SAM Coverage
Departments: Sustainability
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Hopes to Use 100 Percent Renewable Energy by December 2018
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., Feb. 2, 2018—Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is working with regional electricity provider Liberty Utilities to identify and develop new renewable…
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Speak Out :: Meaningful Action on Climate Change is Free
The ski industry, because it is fun, popular, beloved, pressworthy, and an economic engine in many states, has political power, the use of which…
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Eco Tip :: Virtualization of Savings
Streamline information management and storage to reduce energy consumption and cost. Every ski resort has a company server, a physical device where computer data…
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Editor’s Picks :: SIA Snow Show 2011
This year’s SIA Snow Show was a bonanza of new ideas. Here are some of our favorites. The 2011 SIA Snow Show in Denver…
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Eco-Tip: Cleaner Sleds, Cleaner Air
Two- versus four-stroke snowmobiles. Just how polluting are snowmobiles? During a peak winter visitation day in Yellowstone National Park, snowmobilers using the standard two-stroke engine…
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Turn It Off
A no-idling policy helps the environment and the bottom line. Many areas have implemented a no-idling policy for resort vehicles, from maintenance trucks to…
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Letters :: Global Warming is Real
Seth Masia of Solar Today writes in response to Allen Best’s “A Slightly Skeptical Look at Global Warming” (May 2009). Global Warming Is RealI enjoyed…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2007
For this edition of Mountain Spy, our 007 Liz Eren queried ski areas about their “green-ness.” Also, in making her round of calls, our…
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The Power of Melting Snow
Micro hydro may be the easiest green-energy solution for many ski areas to adopt. The newest trend in generating renewable energy on site, Jiminy…
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Speak Out :: November 2006
Joel Bourassa, Operations Manager of Tenney Mountain Resort, Plymouth, N.H., implores us to take on “A Snowmaking Challenge.” SAM talks differing strategies at Vail…