SAM Coverage
Transportation
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Crunch Time
As traffic surges, the industry must develop new strategies to manage resort access. Here’s a look at some of the parking and transport solutions…
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Mountain Spy :: March 2014
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackled straightforward customer service. When a mother is bringing her brood up to your hill, how easy are…
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Climb Any Mountain
A Nevada base-area community needed to get its population to the slopes and found a solution in a unique transportation system. Aerial lifts are…
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Turn It Off
A no-idling policy helps the environment and the bottom line. Many areas have implemented a no-idling policy for resort vehicles, from maintenance trucks to…
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Give Folks a Lift
Creative ways to get guests and employees to the mountains abound. In a business that offers an outdoor experience in wide-open spaces, it’s ironic…
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Trippin’
In the never-ending search for visitors and market share, ski shop bus groups can be a valuable option for ski areas. “In this economic…
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Driving Business
Ski Maine launches a statewide pilot ride-share program this season, just in time to combat high gas prices. Can ski areas drive business by…
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Mountain Spy :: January 2009
Mountain Spy Liz Eren owes this month’s idea to Jen Butson at Ski Vermont. For this question, Liz chose resorts near major metropolitan areas. THE…
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My Kingdom for a Busload
As energy costs rise, shuttle buses and organized trips may well take on increased importance. Vail Resorts’ acquisition this summer of the Colorado Mountain…
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Paving the Way
It’s the first place our guests come to when they visit and the last place they see-our parking lots. How can we make them…
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Rethink Sled Culture
Incidents betweens skiers and snowmobiles are rare but serious. Do your practices reflect the latest thinking on sled use and safety? No doubt about…
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Grooming Vehicles 2005
No big changes in this year’s pack of grooming vehicles, but a new entry and some power and comfort upgrades make choosing more difficult.
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Construction Site
The focus is on providing beginners better transportation and terrain, as well as making existing customers a little more comfortable.
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Aspen Airport Crashes
What started as a simple ballot question on expanding the runway at Aspen’s Sardy Field evolved into a referendum on growth that mobilized anti-tourism…
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Construction Site
A look at projects ranging from major expansions and overhauls to base-area updates and replacements. Cascade Mountain, WI Cascade Mountain has begun the first…
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Thinking Small
THINKING SMALL ISSUE November 2015 AUTHOR Bruce M. Erickson VOLUME 54-6 PAGE 50 SUBJECT Business, Buildings & Grounds Small ski areas face a variety…
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Thinking Small
Small ski areas face a variety of challenges, many of which are unique to the nature of a small area operation. SAM wants to…
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Eco Tip: Treadwright Tires
An impact on every bottom line. America consumes approximately 15 million new truck tires every year. It takes roughly 18 gallons of oil to…