SAM Coverage
Departments: Mountain Ops
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A Little Giant Turns Thirty
An area profile of Ski Roundtop of Pennsylvania and its parent company, Snow Time, which now operates three mountains, including Ski Windham, N.Y., and…
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20 Years Ago In Sam
A look at the events of the day featured in the pages of Ski Area Management twenty years ago.
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The Power Of Empowerment
A look at how the management technique of empowering employees has worked at Diamond Peak ski resort in California. Includes mentions of ways to…
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U. S. Instruction: Is It Broken?
An interpretation of a Snow Country survey of North American ski schools and how they are failing. Written by the co-chair of the NSAA/PSIA…
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Whale Of A Deal
A return to Ascutney ski area two years after the Plausteiner family bought the Vermont area out of bankruptcy for $1.1 million. Includes color…
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Sam At College
A review of the major ski area management programs at colleges across North America. Includes addresses and contacts for the programs and a table…
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Radio Frequency, Future
A look into the future of radio frequency identification (RF/ID) technology and the role it could play in area operations. Examines the possibility of…
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Video Review: Grooming Operations And Training
An articulate review by an industry veteran of the grooming operations and training video written and produced by NSAA’s education director Tim White. Purchase…
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Turnaround Techniques
A review on monetary and management practices needed to reverse a ski area’s downward trend. The author provides an outline for turning around a…
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Spotlight On Colorado’s Front Range Skier
A statistical review of this mega-market for ski area marketers. Includes a comparative demographic breakdown of the region and how this market plays a…