SAM Coverage
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From Tee to Green
How to improve your golf course—and maybe its ranking—without breaking the bank. It’s not easy to be a golf course attached to a…
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Due Diligence: The Financial Foundation
Due diligence is the financial foundation of any new building or major renovation project. A strong and stable financial foundation is essential for a…
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Take It All Into Account
A revealing deep dive into the “2022-23 Economic Analysis of U.S. Ski Areas.” During the 2022-23 season, the United States ski industry experienced record…
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Snowmaking’s Secret Sauce
Prioritize your people to perfec the snowmaking process and product. Imagine this: You’re a snowmaker on a snowmaking gun run. It’s 2 a.m., and…
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Publisher’s Memo :: March 2024
Interest in Growing In a recent SAM reader survey (our deep thanks to those of you who participated), an astounding two-thirds of you identified…
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How Does That Make You Feel?
Emotional engagement, a new guest experience research frontier. Emotion is the new frontier in guest experience research and management. Resorts, and businesses of all…
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Idea Files :: March 2024
A toolbox makes the perfect housing for an on-mountain phone. PHONE IN A TOOLBOX About 10 years ago, the housing for the phone in…
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ECO TIP :: Soil Restoration for Biodiversity — and Carbon Sequestration
Copper’s carbon sequestration study brings a diverse range of benefits to the ecosystem—for not much more than the cost of lunch. An ongoing…
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Safer Slopes
Bystander intervention skills help staff speak to reckless sliders. I asked a group of staff on a recent trip to their ski area how…
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New Products :: March 2024
New tech and equipment to consider. SNOW LOGIC RAPID FIRE AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY Snow Logic has developed a patented wireless, battery-operated, solar-charged, cloud-based snowmaking automation solution:…