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How Good Are Your Lift Mechanics?
Formal training for lift mechanics is becoming an urgent topic due to increased public concern over recent lift failures. A spate of lift…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2016
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackle a seemingly easy question, but the responses vary—as usual. I’M COMING TO THE AREA FOR A BACHELORETTE…
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Eco Tip
Wood boiler heating system. In 2004 the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation awarded Bridger Bowl Ski Area $20,000 in grant money for…
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Multi-Use Trails Mean Business
A quality multi-use path and trail network could be the most undervalued amenity at your resort. Your summer guests love trails. They crave convenient…
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Winter Fat
Resorts adapt to the rist of the fat bike. While many ski resorts have embraced bikes as part of their business models in the…
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Trailblazers :: James Niehues
Trail map painter for resorts across North America. SAM: Why do skiers and riders love trail maps?Niehues: A ski map is used like no…
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Industry Reports
Peak Resort’s EB-5 Project Approved, Powdr Buys Eldora, and more MOUNT SNOW RECEIVES EB-5 PROGRAM OK The business plan for Peak Resorts’ $52 million…
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SPEAK OUT :: Why More People Don’t Like Us
In reply to your article, “Why Don’t More People Like Us?” (SAM March 2016), I think an important reason that you forgot to mention…
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Sam on the Road
CUTTER’S CAMP Timberline, Mt. Hood, OR, May 9-13… NSAA NATIONAL CONVENTION Nashville, TN, May 18-21… LMS Hancock, MA, April 19-21… EASTERN CANADA SKI AREAS…
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Publisher’s Memo
Changing of the Guard Changing of the Guard At the recent gathering of Ski NH operators, Michael Berry reminded his audience, as he did…
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Idea Files :: July 2016
Clever summer uses for covered conveyor lifts and a skating rink. Keeping Warm “Laurie Leger, the ‘botanist’ in our environmental department, came up with…
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Construction Site
A look at projects ranging from major expansions and overhauls to base-area updates and replacements. Cascade Mountain, WI Cascade Mountain has begun the first…
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10 Ideas for Summer Operations
Other-season opportunities have their own unique demands and challenges. Here’s a look at 10 ideas, cherry-picked from SAM’s sister publication. Summer remains a…
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More than Beer and Brats
Events are often the cornerstone of summer business, but Snowbird’s nine-weekend-long Oktoberfest takes the concept to a higher level. “C’mon, SAM. Why are…
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Matching Capital to Capacity
Blue Mountain, Pa., clearly had room to grow in its market. But just how much growth could it handle financially? If you were planning…
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Learning from Experience
Wisdom tends to accumulate over the years, as Mammoth chairman Rusty Gregory and former CSIA executive director Bob Roberts prove. It should be no…
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Best/Worst Marketing 2015-16
SAM’s annual review of marketing hits and misses. In a season during which prolific snow was falling out West before most in the…
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To Our Health!
Charting the long-term trends at U.S. resorts through the lens of the NSAA Economic Analysis of United States Ski Areas. How has the…