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• News

Thinking Globally... SIA Staying, And Going... Momentous Decisions...  Please email donna@saminfo.com for a pdf copy of the article

• Personnel Issues
• Lifts
• Lift Maintenance

Formal training for lift mechanics is becoming an urgent topic due to increased public concern over recent lift failures.

• Mountain Spy
• Customer Service
• Guest Services
• Summer
• Activities

In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackle a seemingly easy question, but the responses vary—as usual.

• Energy
• Environment

Wood boiler heating system.

• Terrain
• Activities
• Summer

A quality multi-use path and trail network could be the most undervalued amenity at your resort.

• Activities
• New Ideas

Resorts adapt to the rist of the fat bike.

• People
• Terrain
• Public Relations / Publicity

Trail map painter for resorts across North America.

• Industry Reports
• News
• People
• Obituary

Peak Resort's EB-5 Project Approved, Powdr Buys Eldora, and more

• Opinion
• Conversion
• Weather

In reply to your article, “Why Don’t More People Like Us?” (SAM March 2016), I think an important reason that you forgot to mention is the simple fact that most people universally hate winter!

• People
• Events
• Conferences / Trade Shows

CUTTER'S CAMP Timberline, Mt. Hood, OR, May 9-13... NSAA NATIONAL CONVENTION Nashville, TN, May 18-21... LMS Hancock, MA, April 19-21... EASTERN CANADA SKI AREAS CONFERENCE, Bromont, QC, May 31-June 2... RMLA Grand Junction, CO, May 2-5... SKI NH Meredith, NH, June 6-7

• Pub Memo

Changing of the Guard

• New Ideas

Clever summer uses for covered conveyor lifts and a skating rink.

• Construction
• Buildings & Grounds
• Terrain
• Lifts
• Summer
• Activities
• Resort Development
• Snowmaking
• People
• Area Management
• Ski Area Profiles
• Miscellaneous
• Consumer Equipment
• Trail Maintenance
• Transportation
• Architecture

A look at projects ranging from major expansions and overhauls to base-area updates and replacements.

• New Ideas
• Summer
• Activities

Other-season opportunities have their own unique demands and challenges. Here’s a look at 10 ideas, cherry-picked from SAM’s sister publication.

• Summer
• Events
• Ski Area Profiles

Events are often the cornerstone of summer business, but Snowbird’s nine-weekend-long Oktoberfest takes the concept to a higher level.

• Ski Area Profiles
• Resort Development
• Finance

Blue Mountain, Pa., clearly had room to grow in its market. But just how much growth could it handle financially?

• People
• Area Management

Wisdom tends to accumulate over the years, as Mammoth chairman Rusty Gregory and former CSIA executive director Bob Roberts prove.

• People
• Personnel Issues
• leadership

From making snow at Eldora to running a ski school in China, this group of 20-somethings is a highly accomplished lot.