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SAM Coverage

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  • High Cost Of Capital Vs The Risks

    Ted Farwell presents another penetrating study of the economics of our industry. An important article. 

  • The Christie Saga

    Dana Gatlin interviews John Christie and comes up with a marvelously warm and interesting study. John is quoted at length, and that always means…

  • The Stowe Carnival

    Ed Pickett takes us behind the scenes of a fabulously successful affair that is a lesson in area/community cooperation. 

  • Wanted– Two Used Chairlifts

    A first-person story by Sepp Gmuender on the search for, purchase and installation of two used chair-lifts.

  • Early Start On Plastic

    Jim Holmlund describes the installation of an artificial ski surface at Mt. La Crosse, Wisc. A side bar on other artificial ski surfaces and…

  • Lubricating Wire Rope

    Aaron Whitlock, in cooperation with Dan O’Connor, talk about the proper re-lubrication of your wire rope. 

  • Testing Snowguns

    Dick Noack discusses the equiptment and procedures for an area operator to test and evaluate his own and other snow guns. 

  • Controlled Maintenance

    Paul Tomlingson and Gary McGraw describe the use of MJO’s at winter Park for cost-efficient maintenance. 

  • Effective Brochures

    In this issue we welcome Colleen Cayton to our editorial staff, and present her second article in SAM. Colleen has done much of the…

  • Inner Game

    This article is currently not available online. Please email donna@saminfo.com for a pdf copy of the article