SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Burkley To Assume CEO Position at Lake Louise
SAM Magazine—Aspen Snowmass, Colo., June 21, 2022—Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) senior vice president of strategy and business development, Rich Burkley, will leave the company…
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Strong Summer Demand in East and Midwest, Challenging Start for the West
SAM Magazine—Cambridge, Vt., June 17, 2022—Although the Summer Solstice—the official start of summer—is still a few days away, summer operations are in full swing…
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Park City Mountain Lift Upgrades Blocked
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, June 16, 2022—The Park City Planning Commission granted an appeal of a previous decision to approve two Park City Mountain…
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Ski California’s LMOE Focused on More Than Just Lifts
SAM Magazine—Palisades Tahoe, Calif., June 16, 2022—The Ski California Lift Maintenance and Operations Education (LMOE) Conference drew 329 attendees to Palisades Tahoe for three…
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Vail Resorts Q3 Revenue, Early Season Pass Sales Up
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 16, 2022—Vail Resorts (VR) is up 32 percent in net revenue and 9 percent in early season pass unit sales…
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Australian Resorts See Earliest Winter Openings In 22 Years
SAM Magazine—Victoria, Australia, June 8, 2022—The winter season has begun in the Southern Hemisphere. Historically early and abundant snowfall this year in Australia has…
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Ski Areas Slide Into June
SAM Magazine—Cambridge, Vt., June 2, 2022—Many of North America’s resorts opened later than they would have liked this winter, but a few standout areas…
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Six Resorts Chosen for the 2022 Rise Up Challenge
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., May 31, 2022—Six lift maintenance teams have been chosen to participate in the second annual Rise Up Challenge, supported by Leitner-Poma…
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New Snowbird Tram Cabin Damaged During Installation
SAM Magazine—Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, May 31, 2022—One of the two new tram cabins being installed at Snowbird, Utah, fell to ground on Saturday,…
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Owner of Lutsen Mountains and Granite Peak to Purchase Michigan’s Big Snow Resort
SAM Magazine—Lutsen, Minn., and Wausau, Wis., May 25, 2022—Charles Skinner, the owner of Minnesota’s Lutsen Mountains Ski Area and Wisconsin’s Granite Peak Ski Area,…