SAM Coverage
Author: Katie Brinton
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An Unlikely Slope
An enterprising Dutch investor turned a hilly pasture into a thriving snow business. Here’s how. At first glance, Auckland’s North Shore doesn’t look like…
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The Art of the Park
This year’s trends in terrain parks are all about catering to beginners and keeping it simple. Where there is pride, there is sometimes ego,…
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Derailed
Freestylers are going back to nature with their rails and hits. Before terrain parks, pipe crews, $90,000 Zaugg groomers and the Winter X Games,…
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French Fries to Go, Please
As resorts across the continent get serious about the environment, what role can biodiesel play in daily operations? Four years ago, a short film…
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Fan Guns-In the East?
When Peak Resorts purchased an eastern resort, the company decided to bring its successful Midwest snowmaking operations in. Did it work? Last fall, Crotched…
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Construction Site :: November 2006
Resorts were busy this summer installing lifts, expanding terrain, and sprucing up base areas. Breckenridge, ColoradoBreck’s new Leitner Poma 8-passenger gondola is one of…
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A Question of Balance
Which is more important to an area’s operations: building real estate or improving the mountain product? It depends. By the mid-1950s, Sugar Bowl was…
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Speak Out :: November 2006
Joel Bourassa, Operations Manager of Tenney Mountain Resort, Plymouth, N.H., implores us to take on “A Snowmaking Challenge.” SAM talks differing strategies at Vail…
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Industry Reports :: November 2006
Vail Arsonits Plead Guilty… Norquay Sold… New Owner for Snow Ridge… New SmartStyle… Hemlock Reopens… Powder Ridge Closes… Obit… People… Supplier People… Supplier News……
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Slats Goes Private
There’s money to be made in them thar hills. “Ford’s at $6,” said Slats, waving his Corona toward the stock ticker running across the…