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  • Check out the 2024 Groomer Report along with all our grooming articles—in one place!
  • Check out Episodes 41 - 47 of Blade Dive from Cutter's Camp.
  • Moving Mountain Ops Forward

    Moving Mountain Ops Forward

    Operators and experts discuss end-of-season burnout and how to move teams forward into summer ops and beyond in this PodSAM podcast.
 

Grooming is one of the most important operations at any resort. Keep up to date on new technology and machines, best practices, and maintenance here, in the "Grooming Operations" Mountain Department. Find top grooming-related articles, key supplier insights, new job opportunities, and stratetgies to manage your staff all in one place. 

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A behind the scenes look at the night moves it takes for world-class builder Charles Beckinsale to create a world-class training setup for the Canadian Snowboard Team. High performance camps require high performing park machines and the Bison X is the champion.

Builder: Charles Beckinsale, The Stomping Grounds Project - Video: Thomas Doyle - Rider: Mark McMorris

 

 GROOMING ARTICLES

View the most recent articles on grooming from SAM magazine.

  • November 2024

    SAM Terrain Park Contest 2024

    Our annual contest shows how park builders flexed their creativity and ambition during the 2023-24 winter season.  Every year, as we sift through the dozens of entries we receive for this contest, we keep our eyes peeled for trends and notable highlights to point out here, and also monitor to see Our annual contest shows how park builders flexed their creativity and ambition during the 2023-24 winter...

  • March 2024

    Cutters Camp Turns 20

    Celebrating 20 years of terrain park community building, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. It started with a conversation with Day Franzen after we profiled him in a story about Superpark, when he said the behind-the-scenes sharing at that event was special and it would be great to replicate i Celebrating 20 years of terrain park community building, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

  • March 2024

    2024 Groomer Report

    After years of tweaks and changes, both PistenBully and Prinoth have reached greater uniformity across their model lines, aiming to make life easier for operators and mechanics. “The highly competitive marketplace for snow grooming equipment is at something of a crossroads …  “The long-dev After years of tweaks and changes, both PistenBully and Prinoth have reached greater uniformity...

  • November 2023

    New HQs for Mountain Ops

    Mountain operations have expanded greatly over the decades, and so must the notion of “maintenance shops.” Maintenance shops are one of those capital expense items that are often difficult to fund. The guest doesn’t see them, and they can put a large dent in an area’s budget, knocking the Mountain operations have expanded greatly over the decades, and so must the notion of “maintenance...

  • November 2023

    Terrain Park Contest 2023

    From massive features to culture-cultivating events, video edits, and the crews that make it happen, our annual celebration of resort terrain park builders’ innovation and creativity has it all.  Congratulations to the 2023 Terrain Park Winners. Learn more here.  Another year and another stro From massive features to culture-cultivating events, video edits, and the crews that make it...

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2023 TERRAIN PARK CONTEST

The November 2023 issue of SAM showcased entries in four categories: terrain park feature, terrain park event, terrain park edit, and terrain park crew. Winners walked away with a trophy and swag and one grand prize winner is sending one of their crew members to Cutter’s Camp 2024 courtesy of Prinoth. Get inspired and enter your features, events, edits and crew for the 2024 Terrain Park Contest at saminfo.com/terrain-park-contest.

 

CUTTER'S CAMP

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Since 2003, Cutter’s Camp has fostered an open dialogue between terrain park managers, staff, industry experts, and suppliers from around the world. The week-long spring program for terrain park professionals features on-hill and classroom workshops, with a continued focus on the business of terrain parks, risk management, design/build, and much more. Plus, participants receive on-hill, one-on-one coaching and demos of the latest machines and snow management systems from PistenBully and Prinoth. Camp is a five-day, all-inclusive program and includes four nights of lodging, meals, classroom sessions, on-hill workshops, on-hill building and coaching, airport transfers to and from PDX airport, networking activities, grooming demos, and a welcome bag. Learn more at saminfo.com/cutters-camp.

Check out Episodes 42 through 47 of The Blade Dive, all recorded at Cutter's Camp 2022.

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  • Struggling with staffing, motivating your team, or maintaining a positive outlook? Listen to our "Moving Mountain Operations Forward" Huddle on PodSAM, where we discuss burn-out, staffing and so much more. Paul Thallner of High Peaks Group also chimes in with tips to help keep managers and their staff focused, happy, and productive. Peruse all our Huddle podcasts at saminfo.com/podSAM. 

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