SAM Coverage
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Blue Pages
Skiing and Clinton’s Enviro Legacy (Roadless Initiative); Moshe Alamaro and His Urban Iceberg (making snow mounds for New England water sources); K2 Launches Mod…
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Idea Files
Snowmobile flasher on sleds at Seven Springs, Pa.; a plug saver for stop gate connections at Rocking Horse Ranch, N.Y. and using hay bales…
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Construction Site
Projects, mostly new lift construction, at Snowshoe, W.V.; Alpine Valley, Wisc.; Jay Peak, Vt.; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Deer Valley, Utah; Welch Village, Minn.; and…
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Letters
A letter from Dick Tillson, president of Ski Hawaii, on our “Helicopter Rescue Options” story in September, 1999, and Alfred Auer whose issue of…
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Seth Says: How Not to Use E-mail
Seth’s humourous account of a fictitious, multi-message e-mail correspondence between a customer and resort illustrates the point that ski resorts need to pay careful…
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Finding the Best Teen Workers
The article points out a number of steps and procedures resort managers can take to ferret out and capture the most motivated teen workers…
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The Future of Booking Rooms Starts with a Click
This article explores the trend toward real-time online bookings and some of the ways in which ski resorts can take advantage of customers set…
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OSHA Clarifies Lift-Tower Climbing
This article outlines new regulations as a result of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s clarified position on fall protection for climbers of ski…
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Skiing With Style: Sugar Bowl 60 Years
This is a book review of “Skiing with Style” by Robert Frohlich with S.E. Humphries. It’s a celebration of the people and trends that…
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Alcohol-Server Training Reduces Risk
With a sidebar on the Top 10 tips for safe service, this piece talks about proper training and how it will lead to reduced…