SAM Coverage
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Snowmaking Maintenance
The lowest-cost means of boosting snowmaking production. The last few seasons have shown resorts across the country the importance of effective and efficient snowmaking.…
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Summer School
Edutainment—teaching guests about the environment while they play in it—is becoming a key component of summer activities in the mountains. Offering a full menu…
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The East Wins a World Cup
How and why Killington went for a golden opportunity—and got it. Staging any event is akin to assembling a jigsaw puzzle—piecing together disparate logistical…
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Meetings That Work
Make your meeting successful. You can tell a lot about the health of a resort and the team that operates it by sitting in…
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Size Matters
How resorts measure and report their acreage/miles of terrain has wide-ranging consequences, locally and internationally. The story even made it to us in Europe:…
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Lessons from the top
Jiminy Peak wizard Brian Fairbank and Holiday Valley wit Dennis Eshbaugh sound off on leadership, mentoring, regrets, and achievements. If there’s one thing…
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The Future Is Now
Millennials expound on their generation, goals, and ideas about change. With every passing day, the Millennial generation becomes more the here-and-now rather than the…
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10 Under 30 :: 2016
From making snow at Eldora to running a ski school in China, this group of 20-somethings is a highly accomplished lot. The ski industry…
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Blue Pages
Thinking Globally… SIA Staying, And Going… Momentous Decisions… Please email donna@saminfo.com for a pdf copy of the article THINKING GLOBALLYEfforts to attract international visitors…
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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…