SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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ANSI B77 is 40: A BRief History
This article looks at the framers and development of the ANSI lift standards (originally called the ASA Code) written by the B77 Committee on…
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Turnaround: Pisten Bully versus Lift Tower
This is a description of the repair of a lift tower at Brodie Mountain, Mass. a twisted, open-frame tower was pulled back into alignment…
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Seth Says: On-line Auction of Ski Lessons
Seth interviews his friend Slats Grabski in this tongue-in-cheek look at how auctioning lift tickets and lesson on-line could lead to some big profits.
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Letters tot he editor
Letter taking exception with an End Page piece (January 2000) on a multiple-lift tower at Les Menuires, FRance. And a letter clarifying two photos…
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Charles Beebe-A True Pioneer
Beebe, who died in February 2000 at 91, was a ski area founder who participated on the original B77 Committee that started work on…
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Places and Faces
This is a montage of the people and activities at the year’s industry trade shows and conferences. Covered events: CCSAA at Granlibakken, Calif.; LMS…
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Averting a Lift Disaster
This article profiles an ice buildup problem in a lift tower at Snow Trails, Ohio, that could have been disastrous. A small 3/16 hole…
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What’s New?
Tornado rotating snowboard binding from Forward Motion; hand-held digital anemometer from Kestrel; replacement ski lift cable from Engineered Components; Tek-1 wicking underwear from Performance…
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Construction Site
Snowbird’s Mineral Basin quad project by Carl Skylling; Bretton Woods added a fixed-grip quad; Jiminy Peak moved a house to the summit; Sugar Bowl…
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Innovation Returns to Breckenridge
This article details the construction of the country’s first double-loading six-passenger lift. It happened to replace the world’s first high-speed quad on Peak 9…