SAM Coverage
Departments: Lifts & Ropeways
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Ski Vermont Annual Meeting Highlights Strong Season
SAM Magazine—Warren, Vt., June 6, 2025—A total of 205 resort and supplier members gathered at Sugarbush Resort for the Ski Vermont annual meeting, June…
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Q3 Visits Down, Early Pass Sales Soft for Vail Resorts
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 6, 2025 —Vail Resorts’ fiscal Q3 results were a mixed bag. While net income for the quarter ending April 30 rose…
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Expansion to Double the Size of Doppelmayr Canada Headquarters
SAM Magazine—Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, June 3, 2025—Doppelmayr Canada plans to nearly double the size of its headquarters in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, over the next 18 months,…
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SNOW PEOPLE – June 2025
In SAM’s Snow People, we highlight personnel moves in the mountain resort industry. From resort hires, promotions, and retirements to awards, obits, and supplier…
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Burke Brings Tom Day Out of Retirement, Appoints Advisory Staff
SAM Magazine—Burke, Vt., June 2, 2025—The new owners of Burke Mountain have coaxed industry veteran Tom Day out of retirement to serve as interim…
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Strong Winter Celebrated, Concerns Discussed at Revived Eastern Canada Ski Areas Conference
SAM Magazine—Gatineau, Quebec, May 30, 2025—More than 560 attendees gathered in Gatineau for the Eastern Canada Ski Areas Conference and Tradeshow, May 26-29. ASSQ…
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A Handful of North American Resorts Target June Skiing
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., May 28, 2025—As June approaches, all but four North American ski areas have sent up last chair for the 2024-25 winter…
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Katz Returns as Vail Resorts CEO
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., May 27, 2025—Kirsten Lynch has stepped down as chief executive officer of Vail Resorts, and Rob Katz, who served in the…
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Six Lift Maintenance Teams Selected for 2025 Rise Up Challenge
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., May 22, 2025—The crews from Bogus Basin, Idaho; Burke Mountain, Vt.; Crotched Mountain, N.H.; Giants Ridge, Minn.; Marmot Basin, A.B.; and…
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U.S. Ski Areas Report 61.5M Skier Visits for 2024-25, Second Best Season on Record
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., May 12, 2025—U.S. ski areas reported a total of 61.5 million skier visits for 2024-25, a 1.7 percent year-over-year increase, according…