Departments: Mountain Ops

SAM Magazine – Vail, Co., July 15, 2008 – Vail Resorts’ stock closed $1.23 down on Tuesday after analysts at Bank of America and…

SAM Magazine-Crested Butte, Colo., July 15, 2008-Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) hired Chris Corliss, formerly mountain manager at Mount Sunapee, N.H., as mountain manager.…

Snow Hunter-Chile, July 8, 2008-Llaima ski area in Chile’s Conguillio National Park was evacuated last week as the Llaima Volcano on which the ski…

Snow Hunter-New Zealand, July 8, 2008-Most of New Zealand’s ski areas are basking in deep powder as heavy snowfall and some extreme weather conditions…

Snow Hunter-Russia, July 8, 2008-Russia’s former president Vladimir Putin, a keen skier and personally instrumental in winning the 2014 Olympics for the Black Sea…

SAM Magazine-Bozeman, Mont., July 9, 2008-Founder Tim Blixseth has agreed to transfer his 50 percent interest in the private Yellowstone Club ski and golf…

SAM Magazine-Boulder, Colo., July 7, 2008-Skiing and Ski magazines, both from Bonnier Corp., are reducing their rate bases, starting with their September issues. Skiing…

SAM Magazine-Montreal, Que., July 7, 2008-In a bid to jumpstart capital improvements at ski resorts in Quebec, the Canadian government has developed a loan…

SAM Magazine-Jay, Vt., July 1, 2008-After nearly 25 years of leading Jay Peak as president and CEO, Bill Stenger, along with a group of…

SAM Magazine-Snow Park, New Zealand, June 25, 2008-In a scenario which will be familiar to some Northern Hemisphere resort operators, the 2008 season Down…