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SAM Coverage

Author: Olivia

  • First Snows

    A photo essay on the care and grooming of the season’s pristine snow at Beaver Creek.

  • Utah Interconnect

    Janet Nelson looks at the dreams of those who would make it possible to ski from Park City to Brighton to Solitude to Alta…

  • Vail Tramway Seminar

    The second seminar produced some outstanding technical papers and provocative ideas, as well as good humored observations. 

  • A Funicular In Your Future?

    From the Vail Seminar, the Zermatt underground funicular’s advantages and engineering are examined and compared to aerial carriers. 

  • Lift Maintenance Systems

    Another Vail Seminar paper in which maintenance is performed according to logic, sub systems and records to produce better results. 

  • Mt. Reba

    A profile in profit about an area that improves as it grows and makes money along the way, by Bob Goligoski. 

  • Ski School Workshops

    Mort Lund says this year’s phrase for profits is “affinity group”, a technique that’s been successful in selling and psyching people in many realms. 

  • Woof Rescue

    An exciting behind-the-scenes look at how the dog search units operated during the Alpine meadows avalanche catastrophe last spring, by Sandy Bryson. 

  • Changing Cross Country Market

    John Fry shares very important survey results from the annual Cross Country Ski Magazine study. 

  • What The Figures Mean

    Sharon Harkey analyzes ways that X-C center operators can use the survey figures in promoting and improving buisiness.