SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Adapting to Climate Change
New data on climate change paints a potentially scary picture for ski areas. The rains that drenched Los Angeles just before Christmas were nearly…
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Pay Now or Pay Later
Summer maintenance can save time and money and shrink the to-do list for opening next fall. Now that the ski season has ended, it’s…
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The Hidden Cost of Water
With so much attention being paid to energy use, it’s easy to overlook the cost of water–and there are many ways to save. From…
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Creating Skiers
Innovative ski and snowboard schools across the country illustrate how resorts can create new customers. For years now, the ski industry has worried that…
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Construction Site :: May 2011
Resorts expand with new lodges, summer attractions and energy-saving tools. CAMELBACK/CAMELBEACH, PENNSYLVANIACamelbeach Mountain Waterpark, alter ego to Camelback Winter Resort and the largest outdoor…
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On the Hill: Alyeska Spring Training – Extreme Tram Evacuation
In this first installation of SAM’s Field Report series, we interview Michelle Cosper from Alyeska Resort about their off-season training routines. Last week SAM…
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Speak Out :: Are New Lifts All That Bad?
Editor Rick Kahl on the approaching retirement or refurbishing of lifts from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. As we suggested in Blue Pages last…
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Give Your Lifts a Hand
The longer you put off maintenance on older lifts, the smaller the margin for error. High-profile lift accidents at Devil’s Head and Sugarloaf have…
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Tree Wells Are Trouble
With more skiers and riders heading off-piste, tree-well education can save lives. On a powder day, there are no friends. That saying is probably…
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Open Season
With good snow coast to coast, resorts racked up a second stellar year. Once again, proving that snow trumps all—even a still-weak economy—coast-to-coast great…