SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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It Really Does Take A Village
Community pride in high school ski champions helped inspire a town to donate cash and labor to bring a new lift and new life…
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1999 Lifts–A Modest Downturn
David’s annual analysis of lift construction in North America shows a drop in new lifts over the previous year’s sizzling pace. Charts accompany the…
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SAM Idea Files
Recycling old wire rope for use in guardrails at Mountain High, Calif; Old chair lift seats and a snowmobile trailer make a parking lot…
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Blue Pages
Weather: El Ninos and Las Ninas spelled Los Awful season; USOC–Humorless in Colorado Springs re: Brighton, Utah’s billboard campaign; An “Uphill Battle” Against a…
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The End Page
The most expensive millennium package at Sheraton Tamarron Resort in Durango, Colo.; French lift ingenuity; No liquor on lifts; Brighton Has Fun in Utah,…
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What
Various items, here listed by type of product and/or co: American Lockers; Eurotherm DC Drive; Northeastern Log Homes small unit; Niedner Ltd. lightweight suction…
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SAM Idea Files
Shawnee Mtn, Pa., used bone-yard materials to build a bullwheel support for its handletow; Steps cut into snowbanks leading from parking lots at Diamond…
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Lift Survey :: 1990/2000
The cover is a summit view at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, of the resort’s new Le Soleil chair: a Doppelmayr detachable quad.
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Industry Reports
Gillett steps down and takes Targhee with him; Mammoth to operate Gotcha Glacier; New Resort for B.C. (Kicking Horse); No more free skiing at…
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The Double Swivel Chair: A Trend to Nowhere
The story is a history of Karl Ringer’s Swivel Double Chair that had a seat that opened in the middle and swiveled past passengers…