SAM Coverage
Author: Olivia
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Night Lights-New Look, New Code
How the new recommendation on slope lighting was put together and what is means to ski areas. An important update by LeRoy W. Schultz…
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Proposed Night Light Recommendation
Essential reading for all areas with night skiing. The report as approved by NSAA and submitted to the EIS Board.
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A Brilliant Idea
A new lighting system was developed by the Puget Sound Power Company and Ski Acres. It resulted in dramatic savings in money and energy.…
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The 1982/83 Economic Study
Overall, skier visits were down slightly reports ted Farwell. Is it the weather or a trend?
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A Better Maintenance Building
Almost everything a maintenance crew could ask for is included in this Butternut Basin structure. Pictures and text by Lew Cuyler.
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Lift Fatigue
A complex interation of factors can cause failure in the system and components. From a speech by David K. Matlock at the Vail Safety…
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The Changing Ski Industry
A group of top marketing experts explores the identity of the ski area industry and looks at directions for the failure. Part II of…
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Vast Grass In One Pass
At Mammoth Mountain a new system of planting grass was developed with spectacular success. By Pam Murphy.