SAM Headline News

SAM Magazine–Bellaire, Mich., Aug. 30, 2004–Michigan’s Shanty Creek Resort & Club has defaulted on a $20.35 million mortgage, according to its lender, Comerica Bank,…

SAM Magazine–Rumford, Me., Aug. 30, 2004–Black Mountain has banned use of all tobacco products at the resort, indoors and out. The policy may soon…

SAM Magazine–Crested Butte, Colo., Aug. 24, 2004–Crested Butte Mountain Resort has named Randy Barrett general manager and vice president. As GM, Barrett will take…

SAM Magazine–Mont Tremblant, Que., Aug. 24, 2004–Daniel Cordier, a shareholder in the Gray Rocks ski area, is purchasing the area and will open it…

SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., Aug. 20, 2004–Vail Resorts has signed contracts worth $43.8 million for the sale of 11 townhomes in the elite Gore Creek…

SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 19, 2004–Several resorts are implementing the WinterKids’ National Outdoor Learning Curriculum in in their local communities this season. The resorts…

SAM Magazine–Ishpeming, Mich., Aug. 12, 2004–Olympic champions Picabo Street and Donna Weinbrecht, who both collected titles at the Olympic, World Championship and World Cup…

SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 11, 2004–U.S. ski areas tallied a total of 57.07 million visits during the 2003/04 season, according to the NSAA’s final…

SAM Magazine–Big Sky, Mont., Aug. 11, 2004–The Yellowstone Club will pay $1.8 million and complete a list of resoration projects to settle claims brought…

SAM Magazine–Oliver, B.C., Aug. 9, 2004–Mount Baldy ski area is on a fast track for modernization, thanks to new owners and the pro-resort efforts…

SAM Magazine–Crested Butte, Colorado, August 5, 2004–John Norton, president and CEO at Crested Butte, announced that he will step down from that position to…

SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., August 4, 2004–Vail Resorts’ quest to find a buyer has been put on hold, according to a story in the Denver…