SAM Coverage
Departments: Mountain Ops
-
Arapahoe Basin First to Open in North America
SAM Magazine-Summit County, Colo., Oct. 13, 2006-This is what they were hoping for when they installed snowmaking four years ago. And today, for this…
-
Utah Launches
SAM Magazine–October 11, 2006–Ski Utah has announced a new initiative to combat global warming. Called KeepUtahCool.com, the new website offers information on global warming,…
-
Vail Arsonists To Plead Guilty
SAM Magazine-Eugene, Ore., Sept. 29, 2006-Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas Meyerhoff, accused of involvement in arson that destroyed Vail’s Two Elk lodge in 1998, have…
-
Snow Ridge, N.Y., Has New Owner
SAM Magazine-Turin, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2006-Pennsylvanian Russell Horn is purchasing Snow Ridge ski area from Peter Harris, who also owns Song Mountain Resort in…
-
Hemlock Valley, B.C., Rises from the Dead
SAM Magazine-Hemlock Valley, B.C., Sept. 25, 2006-Ice hockey entrepreneur Ralf Berezan, owner of the Junior A Surrey Eagles ice hockey team, has purchased British…
-
Alta Nixes Terrain Park
SAM Magazine-Alta, Utah, Sept. 25, 2006-It is one of the very few areas in the U.S. that don’t allow snowboarding, and, it appears, doesn’t…
-
Silverton Opens First
SAM Magazine-Silverton, Colo., Sept. 23, 2006-Silverton Mountain Ski Area hosted the first skiers of the year yesterday after receiving two major storms Thursday and…
-
Loveland Fires Up Its Gun in the Snowmaking Battle
SAM Magazine-Georgetown, Colo., Sept. 21, 2006-Over the past twenty-four hours, a cold front has moved through Colorado, dropping snow across the state and allowing…
-
Vail Regains Top Spot in Ski Magazine Poll
SAM Magazine-Boulder, Colo., Sept. 18, 2006-Vail has returned to the number-one spot in Ski Magazine’s annual “Top 50 Resort Guide.” Vail has taken the…
-
No More Time for Ski, Skiing, TransWorld
SAM Magazine-New York, Sept. 13, 2006-Time Inc. has put 18 of its titles, including Ski, Skiing, and Warren Miller Entertainment and the TransWorld group,…