SAM Coverage
Departments: Mountain Ops
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June Done In January
SAM Magazine-Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Jan. 30, 2007-With one of the strangest winters on record making things tough for resort operators on both the west…
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Swedish Publisher Buys Ski, Skiing, TWS
SAM Magazine-New York, Jan. 26, 2007-Bonnier Magazine Group and its U.S. partner, World Publications, are buying the 18 magazines Time Inc. put up for…
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Intrawest Expands Les Arcs Projects
SAM Magazine – Les Arcs, France, January 25, 2007 – Intrawest is committing to a second project in the French resort of Les Arcs.…
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Winter Park’s Denver Jib Park Set to Open
SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 17, 2007-In an effort to bring the mountains to the people, Winter Park has started to make snow and install terrain-park…
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Haystack Club Mothballed
SAM Magazine-Wilmington, Vt., Jan. 15, 2006-The Haystack Mountain Club, an exclusive private ski area, golf and equestrian resort being built on the bones of…
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What Happens To Ski Areas When They Die? They Become Real Estate Plays
SAM Magazine – Steamboat Springs, Colo., January 13, 2007 – Observers of the industry will remember Colorado’s Stagecoach ski area. The resort, outside of…
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Is Vail Resorts in Acquisition Mode? Maybe.
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., January 13, 2007–Vail Resorts’ CEO Robert Katz has told the Vail Daily newspaper that the company is shopping. According the the…
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Evil In The East, Europe Rebounds
SAM Magazine – Vail, Co, January 5, 2007 – The worst on record? That’s the question that eastern resort operators are asking themselves as…
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Consolidation Bug Grips French Resorts
SAM Magazine-Paris, France, Jan. 4, 2007-Consolidation in the resort world is a global phenomenon. In the most recent chapter in Europe, ski resort operator…
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Kicking Horse Taps Steve Paccagnan as President and GM
SAM Magazine-Golden, B.C., Jan. 4, 2007-Steve Paccagnan will replace Arijann van Vuure as president and general manager of Kicking Horse. Paccagnan, an experienced industry…

