SAM Coverage
Departments: Mountain Ops
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Doing the Right Thing Pays Off
An oil spill at Bogus Basin, Idaho, spuured the management team into action, taking direct steps, notifying the authorities and working with experts to…
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Some Thoughts on Our Fortieth
The memo announces the magazine’s anniversary and points out some of the contributions to the editorial section. It also mentions the early going of…
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Free Taos; Taos Replies
Two sides of the Taos snowboarding ban. One from Jack Wilson, a sponsored rider, and the other from Mickey Blake, GM of Taos Ski…
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Learning to Control Our Environmental Destiny
A fuel oil spill at Whistler/ Blackcomb was a wakeup call to management to institute environmental protections at the resort. By jumping in and…
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How Wired Are You?
Slavko Stanchak writes about the ways in which technology has crept into snowmaking operations in this two-part series on mountain ops automation.
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Blue Pages
Seeing Double at Sun Valley [Snowbasin to become Sun Valley, Utah?]; Earl Miller Pursues his [Snowboarding Death] Cover Up; From NSAA to USFS: Pointed…
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Developing Nordic Trails at Alpine Resorts
Wiesel’s article points out that when alpine resorts want to benefit from the earning potential of ancillary cross-country centers, they need to be planned…
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Blue Pages
Subjects, by subhead: Criminal Charges in Skiing Death (Nathan Hall case in Colorado re: Vail employess crashing into and killing Alan Cobb); World Cup…
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What’s Wrong With Biodiversity?
The vp and general counsel of Aspen Skiing Co. explains why his resort supports the White River National Forest management plan Alternative D.
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Our New SAMMT Winners; A Sister for SAM
Two memos: One announcing the 2000 SAMMY Award winners: Karyn Thorr, Joe Stevens, Greg Murtha and Matt Mosteller. The second announcing a new Beardsley…