SAM Coverage
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Mt. Shasta– Rebirth And Redevelopment
This great mountain once had skiing; now two potential developers are in a head-to-head conflict over who can bring it back. Chaco Mohler gives…
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Bigger, More Efficient Lifts
A photographic sampling of some of the interesting new lifts, from T-bar to the world’s biggest gondola.
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Lifts 1984
Generally a good year for lift construction, but there remain a few pockets of slower growth.
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The Story Of A Seven-Day Lift
Who said it can’t be done? At Wintergreen, four men put up a lift in seven working days. A fascinating day-by-day chronology of the…
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The 1983-84 Economic Study
SAM”s annual report on the state of the ski industry has two new authors: C. R. Goeldner and Thor Groswold. For most of the…
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A No-Fault Accident Locating System
This brand new way of pin-pointing ski accidents on the slopes almost eliminates one of the nagging variables in making reports. By Robert G.…
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Wind– A Judgement Call?
How much wind is too much? Lew Cuyler asked ski area authorities and found that standards and measurement procedures are limired and highly variable.