The Voice of the Mountain Resort Industry  |  Est. 1962

SAM · The Digital Edition

September 1983

18 articles

In This Issue

  • Book Reviews

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  • Chain Saw Basics

    Knowing how to handle and maintain this important piece of equiptment can prevent accidents and produce better results. By Austin Macaulay. 

  • On-Slope Ski Entertainments-Future Trend

    What do skiers really want? A ski experience with variety and diversification in the form of citizen racing and other activities, is…

  • Last Of The Independents?

    As snow reporting becomes more impersonal and less reliable, one voice still cries out for the credibility and objectivity. An interview with…

  • One Facet

    On paper, SilverCreek, Colorado, lost money in its first year of operation, but as bait for real estate buyers, it was a…

  • A Primer On Air-To-Water Ratios

    An invaluable review of how to measure the cost-effectiveness and overall capability of a snow making system. By Norman G. Smith. 

  • The Alpha Has Landed

    Poma’s new drive terminal at Deer Park, California, may look like spaceship, but it operates like high-tech lift machine utilizing innovative engineering…

  • Polishing Gold

    Snow is precious commodity in this buisness. Here, in pictures and text, are tips, ideas and secrets of how the artisans of…

  • Sno-Engineering At A Quarter Century

    Stories and exploits-improbable, outrageous and raucous-of the way it was and how it got the way it is. By that reporter of…

  • USSA To The Barricades

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