SAM Coverage
Departments: Grooming
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Team Building
It takes all kinds-well, six, anyway-to staff a park. Wide-eyed rookies, washed-up pros, sponsor-me bro’s, MacGyverists, and career-minded individuals—freestyle terrain employees are a disparate,…
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High-Tech Grooming
GPS-guided grooming can help resorts use resources more efficiently. Love it or loathe it, technology is an increasingly important weapon in the battle to…
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Grooming Vehicles 2010
Two major new grooming vehicles hit the market, plus a new pipe cutter. Grooming suppliers are upping the ante despite a down economy. Both…
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Industry Reports :: March 2010
SKI MARKET DISSOLVED… STOWE SOLD… CANADIAN SKI COUNCIL WEIGHS IN ON HELMETS… POWDER RIDGE DEAL FALLS THROUGH… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… CORRECTION Ski market…
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The Talent Within
Training terrain park staff to become future leaders can be a no-brainer. Disney should build terrain parks. Then we all could go to…
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Racing Into Diversity
Pats Peak embraces all markets, which is good for the bottom line. The story was buzzing along from skier to skier faster than…
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Reining in Risk
Serious tubing incidents are rare, but when they happen, “assumption of risk” statutes may not apply. While tubing has become a major attraction and…
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Superman Snowcats
Able to see through snow with a single GPS, groomers at Alpe d’Huez make the most of what they’ve got. A long wall in…
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Industry Reports :: March 2008
MT. WATERMAN REOPENS… RETAIL SALES UP… YELLOWSTONE CLUB TO BE SOLD… A-BASIN UNVEILS TERRAIN EXPANSION…. GRAND TARGHEE EXPANDS… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS Mt. Waterman…
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Upping the Ante
Several areas are addressing safety in the terrain park with new and innovative ideas. At the start of the 2007-08 season, terrain park safety…