SAM Coverage
Departments: Risk & Safety
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Alterra Outlines Social Responsibility Efforts
SAM Magazine—Denver, April 24, 2024—Alterra Mountain Company has published its second annual impact report that outlines the company’s social responsibility efforts as part of…
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ECO TIP :: Soil Restoration for Biodiversity — and Carbon Sequestration
Copper’s carbon sequestration study brings a diverse range of benefits to the ecosystem—for not much more than the cost of lunch. An ongoing…
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Safer Slopes
Bystander intervention skills help staff speak to reckless sliders. I asked a group of staff on a recent trip to their ski area how…
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Fire at Timberline Lodge Temporarily Closes Ski Area, Response Results in Minimal Damage
SAM Magazine—Government Camp, Ore., April 19, 2024—A fire at the historic Timberline Lodge Thursday night was successfully extinguished roughly 90 minutes after it was…
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Eldora Ski Patrollers’ Vote to Unionize Faces Challenges
SAM Magazine—Nederland, Colo., April 12, 2024—Ski patrollers at Eldora Ski Resort in Colorado recently voted to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is…
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Wave of Western Ski Patrols Move to Unionize
SAM Magazine–Keystone, Colo., March 11, 2024—Ski patrollers at Keystone Resort are the latest in a string of western resort patrol departments moving to unionize…
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Safety Recalls Issued for Certain Polaris, Ski-Doo Snowmobiles
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., March 6, 2024—Both Bombardier Recreational Products, which owns Ski-Doo snowmobiles, and Polaris have issued recalls for certain snowmobile models due to…
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What’s Behind KSL’s $3 Billion “Continuation Vehicle” for Alterra?
SAM Magazine—Denver, Feb. 2, 2024—KSL Capital Partners (KSL) closed a “single-asset continuation vehicle” for Alterra Mountain Company in late January, with total commitments of…
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Palisades Tahoe Employee Dies in Collision Involving a Snowmobile
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., Nov. 10, 2023—Palisades Tahoe employee Brian Gimbert, 34, of Tahoma, CA, died as a result of a collision involving a…
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Christine Schultheis Named GM of Kimberley Alpine Resort
SAM Magazine—Kimberley, British Columbia, Nov. 10, 2023—Kimberley Alpine Resort named Christine Schultheis as its new general manager. Schultheis, a charted professional in human resources…