SAM Coverage
Departments: Lifts & Ropeways
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Are Used Lifts Good Value?
Purchasing a used lift requires careful consideration of a variety of factors well beyond the initial cost of acquisition. Used ski lifts are…
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Lessons in Growth
PSIA-AASI’s new CEO, Peggy Hiller, talks growing the sport, soft skills, and reimagining the ski and ride school business model. A year ago in…
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Despite competition for visits, ski areas large and small still find ways to support one another. From the consumer point of view, the North…
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2024 Groomer Report
After years of tweaks and changes, both PistenBully and Prinoth have reached greater uniformity across their model lines, aiming to make life easier for…
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New Pulse Gondola Planned at Loon for 2025-26
SAM Magazine—Lincoln, N.H., April 19, 2024—Loon Mountain Resort plans to install a pulse gondola to achieve a seemingly simple but elusive goal: moving guests…
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Shaydar Edelmann Tapped to Succeed Tom Fortune at Heavenly
SAM Magazine—Lake Tahoe, Calif., April 15, 2024— Shaydar Edelmann will succeed Tom Fortune as the general manager and vice president of Heavenly Mountain Resort,…
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Rise Up Challenge 2023
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 28, 2023—The 2023 Rise Up Challenge, sponsored by Leitner-Poma of America, highlighted up-and-coming lift mechanics and their lift maintenance teams…
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Antelope Butte To Offer Free Season Passes to Anyone Under 18
SAM Magazine—Sheridan, Wyo., April 5, 2024—The nonprofit Antelope Butte Ski Area is making 2024-25 season passes free for anyone younger than 18 years old…
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International Ropeway Congress Coming to Vancouver in June
SAM Magazine—Vancouver, B.C., April 2, 2024—In a rare visit to North America, the 12th International OITAF (International Organization for Transportation by Rope) Ropeway Congress…
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Ski Areas Have Sunny Outlook for Upcoming Eclipse Events
SAM Magazine—Rangeley, Maine, March 29, 2024—A total eclipse of the sun like the one happening on April 8 is rarer than a snowstorm in…