SAM Coverage
Author: Donna
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Reents Takes Reins at Midwest Ski Areas Association
SAM Magazine—Minneapolis, Minn., March 8, 2016—Amy Reents will take over as president/executive director of the Midwest Ski Areas Association effective May 1. Reents…
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Sutton Shareholders Approve Ryan Purchase Offer
SAM Magazine—Sutton, Que., March 8, 2016—During a Ski Sutton Inc. shareholders meeting this morning, 97 percent of those in attendance voted to approve an…
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Peak Resorts Shakes Up Its Season Pass Products
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., March 4, 2016—With seven properties from Pennsylvania to New Hampshire, including newly acquired Hunter Mountain in New York, Peak Resorts has…
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Mont Sutton Board of Directors Rejects New Purchase Offer
SAM Magazine—Sutton, Que., March 4, 2016—After what appeared to be the beginning of a bidding war for Quebec’s Mont Sutton (see earlier Breaking News…
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Trademark Dispute Leads to (Temporary?) Name Change for Badger Pass
SAM Magazine—Yosemite, Calif., March 1, 2016—The federal government has decided to change the names of several iconic businesses in Yosemite National Park—including Badger Pass…
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Frado Retiring From Cross Country Ski Areas Association
SAM Magazine—Winchester, N.H., March 1, 2016—After 30 years as executive director of the Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA), Chris Frado is retiring, effective…
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Body of Missing Sugar Bowl Ski Instructor Found
SAM Magazine—Donner Summit, Calif., March 1, 2016—After going missing on Jan. 14 following an afternoon of skiing with his brother, the body of 23-year-old…
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Coronet Peak and the Remarkables Join Mountain Collective
SAM Magazine—Queenstown, New Zealand, March 1, 2016—Jet-setting Mountain Collective pass holders can now add New Zealand to the list of possible destinations next season,…
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Grooming Vehicles 2016
Both PRINOTH and PistenBully continue the transition to Tier 4, the emission control technology mandated by the Enivronmental Protection Agency. Yes, after years of…
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Why Don’t More People Like Us?
Here it comes again, hurtling toward you like that old double chair that whips into the back of your legs no matter how prepared…