SPECIAL REPORTS

ROLLING ON THE GREEN CARPET

As bike parks crop up at an exponential rate across North America, more ski resorts look to either expand summer bike programs and attract new riders or add a bike park as a viable source of summer revenue to support year-round growth [

	ROLLING ON THE GREEN CARPET As bike parks crop up at an exponential rate across North America, more ski resorts look to either expand summer bike programs and attract new riders or add a bike park as a viable source of summer revenue to support year-round growth […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!
	PEAKS RESORTS IPO; IF, AT FIRST, YOU DON’T SUCCEED… Peak Resorts has filed to do an initial public offering again. Here’s the link to the new S1. They first filed back in April of 2011. After a serious of amendments to their S1 filing, they withdrew it due to poor market conditions for IPOs […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!
	Mountain Travel Symposium Explores the Future of Destinations The General Forum of the Mountain Travel Symposium has become the resort industry’s most forward-looking and frank conference. This year’s gathering, at Breckenridge April 9-16, built on last year’s innovative program […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!

THE IMMACULATE DECEPTION: EARLY SEASON SNOWMAKING 2013 Early season snowmaking in New England is always a tricky proposition thanks to finicky weather. See how this year’s numbers stack up against last year’s […]

Homewood Mountain Resort’s Master Plan. How’s that working out? Jules Older, a blogger for SFGate.com interviews Art Chapman, founder of JMA Ventures, to find out the current state of Homewood’s master plan progression […]

SPECIAL REPORT: MTS: Marketing for Growth in the 21st Century This year’s Mountain Travel Symposium focused on expanding the winter sports market. And the two-day Forum was full of great takeaways for a brighter future. There is a sea change coming in our guests: are you prepared to be out in front? Are you communicating with guests and potential guests with the right tools? Our report on several key sessions can help you answer those—and other—questions. […]

SPECIAL REPORT: SE GRoup – Future of the Industry Survey 2012 – Party V Part 5 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. Challenge #5: Weather/Climate Change. Comments welcomed and appreciated! […]

SPECIAL REPORT: The Vagaries of Snowmaking: Fall 2011 vs. Fall 2012 In this follow-up to our report on New England in the November 2012 SAM (“Get Ready”), we compare this past fall to the year prior […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!

SPECIAL REPORT: SE GROUP — FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY 2012 — PART IV Part 4 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. Challenge #4: Demographics […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!

SPECIAL REPORT: SE GROUP — FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY 2012 — PART III Part 3 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. This time we tackle competition […] Comments welcomed and appreciated!

SPECIAL REPORT: SE GROUP — FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY 2012 — PART II Part 2 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. Comments welcomed and appreciated!

SPECIAL REPORT: SE GROUP — FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY 2012 Part 1 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. Comments welcomed and appreciated!

SPECIAL REPORT: RESORTS ADD AERIAL, BIKE ADVENTURES TO SUMMER OPERATIONS Ziplines, canopy tours, and adventure parks have become a hot trend.

THE FAIRBANKS — A FAMILY BUSINESS PROFILE Transition Consulting Group sits down with Brian and Tyler Fairbank, who operate Jiminy Peak, Bromley and Cranmore.

SPECIAL REPORT: COPPER THEFT IS ON THE RISE When the price of scrap copper went up and the economy went down, thieves across the country began stealing copper from many different businesses, including ski areas.