SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Bigger, More Efficient Lifts
A photographic sampling of some of the interesting new lifts, from T-bar to the world’s biggest gondola.
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Lifts 1984
Generally a good year for lift construction, but there remain a few pockets of slower growth.
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The Story Of A Seven-Day Lift
Who said it can’t be done? At Wintergreen, four men put up a lift in seven working days. A fascinating day-by-day chronology of the…
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A Gondola As A Lifeline
It seemed an expensive way to bring skiers to the resort, but the gondola finally paid off in skier days and a long season…
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The Doppelmayr Dream Machine
The new gondola at Kitzbuehel is a dramatic example of what the future holds in dimensions and capacities. By Paul Janoff.
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Moving To Monocables
One of the world’s most innovative lift engineers says lift technology is on the brink. An interview qith Denis Creissels.
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Keystone’s Avant Garde Gondola
A lift that is both inovative and controversal may result in major changes in the industry. By David Rowan with illustrations by Jacek Sokalski.
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Lift Ticket Prices
using customer research, Deer Valley applies economic theory to make vital decisions as explained by Jim Whitteron.
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Lift Contract Award–Controversy-Sunapee
Lift Contract Award Brings Controversy to Mount Sunapee. Based on reporting by Paul Robbins.