SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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SAM Idea Files
This issue features:1) painting high-visibilty rings around lift towers where ski-tip deflectors start blocking handholds: Timberline, W.V. 2) Adding a lifting fork on an…
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June Currier, 1917-1998
A brief announcement of the death of June Currier, 81, one half of the former Currier Lift Service in New Hampshire.
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Over The Top On Lifts
This issue is chock-full of coverage on lift construction including the survey, Squaw Valley’s new funitel, the Getty Museum’s tram and announcement that SAM…
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A Lift Fit for a King
Janet’s story is about the replacement of the tram at Masada, Israel. The historic location got a new Von Roll to replace a 25-year-old…
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Ropeway Technology Branches Out
People movers are the latest developments from some old names in chair lift and gondola circles. Companies are moving into intra-area transportation and branching…
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Conveyor Magic
An overcrowded beginner hill at Glen Eden Ski Area,Ontario, was transformed by a powerful conveyor lift manufactured by Barrie Welding and Machine, which doubled…
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The First Sling Lift
This article was adapted from a letter to Skiing Heritage on the subject of a jigback surface lift constructed at McGee Mountain in the…
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A Salute to the Chairlift
David’s article looks back at North America’s chairlift history from the first rope tows installed in Quebec to the eight-place lifts of the modern…
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Sun Valley Singles: History Made
This is the story of how James Michael Curran (1903-1968) came to build the first chairlift at Sun Valley in 1936. He was a…
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What’s New in the Lift Evacuation Manual
This article discusses the 4th edition of the Lift Evacuation Manual, a combined effort of the NSAA and National Ski Patrol.