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All Together Now
As new leaders rise, ski area associations focus on collective action. As industry associations evolve across North America, it is clear that success comes…
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Management Roundtable
The SAM Summit Series finale addresses our mentees’ burning questions. Our final conference call of the inaugural SAM Summit Series gave each participant an…
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Construction Site :: September 2018
Major summer improvements, especially new lifts, are happening at resorts across the country. WINDHAM, NY Windham is installing a new high-speed Doppelmayr six-pack…
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Publisher’s Memo :: September 2018
Staffing for growth and prosperity. Traditionally, the focus of SAM’s September issue is staffing and HR. So it is with this issue. But…
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News & Views :: September 2018
Opinion and happenings from around the resort world. A LEARN-TO CONUNDRUMIs there a disconnect between top management objectives on learn-to efforts and the…
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Urgent Aims: Growth, Diversity
Forget the pass wars for the moment. What is being done to actually grow winter sports? Growing and diversifying the sport are the industry’s…
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R.I.D.E. On
A new rideshare app aims to be good for the environment, the bottom line, and, perhaps, the entire industry. Parking and traffic have always…
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Battery-Powered?
Squaw Valley aims to boldly go where no other resort has: a backup, battery-powered microgrid. Several months ago, Squaw Valley declared an ambitious goal:…
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Mountain Spy :: September 2018
“How do I find a new job in the winter sports industry?” THE QUESTION: “I’m looking into a career change, possibly into the ski industry.…
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Bolted Connections
The all-important nuts and bolts of nuts and bolts—and how to use them properly. There are bolted connections throughout a ski area,…