SAM Coverage
Departments: Risk & Safety
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NSAA Safety Awards Honor Nine Resorts
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., April 30, 2009-The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has honored nine member resorts with its annual Heads Up National Ski Area…
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Vail Resorts Makes Helmets Mandatory for Employees in 2009-10
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., April 13, 2009-Vail Resorts, Inc. (VR) will require all employees to wear helmets when skiing or riding on the job at…
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Unusual Snowfall in Europe’s City Suburbs Lead Indoor Skiers to Ski Outdoors
World Snow Resort News–February 12, 2009–Recent snow in urban areas has led to ski instructors working indoors year-round in the growing number of indoor…
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Montana Considers Adoption of Assumed-Risk Bill
SAM Magazine-Helena, Mont., Jan. 16, 2009-The Montana House of Representatives is considering an assumption of risk law to protect a wide range of recreation…
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Road Closures Plague Crystal: Washington resort may reopen on Sunday
SAM Magazine – Crystal Mountain, Wash., January 10, 2009 – With surrounding resorts reopening after warm rains caused havoc to conditions and spiked avalanche…
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Avalanches Kill Two on Closed Terrain at Whistler/Blackcomb
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Jan. 2, 2009-Two separate avalanches-in areas closed due to avalanche danger-have resulted in fatalities at Canada’s Whistler/Blackcomb resort. The incidents occurred…
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Major Avalanche Damages Jackson’s Bridger Restaurant
SAM Magazine-Jackson Hole, Wyo., Dec. 30, 2008-Routine avalanche control work at Jackson Hole on the resort’s Headwall area triggered a substantial avalanche, which damaged…
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In-Bounds Slide Claims Squaw Skier
SAM Magazine – Squaw Valley, Calif., December 27, 2008 – In the second in-bounds avalanche fatality of the year, 21-year old Randall Davis died…
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Knee Safety Awareness Program Expands
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Dec. 24, 2008-The recent adoption of the ACL Prevention Program by Arapahoe Basin (see earlier report) is only the most recent…
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Atomic USA Recalls Many 1998-2002 Bindings
SAM Magazine-Ogden, Utah, Dec. 24-Atomic Ski USA, Inc. is carrying out a voluntary precautionary recall of heel components of certain bindings manufactured between 1998…