SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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2016 MSAA ANNUAL MEETING AND TRADE SHOW HELD AT SHANTY CREEK, MICHIGAN
About 400 ski area and supplier members attended the 2016 Midwest Ski Areas Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Aug. 21-24, at Shanty Creek…
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Big Sky to Invest $150 Million Over 10 Years
SAM Magazine—Big Sky, Mont., Aug. 25, 2016—An ambitious, top-to-bottom enhancement project called “Big Sky 2025” with an anticipated price tag of $150 million is…
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Red Mountain Turns to Crowdfunding
SAM Magazine—Rossland, B.C., Canada, Aug. 24, 2016—Red Mountain, the oldest ski resort in Western Canada, is turning to a new funding source: the internet.…
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New Ownership at Magic Mountain, Vt.
SAM Magazine—Londonderry, Vt., Aug. 16, 2016—Magic Mountain, a classic New England ski area that has stuck to its roots—both out of preference and financial…
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Snow People – August 2016
The August edition of our monthly highlight of happenings to prominent people and suppliers in the mountain resort industry. Doug Pierini- Kirkwood Doug Pierini…
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27-Year-Old to Buy Echo Mountain for $3.8 Million
SAM Magazine—Denver, Aug. 8, 2016—After filing for bankruptcy in February, Echo Mountain owner Nora Pykkonen appears to have found a buyer for the small…
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Concrete Grout Failure Possible Cause of Sunday River Lift Incident
SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, July 20, 2016—Investigators think they may have discovered why the upper terminal of the Spruce Peak Triple seemed to uproot from…
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Idle Chairlift Terminal Uprooted at Sunday River
SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, July 13, 2016—In one of the more unusual lift failures to occur in recent memory, the upper terminal of the Sunday…
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Snöbahn Indoor Training Center Opens in Denver
SAM Magazine—Centennial, Colo., July 11, 2016—Reviving an old concept, the Snöbahn indoor ski and snowboard center in suburban Centennial hopes to entice both new…
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July Snow People
Welcome to this month’s update on happenings about people in the ski industry. Two former colleagues at the Tecnica Group return to the ski…