SAM Coverage
SAM Headline News
-
NSAA Names Recipients Of Sustainable Slopes Grants
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., May 12, 2011-Six resorts have been granted funds from the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) Sustainable Slopes program. The ski areas,…
-
Squaw Offers May Discounts to Other-Area Passholders
SAM Magazine-Olympic Valley, Calif., May 12, 2011-Squaw Valley USA is winding down a record-breaking winter by offering discounted lift tickets to season passholders from…
-
Alpine Meadows and Kirkwood Partner On Season Passes
SAM Magazine-Tahoe City, Calif., May 11, 2011-Alpine Meadows Ski Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort are partnering on a new season pass program that will…
-
Xanadu Nightmare to Become “American Dream”
SAM Magazine-East Rutherford, N.J., May 5, 2011-Triple Five, operator of the Mall of America and the new owner of the former Meadowlands Xanadu project,…
-
SAM Summer Ops Camp Set for Sept. 7-9
SAM Magazine-Hancock, Mass., May 5, 2011-The 2nd Annual SAM Summer Ops Camp, which affords managers and operators a chance to uncover the benefits and…
-
HKD and Turbocristal Join Forces
SAM Magazine–May 3, 2011–HKD Snowmakers and Turbocristal have announced that the two companies will be merging by June 30, 2011, to be called HKD…
-
Snow Sports Market Reports Record Sales
SAM Magazine–May 3, 2011–According to a release from SIA, the snow sports market brought in a record $3.3 billion over the full 2010/11 season…
-
Vail Reports Higher Skier Visits
SAM Magazine–May 3, 2011–According to published reports, Vail Resorts (VR) announced that 2010/2011 skier visit totals at its six resorts were up 3.9 percent.…
-
SIA Reverses Show Date Decision
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., April 29, 2011-The board of directors for SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has decided to keep the organization’s annual Snow Show in…
-
Ralph Walton, Longtime Co-Owner of Crested Butte, Dies at 80
SAM Magazine-Hamilton, Ga., Apr. 21, 2011-Ralph Walton, who co-owned Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) with Howard “Bo” Callaway for more than three decades, died…