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SAM Coverage

Departments: Grooming

  • Cutter’s Camp Registration Opens for Spring Session

    SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Feb. 1, 2018—Registration is now open for 16th annual spring session of Cutter’s Camp, May 14-18, 2018, at Timberline, Mt. Hood,…

  • The Program

    The Program

    The Timberline program focuses on management and technology, covering business topics relevant to park managers along with technology updates to the latest machines from…

  • Snow People – October 2017

    Snow People – October 2017

    This October edition of Snow People includes happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry since our last edition in early August. Sam…

  • In the Park, And Online

    Resorts tap park crews for assistance with social media management. For resorts, showcasing terrain parks via social media is like playing with a feral…

  • Industry Reports :: March 2013

    WATER FIGHT WON… BRIAN HEAD SOLD… ESPN LOOKS AT POTENTIAL NEW VENUE FOR X GAMES… SUNBURST SOLD… JUNE OPENS BACKCOUNTRY… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER PEOPLE…

  • Speakout :: Where Are All The Moguls?

    Speakout :: Where Are All The Moguls?

    Twenty years ago you could hardly find a ski area that wasn’t littered with moguls. They were everywhere. But by the mid-’90s, moguls were…

  • Grooming Vehicles 2014

    Grooming Vehicles 2014

    Grooming vehicles are becoming more sophisticated in delivering a great end product and keeping operators happy. While the 2014 grooming scene does not bring…

  • Industry Reports :: March 2014

    INTRAWEST HOLDS IPO… WOLF MOUNTAIN SOLD… SIA RETAIL NUMBERS SHOW HOLIDAY STRENGTH… OBITUARY… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… CORRECTIONS INTRAWEST HOLDS IPOIntrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc., which…

  • Does Dirt Work Work?

    Faced with hosting major events during the 2015 Canada Winter Games, with no snowmaking, this area turned to dirt. The 2015 Canada Winter Games…

  • Speak Out :: I Made Moguls Disappear

    A response to Patrick Torsell’s speakout in the SAM January 2014 issue, titled “Where Are All the Moguls?” I MADE MOGULS DISAPPEAR I’m writing…