SAM Coverage
Departments: Summer Ops
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Oregon Couple Purchases Soldier Mountain
SAM Magazine—Fairfield, Idaho, Nov. 6, 2015—Matt and Dianne McFerran, a couple from Bend, Ore., are the new owners of Solider Mountain. More than 2,100…
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Wildcat Fires Up Snow Guns
SAM Magazine—Pinkham Notch, N.H., Oct. 20, 2015—Wildcat Mountain was able to fire up snowmaking operations last Saturday, thanks to a cold weekend in which…
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Winter Reservations Soft in West
SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Oct. 16, 2015—While western mountain resorts just wrapped up their third consecutive record-breaking summer season, winter bookings are showing weakness for…
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USSA Proposes 2016 World Cup Races at Killington
A view from the top of Killington looking down Superstar, site of the proposed November 2016 Audi FIS Ski World Cup women's races. SAM…
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Summer Ops Camp Registration Closes on Monday
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 26, 2015—Registration for SAM’s sixth annual Summer Ops Camp—a series of seminars, workshops, and site visits that explore the state…
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Summer Revenue at Western Resorts Up 14 Percent
SAM Magazine—Denver, Aug. 19, 2015—Summer lodging revenue is up 14 percent and occupancy is up 8 percent compared to last summer, according to data…
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Chinese Downhill: Beijing will host 2022 Winter Olympics
SAM Magazine—Beijing, China, July 31, 2015—Beijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, beating out Almaty, Kazakhstan, by a 44 to 40…
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Dick Bass, Founder of Snowbird, Dies at 85
SAM Magazine—Snowbird, Utah, July 27, 2015—Richard Daniel “Dick” Bass, partner and chairman of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort and the first person to climb…
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Summer Lodging Revenues, Occupancy Soar in West
SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., July 21, 2015—Summer revenues among lodging properties at 19 mountain destinations in six mountain states are up 12.5 percent over last…