SAM Coverage
Author: Olivia
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Appraising Appraisals
Jim Branch, the very knowledgeable president of Sno-engineering, tells you what you should and should not expect from a professional appraisal of your area.
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1978 Directory Of Products And Suppliers
A vital, cross-referenced listing that will be referred to constantly during the coming year.
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Off-Season Maintenance
C.E. “Smitty” Smith starts what will be a regular column in SAM on down-to-earth hints for better lift operations.
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Pricing For Survival
Our favorite ski economist, Ted Farwell, has written a very important piece for this issue and it is about pricing of that backbone of…
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Wunderbar!
SAM reports on a tour of western ski resorts by 46 European ski area owners and managers.
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Insurance
SAM interviews ski area insurance consultant, Felix Kloman, who draws on his matchless backround to give our readers a balanced and realistic picture of…
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Whither Whiteface
Janet Nelson, our General Editor, looks beyond the 1980 Olympics at this big, cold New York mountain and speculates on its future.
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Changing Times
Prominent ski area designer, Jay Flood, takes a backward look at master-planning in the laissez faire ’60s and compares it with the “bureaucratic ’70’s”
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Re-Greening Ski Slopes
An interesting account of how to get cover using plants rather than seed by Mike Korologos.