SAM Coverage
Author: Jordyn Bremmer
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PSAA Lift Maintenance Seminar Series Kicks Off at Seven Springs
SAM Magazine—Seven Springs, Pa., July 2, 2024—Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association (PSAA) held its biannual lift maintenance seminar at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., June…
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Doppelmayr USA to Double Size of Utah Headquarters
SAM Magazine—Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2, 2024—Doppelmayr USA will expand its Salt Lake City headquarters with the addition of a new facility that…
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MND Opens New Production Site in Savoie, France
SAM Magazine—Savoie, France, July 2, 2024—French industrial group MND opened a new cable transport production and assembly facility in Savoie, France. The facility cost…
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Construction Site :: July 2024
Across North America, a variety of impactful—and, in several cases, difficult—projects got underway before the start of summer. SKI SUNDOWN, CT Ski Sundown began…
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The Future of All-Weather Snowmaking
The market is growing for all-weather “snowmaking boxes” as the technology continues to become more refined. When Ski Ward in central Massachusetts fired up…
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Extras! Extras! Read All About ‘Em!
Dive into the creative (and sometimes challenging) world of ski area ancillary activities. When it comes to snow business, relying on just snow is…
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Heavy Lifting
Insights about operating lifts year-round. For many resorts, adding spring, summer, or fall operations means running lifts thousands of additional hours per year. A…
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Saving By Design
Smart project design can create serious short-term and long-term savings even as construction costs remain high. Since the arrival of the pandemic in 2020,…
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Staying Connected
As connectivity plays an increasingly important role in resort operations, here’s what to know about improving your communications infrastructure. At ski areas, cellular and…
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Summertime is not Slumbertime
Resorts look to weddings, mountain biking, and more to bolster summer operations, a small but growing piece of the revenue pie. In early June,…