SAM Coverage
Author: Olivia
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Sam Idea File
A look at four in-house solutions to everyday ski area problems. From Mt. Abrams, Maine, comes a lift ticket warning tag for skiers. From…
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A Give-Away Ticket That’s A Winner
A look at how Anne Concannon and Jon Adams developed the Universal Ski Ticket, which is completely transferable and accepted at most ski areas…
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Keeping Safe: A Manual For Emergencies
A look at how ski area managers can write their own crisis management emergency procedures manual to help contain and react to major accidents.…
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There Were Some Smiles, But Woes Abound
A look at the progress of this year’s ski season and how the drought has affected business. On both coasts the numbers are way…
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An Open Letter To My Fellow General Managers
A letter to the readership at-large from the chairman of the USIA Marketing Committee addressing recent promotional ventures by the association and how they…
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Is There A Better Way To Plan Ski Resorts?
An explanation of the current trends in resort development and ski-town planning. This piece describes the problems associated with resort development and how and…
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Summer’s The Time To Sell Water
Many ski areas have discovered the ideal off-season match: water attractions such as pools, flumes, slides and rivers. Here’s a guide to a new…
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Jerk On The Throttle
Acceleration of the loads on an aerial tramway system–a chairlift, for instance–can be smooth as silk or can result in deropement. Recent information on…
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Tension System Behavior And Carriage Movement
An understanding of the expected behavior of a lift’s tensioning system will help alert lift operators or supervisors to recognize and corrrect any tensioning…
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Measuring Demand
An adaptation of a longer presentation made by Ted Farwell at a conference on ski area development at Vail, Colo., addressing the growth, or…