SAM Coverage
Departments: Grooming
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Top Tips for Grooming
SAM turned to some experts for their top 5 grooming tips. With winter snowmaking and grooming operations fast approaching—for a select few, perhaps within…
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Grooming Vehicles 2011
New technologies in snow grooming equipment are leading to smoother rides, both inside and outside the cats. Improved winches is the theme this year…
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Blue Pages :: May 2011
DON’T CHANGE TIME–SHIFT THE WORKDAY… IS THERE AN ECO-GROOMER IN YOUR FUTURE?… HALFPIPE, WOMEN’S JUMPING IN OLYMPICS… HELMET LAW TO TAKE EFFECT IN NEW…
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No Footprint Behind
Copper Mountain expanded its snowmaking system with very little environmental impact. Here’s how. How do you install snowmaking or other facilities in sensitive environmental…
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For the People
When designing your freestyle terrain, remember all those who might use it. What keeps me up at night even after an 18-hour shift? Wondering…
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Eco-Tip :: Biodiesel Alternative
Turning Kitchen Oil Into Snowcat Fuel Biodiesel: An organically produced, renewable resource, such as vegetable oils or recycled animal fat greases, that can be…
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What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate
With a little face time and dialogue (and a lot of beer) the vehicle maintenance guys can get along with the operators…really. “I don’t…
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A Sidecountry State of Mind
Getting off the beaten slope is all the rage at mountain resorts. But allowing guests to get back to nature has its risks. The…
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Be Safe!
A must-read account of how one man’s shortcut almost cost him his life. It began with a simple, careless mistake, as many serious accidents…
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Maintaining a Patrol
Is the future of the National Ski Patrol in jeopardy? The ski patrollers who help keep resorts visitors safe, provide aid when they aren’t,…