SAM Coverage
Category: SAM Headline News
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Presidents’ Day Weekend 2026: A Holiday of Extremes
SAM Magazine—Happy Valley, Ore., Feb. 18, 2026—Loveland’s Annual Mountaintop Matrimony.From record-breaking revenues in the East to “miracle” snowfalls in the West, the Presidents’ Day…
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Special Report: Sundance: Revival in Redford’s Shadow
This rustic, soulful resort is an anomaly, but the well-capitalized, strategic rebirth of Robert Redford’s legacy is chock full of lessons for all resort…
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Little Switzerland to Invest $4 Million on Two New Chairlifts
SAM Magazine—Slinger Wis., Feb. 16, 2026—Little Switzerland Ski Area will install two new Skytrac quad chairlifts this summer to replace the ski area’s Lift…
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January Lodging a Tale of Two Regions in West
SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., Feb. 16, 2026—While severely dry conditions and warm temperatures took a serious toll on mountain lodging properties in Colorado and…
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Powderhorn Launches Limited Three-Year Pass Tied to 60th Anniversary, Lift Investment
SAM Magazine—Mesa, Colo., Feb. 11, 2026—Rendering of the new Wild West Express lift.As it approaches its 60th anniversary season, Powderhorn Mountain Resort is introducing…
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Bear Den Partners Acquires Majority Ownership of Smugglers’ Notch
SAM Magazine—Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 11, 2026—Bear Den Partners has acquired a majority ownership interest in Smugglers’ Notch Resort from Bill Stritzler, who has owned…
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Oregon’s Snow Drought Leads to Indefinite Closures
SAM Magazine—Happy Valley, Ore., Feb. 6, 2026—Mt. Ashland Ski AreaThe historic snow drought gripping the Pacific Northwest claimed more operational days this week as…
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Le Massif to Reopen After Reaching Agreement with Workers’ Union
SAM Magazine—Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Jan. 23, 2026—Unionized workers returned to work today and Le Massif de Charlevoix will reopen for winter operations tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 24,…
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Feast, Famine Conditions Shape MLK Business
SAM Magazine—Happy Valley, Ore., Jan. 21, 2026—MassanuttenThe 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend presented a stark geographical divide across North American ski areas.…
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$100M Investment, Major Changes Coming to Mont-Sainte-Anne
SAM Magazine—Beaupré, Quebec, Jan. 21, 2026—Mont-Sainte-Anne and operator Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR) have reached an agreement with the Quebec government to fund…