SAM Coverage
Departments: Mountain Ops
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Colorado Tallies Estimated 12 Million Skier Visits
SAM Magazine—Denver, June 23, 2021—Skier visits for the 2020-21 season at Colorado Ski Country USA’s (CSCUSA) 22 member ski resorts were up 7.6 percent…
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Indy Pass Adds Eagle Point, Sundown Mountain
SAM Magazine—Portland, Ore., June 22, 2021—The Indy Pass added Eagle Point Resort, Utah, and Sundown Mountain Resort, Iowa, to its growing coalition of 68…
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Katz Amsterdam Foundation Focuses in on Racial Justice
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 11, 2021—The Katz Amsterdam Foundation, founded by Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and his wife Elana Amsterdam, has determined a…
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Quebec 2020-21 Skier Visits Up
SAM Magazine—June 7, 2021—Despite significant pandemic-related operating constraints, Quebec resorts recorded 6.1 million skier visits in 2020-21, exceeding the province’s 10-year average of 5.9…
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Alterra Forms Community Foundation
SAM Magazine—Denver, May 13, 2021—Alterra Mountain Company has established a new public charity, the Alterra Mountain Company Community Foundation. The Community Foundation will provide…
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Sun Valley Names Sonntag as VP and GM
SAM Magazine—Sun Valley, Idaho, May, 12, 2021—Sun Valley Company has chosen Pete Sonntag to become vice president and general manager of Sun Valley Resort effective June 7. Sonntag…
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KSL Resorts to Manage Blue Mountain (Pa.)
SAM Magazine—Palmerton, Pa., May 12, 2021—KSL Resorts, an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners, will manage Blue Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania. KSL Resorts quietly began…
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Piping Up
A look at the backbone of every snowmaking system’s infrastructure. Since the major snowmaking installations of the 1970s and ’80s, snowmaking pipe has…
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Idea Files :: May 2021
Reused chairs, touchless water fountain, and height measurement. RECYCLE, REUSE, RELAX This idea, and photo, pre-dates the pandemic by 15 years, but it…
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2021-22 Indy Pass Now on Sale, Adds Three Resorts
SAM Magazine—Portland, Ore., April 27, 2021—The 2021-22 Indy Pass goes on sale today, and has also added three more partner resorts to its roster:…