SAM Coverage
Departments: Lifts & Ropeways
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Sunshine Cleared in Lift Worker’s Death
SAM Magazine-Sunshine Village, Alberta, July 30, 2010-Sunshine Village was not at fault for the accidental death of one of its ski resort workers in…
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Teton Pass Ski Resort Sold, Will Expand
SAM Magazine-Choteau, Mont., July 30, 2010-Teton Pass Ski Resort has been purchased by kiwi Nick Wood, who, along with two investors, plan to spend…
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Showdown to Remove Trees
SAM Magazine–July 29, 2010–Showdown Ski Area, Mont., was given the go-ahead by the Lewis and Clark National Forest to remove 180 acres of dead…
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SAM CAM at Northstar-at-Tahoe
Last summer SAM Magazine kicked off a series of resort profiles featuring summer attractions across the country. These profiles were also covered in more…
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Forest Service Upholds Earlier Snodgrass Decision
SAM Magazine-Crested Butte, Colo., July 15, 2010-Gloria Manning, reviewing officer for U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, yesterday upheld two earlier decisions to reject…
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B.C. to Require Drainage, Testing for Lift Towers
SAM Magazine-New Westminster, British Columbia-In response to the failure of a lift tower of Blackcomb’s Excalibur Gondola in December 2008 due to ice jacking,…
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Snowy Range Ski Area Gets New Owners
SAM Magazine-Laramie, Wyo., July 12, 2010-Aaron and Becky Maddox are buying the Snowy Range Ski Area, which has been owned and operated by the…
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Snowmass Base Village Project in Hands of Receiver
SAM Magazine-Snowmass Village, Colo., July 12, 2010- On Friday, July 9, District Judge Gail Nichols put the Base Village project at Snowmass into receivership.…
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Boreal to Reopen Terrain Park for July 10-11
SAM Magazine-Truckee, Calif., June 22, 2010-Boreal Mountain Resort will reopen for a weekend of skiing and riding July 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 2…
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Forest Service Denies Solitude Expansion Proposal
SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, June 22, 2010-The U.S. Forest Service has denied Solitude Mountain Resort’s request to expand lift-served ski and snowboard terrain onto…

