SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Bright Ideas
End-of-season planning is a key part of your year-round business operations. Here are six steps tohelp get the most from your efforts. If you…
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Family Values
A look at programs that keep kids happy, off snow as well as on, during the day and in the evenings, whether they ski…
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Gimme Shelter
Employee housing has become a pressing issue for resorts nationwide. Communities and areas are taking a variety of steps in response. It is something…
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Speak-Out :: Train Our Future Leaders in Finance 101
At last year’s NSAA annual convention, NSAA president Michael Berry said that 37 percent of ski industry GMs are now over the age of…
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Industry Report :: March 2017
NSAA Seeks Successor to President Michael Berry, and more… BERRY RETIRING, NSAA SEEKS SUCCESSOR NSAA president Michael Berry informed the board of directors in…
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Life is a Carnival
In spring, guests’ fancies turn to music, beer, barbeques, and pond skimming. Spring in ski country is more than soft snow and sun. It’s…
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Lift Issues Temporarily Close Hesperus Ski Area
SAM Magazine—Durango, Colo., March 3, 2017—The Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board identified several deficiencies during a lift inspection at Hesperus Ski Area, including signage,…
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Teen Stranded on Lift at Sugar Mountain, Family Sues
SAM Magazine—Sugar Mountain, N.C., March 3, 2017—The family of a teenager who was stranded on a chairlift after it closed last February at Sugar…
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Presidents’ Week Visits Swing with the Weather
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., March 1, 2017—As usual, Mother Nature played the biggest role in how successful the Presidents’ holiday period was for ski areas…
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February 2017 Snow People
Welcome to the February edition of Snow People, our monthly roundup of happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Tracy Bartels, Keystone,…