SAM Coverage
Category: SAM Headline News
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Special Report: Swiss Valley: A Michiana Revival
On the cusp of turning 65, the Wiseman family’s Swiss Valley has done more than persevere, it’s found a Perfect future. This is part…
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Holiday Business Boomed in East, Midwest and Canada, Went Bust in West
SAM Magazine—Happy Valley, Ore., Jan. 8, 2026—Killington Resort The two-week 2025-26 holiday period was a tale of haves vs. have-nots. While the East, Midwest,…
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Minnesota Ski Areas Generated $359 Million Economic Impact in Winter 2024-25
SAM Magazine—St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 7, 2026—Minnesota’s 18 operating ski areas generated $359.1 million in total economic value to the state during the 2024-25…
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Special Report: SAM Technology Survey Shows Tech’s Rising Strategic Role at Ski Resorts
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Jan. 7, 2026—Resorts are investing more in technology and increasingly treating it as a strategic priority, according to SAM’s 2025–26 Technology…
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Telluride Partially Reopens as Patrol Strike Continues
SAM Magazine—Telluride, Colo., Jan. 5, 2026—After nine days of the resort being closed entirely during a strike by its unionized ski patrollers, Telluride opened…
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Le Massif Shuttered with Workers’ Strike, Partial Reopening Planned
SAM Magazine—Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Quebec, Jan. 5, 2026—Following the expiration of their collective agreement, roughly 300 union-represented employees at Le Massif de Charlevoix went on strike,…
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Avalanche Kills Mammoth Mountain Ski Patroller
SAM Magazine—Mono County, Calif., Dec. 29, 2025—A 30-year-old Mammoth Mountain ski patroller died Sunday from injuries sustained in an avalanche on Friday. One other…
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Telluride Resort to Close in Response to Planned Patrol Strike
SAM Magazine—Telluride, Colo., Dec. 26, 2025 [Updated 12/29/25]—After months of contract negotiations, the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association (TPSPA) authorized a Dec. 27 strike.…
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Washington Recreation Groups Issue Joint Winter Recreation Update
SAM Magazine—Wenatchee, Wash., Dec. 19, 2025—After major storms brought torrential rain and damaging winds that washed out roads and depleted an already thin snowpack,…
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Contract Negotiations Set to Resume Between Telluride Resort and Patrol Union
SAM Magazine—Telluride, Colo., Dec. 19, 2025—Communication between Telluride Resort and the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association (TPSPA) will resume following a union vote earlier…