SAM Coverage
Departments: Summer Ops
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Skates, Boards, Plywood and Asphalt
Mount Sunapee, N.H., built a skatepark in their parking lot, generating summer traffic, earning money and turning parents into real fans.
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Maximum Golf School
This article explains the logic behind the Stratton Golf School, a popular summer attraction that has been earning money. An accompanying article describes practice…
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Golf Meets Frisbee
Disc golf, using Frisbees, gives summer visitors another reason to get out on the mountain without the expense of building a dedicated golf course.
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Feeding the Beast
The summer 2000 snowmaking project at Killington, Vt., helped boost its snowmaking capacity by 30 percent.
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Tarzan for a Day
Aerial trekking, wherein guests put on harnesses and then tackle a system of challenging high ropes courses of different degrees of difficulty makes for…
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Instruction: Practice Makes Perfect
Instructors should learn a new sport or instruct a favorite summer activity in the off season to hone teaching technique.
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Rolling Into Summer
Our cover shot of an inline skater getting air corresponds to a piece on building skate parks. This article is not available online. For…
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Tell Guests to Get Lost
A description of how pre-packaged mazes have helped some resorts earn cash during the summer.
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Putting the Fleet Up for Summer
This is a description of the most important tips to follow when putting grooming vehicles under wraps once the ski season has ended.
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Open for Summer?
This is a primer on how to document summer incidents properly to avoid legal trouble in case of lawsuits.