SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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$5 MILLION RENAISSANCE BEGINS AT POWDERHORN
SAM Magazine—Mesa, Colo., Feb. 4, 2015—Four years after the purchase of Powderhorn Mountain Resort by Gart Capital Partners and Andy Daly, the resort is…
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I Have a Dream, That One Day I’ll Buy a Lift Ticket On Your Site and This Will Be the Process
Gregg Blanchard — January 30, 2015 Today I’ll keep it short and sweet. The images below will do most of the talking. Simply…
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Ski Areas Report Mixed MLK Weather, Attendance
SAM Magazine—White Haven, Pa., Jan. 26, 2015—Ski areas are reporting steady attendance over the Martin Luther King weekend despite short interruptions brought about by…
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Lack of Snow Forces Five California Areas to Close
SAM Magazine—Pine Crest, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015—Yesterday, Dodge Ridge and Donner Ski Ranch became the latest ski areas in California to suspend operations due…
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Steamboatâs Chris Diamond to Retire in June
SAM Magazine—Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 17, 2015—Chris Diamond, president and COO of Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation, will retire June 30, 2015. During his…
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Canadaâs Mount Baldy is Back (updated)
SAM Magazine—Oliver, B.C., Jan. 16, 2015—Mount Baldy ski area re-opened 500 acres to skiers and riders this season after scrapping operations last season. The…
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Visits to Peak Resorts Behind Five Year Average
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., Jan. 9, 2015—Peak Resorts noted in its latest earnings report that total skier and snowboarder visits in November and December, the…
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My Resort Marketing Predictions for 2015: The First, Big Affiliate Push by a Ski Resort
Gregg Blanchard — January 5, 2015 Buoyed by my semi-successful prognostication in 2014, I’m back at it this year with three predictions about where…
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Blue Pages :: January 2015
THE GREENEST CATS… THE CAT’S MEOW: A CELEBRATION OF SNOWCATS… SILVER TSUNAMI HITS THE SKI INDUSTRY… HIDDEN GEM THE GREENEST CATSWhile some prepare to…
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Mountain Spy November 2014 Safety on the Hill
ISSUE November 2014 AUTHOR Liz Mettler VOLUME 53-6 PAGE 28 SUBJECT Customer Service In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackle what has been…