Departments: Lifts & Ropeways

SAM Magazine-Rossland, B.C., July 14, 2008-Red Mountain will spend approximately $1 million on capital improvements this summer. Upgrades include a comprehensive lift-service audit that…

SAM Magazine-Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, June 26, 2008-Utah’s Solitude has long been known as a sleepy backwater, with slow, fixed grip chairs, plenty of…

SAM Magazine-Deer Valley, Utah, June 25, 2008-Deer Valley will double the ski resort’s seasonal employee housing for the 2008-2009 winter. Given the pricy real…

SAM Magazine–Grand Junction, Colo., June 13, 2008–Thomas W. Richardson, 71, died on June 5, 2008. Richardson started his industry career in 1964, when he…

SAM Magazine-West Dover, Vt., June 11, 2008-Vermont’s Mount Snow has announced that the ski resort will dedicate the entire Carinthia area as a freeride…

SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., June 9, 2008-Aspen Skiing Company will open the top of Aspen Mountain for skiing this weekend, June 13-15. The top of…

SAM Magazine-Will this season ever end? Willamette Pass will begin summer gondola operations Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, with sightseeing to the…

SAM Magazine-Snowbird, Utah, June 2, 2008-On the heels of an epic winter, it should come as no surprise that Snowbird is adding more days…

SAM Magazine-Revelstoke, B.C., May 27, 2008-The first season was a good one for Canada’s newest resort. Revelstoke Mountain ceased winter operations on April 27,…

SAM Magazine-Bend, Ore., May 22, 2008-GM Matt Janney and three other executives at Mt. Bachelor have lost their jobs after a disappointing season punctuated…