fired up its snowguns at 2:30 a.m. on September…
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Let’s Stand Together
by Paul Pepe, Marketing Director, Hunter Mountain, N.Y. There are lots of fishermen in this country, but there are also lots of skiers. Yet…
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Computer Catalog Errata
Following are two more additions to the listings in “The Second Ski Industry Computer Software Catalog” (pages 30-36, July SAM 1992).
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Pump Control Systems
When people in the ski industry discuss pump systems, they are talking about a matched set of mechanical and electrical components. These include pumps,…
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Tower Power
Herman K. Dupre is going public; he has put his initials on his snowmaking system and his son-in-law, Charles Santry, heads up Snow Economics,…
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Shop Compressors: Size Considerations
While mountain crews in most mountain shops are familiar with large compressors that are used to make snow, they probably know less about the…
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New Products
Highland improvements Snow Machines, Inc., has introduced some changes in one of its workhorses, the Highland Snowmaker. New for 1992 is a longer tapered…
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Hoist by her own petard
The March 22nd issue of the “Boston Globe” contained a long article headlined “A water war over snow making’s toll.” Needless to say, it…
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Company Tours For Young And Old
Three New England ski areas are using snowmaking and snow grooming for more than just improving skiing surfaces. High-tech equipment has become the focus…
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James B. VanderKelen
On January 31, 1992, Jim VanderKelen died of cancer. A strong ski industry leader, he was a principled man of strong convictions, ready to…
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Is There A ” Best” Air Pressure?
Vice President, Engineering, Sno-engineering Inc. Recently, controversy has been growing over the question of optimal compressed air pressure for snowmaking. Until a few years…
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Saalbach Snubs Snowmaking
In June 1988, the FIS Congress in Istanbul selected Saalbach/Hinterglemm, Austria, as the 1991 World Championship site on the first ballot — the first…
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Snowmaking And Grooming Win The World Cup
Just when U.S. ski areas succeeded in garnering a series of World Cup opening races, the weather across the country performed a rare sequence…
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News Tools for Snowmaking Measurements
“You can’t do the job without the right tools!” my grandfather, a master carpenter, used to repeat over and over as I would go…
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New Products
A new air/water snow nozzle, the SS-1 Snowmaker, has been introduced by Larchmont Engineering and Irrigation, Inc., of 11 Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02173,…