SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Eldora’s Rebranding Embraces Local Market
SAM Magazine—Boulder, Colo., Aug. 16, 2017—As it undergoes a multi-million dollar capital development, including the installation of a new six-passenger chairlift, Eldora Mountain Resort…
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Wachusett Passholders Get Lift Ticket Deal at Stratton
SAM Magazine—Princeton, Mass., Aug. 16, 2017—Season pass partnerships between unaffiliated resorts continue to evolve in a variety of ways. One of the newest is…
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Breckenridge Opens Epic Discovery Alpine Camp
SAM Magazine—Breckenridge, Colo., July 25, 2017—Breckenridge held the grand opening of Epic Discovery at Alpine Camp last week, marking the expansion of its summer…
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Blue Knob (Pa.) Acquired by Investment Group
SAM Magazine—Claysburg, Pa., July 18, 2017—Sustainable Hospitality and Development, a limited partnership formed by a group of six investors from Pittsburgh, has purchased Blue…
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Grouse Mountain (B.C.) To Be Sold
SAM Magazine—North Vancouver, B.C., July 17, 2017—After its owners put it on the market last year, Grouse Mountain near Vancouver appears to have found…
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10 Under 30 :: 2017
Meet 10 outstanding and inspiring twenty-somethings who are having an impact. This story is from the SAM print archive Subscribers can read the full…
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How to Sell Summer
Summer visitors are quite different from winter guests, and it takes an entirely different marketing approach to connect with them. In building summer…
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A Challenge to “The Jay Way”
A first-person account of the day the Securities and Exchange Commission seized Jay Peak, and of Jay’s eventual triumph over adversity. ENOUGH HAS BEEN…
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Making Skiing Fun Again
To build our sports, reframe skiing—and riding—as a mountain experience. Our sports’ beauty is what seduces guests into becoming skiers and riders. Last winter…
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Speak Out :: July 2017
Lift Mechanics: A Developing Dilemma As an industry, we have grown dramatically from our early days in the 1930s. Our uphill infrastructure has evolved…