SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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News & Views :: September 2018
Opinion and happenings from around the resort world. A LEARN-TO CONUNDRUMIs there a disconnect between top management objectives on learn-to efforts and the…
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Urgent Aims: Growth, Diversity
Forget the pass wars for the moment. What is being done to actually grow winter sports? Growing and diversifying the sport are the industry’s…
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Soldier Mountain Looking for Another New Owner
SAM Magazine—Boise, Idaho, Aug. 30, 2018—Ripe for a no-frills ski/ride/telemark/cat ski ownership opportunity? You’re in luck: Soldier Mountain, Idaho, is up for sale—again. The…
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Midwest Ski Areas Association Summer Meetings and Tradeshow 2018
More than 450 ski area and supplier members attended the Midwest Ski Areas Association Summer Meetings and Trade Show, Aug. 19-22, at Boyne Highlands…
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Snow People, August 2018
This is the August edition of Snow People, where we highlight happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Sunday River, Maine Sunday…
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New Owners Making Improvements to Pine Mountain, Mich.
SAM Magazine—Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 15, 2018—An anonymous buyer recently purchased Pine Mountain Ski & Golf Resort in Iron Mountain, Mich., and has already…
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Jordan Elliott to Succeed Gifford as PNSAA President
SAM Magazine—La Conner, Wash., Aug. 13, 2018—The Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association (PNSAA) has hired Jordan Elliott to succeed John Gifford as the association’s…
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Report: Summer Business Perseveres Despite Weather, Fires
SAM Magazine—Jeffersonville, Vt., Aug. 10, 2018—Resorts are investing bigtime in their summer operations. It seems to be paying off: Despite wildfires and wet weekends,…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2018
Our Mountain Spy asks a question on having medical staff on site. THE QUESTION: “I’M PLANNING TO BRING MY FAMILY THERE THIS SUMMER…
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Snow People- July 18
Snow People is where we highlight recent happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Obituaries Leroy W. Schultz, P.E. 1937-2018 Legendary aerial…