SAM Coverage
Author: Dave
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Vail Outlines Initial Plans for Whistler Blackcomb Purchase
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Aug. 8, 2016—In revealing its plan to acquire Whistler Blackcomb (see separate report), Vail Resorts (VR) outlined some initial intentions: Support…
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Vail Resorts to Acquire Whistler Blackcomb
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., and Whistler, British Columbia, Aug. 8, 2016—Vail Resorts (VR) is purchasing Whistler Blackcomb, the largest ski resort in North America. In…
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Casey Blann New VP of Mountain Operations at Alpine Meadows
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., July 21, 2016—Industry veteran Casey Blann will be taking the reigns as vice president of mountain operations for Alpine Meadows,…
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Vail Resorts Withdraws Application to Trademark “Park City”
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, July 21, 2016—Vail Resorts abandoned its effort to trademark the name “Park City” on July 16 in the face of…
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Concrete Grout Failure Possible Cause of Sunday River Lift Incident
SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, July 20, 2016—Investigators think they may have discovered why the upper terminal of the Spruce Peak Triple seemed to uproot from…
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Idle Chairlift Terminal Uprooted at Sunday River
SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, July 13, 2016—In one of the more unusual lift failures to occur in recent memory, the upper terminal of the Sunday…
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Northeast Kingdom EB-5 Update
SAM Magazine—Northeast Kingdom, Vt., July 8, 2016—There have been several developments and goings on at Jay Peak and Burke Mountain in Vermont since the…
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Special Report: July Ski Conditions from Around the World
There aren’t many snow reporters still employed in North America—or the Northern Hemisphere, for that matter. Summer is in full swing north of the…
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Russian Ski Resort to be “War Themed”
SAM Magazine—Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, July 8, 2016—Ski resorts have been built in war zones (Syria/Israel, Iraq, and Pakistan, for example), or in areas that…
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Epic Discovery Debuts at Vail Mountain
SAM Magazine—Vail, Colo., July 1, 2016 —Vail Mountain unveiled its new Epic Discovery summer mountain experience at a ribbon cutting ceremony June 28. Epic…