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SAM Coverage

Author: Katie Brinton

  • Eco Tip :: Virtualization of Savings

    Streamline information management and storage to reduce energy consumption and cost. Every ski resort has a company server, a physical device where computer data…

  • Workplace Safety

    Know where your safety program needs to be. “How do I keep OSHA from showing up at my resort?” is a question resorts commonly…

  • Imagining The Future

    Sometimes, it takes an outsider to bring new ideas to resort development. The resort of the future. The mountain for the new Millennials. What…

  • Home Grown

    Resorts and communities team up successfully. How do resorts partner with the local community to successfully promote the mountain, the nearby businesses, and support…

  • Season Ends on High Note

    For most resorts, good weather and snow helped salvage a season plagued with challenges at the outset. With the exception of drought-stricken California and…

  • Mountain Spy :: May 2014

    In this month’s Mountain Spy, we took on the discount seeker. With spring conditions in play, Mountain Spy Liz Mettler called to see about…

  • Blue Pages :: May 2014

    PARK CITY LEASE DISPUTE NEARS THE END… TAMARACK TO GET NEW LIFT?… BALSAMS PLAN BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE… INTERCONNECT: THIS TIME IT’S DIFFERENT Park…

  • Speak Out :: Remembering Dick Williams

    Remembering Dick Williams, friend and industry professional. REMEMBERING DICK WILLIAMS The mountain resort industry lost a great friend earlier this year—Dick Williams. In 1962,…

  • Talent Under 30

    Talent Under 30

    SAM takes its annual look at some of the talent in the industry under 30 years of age. Our future looks to be in…

  • When Lightning Strikes

    Lightning has always been a problem with chairlifts, but now, with ziplines, canopy tours and more, staying on top of the weather is more…