Editorial Calendar

Content may change. For any specific questions, please email jenn@saminfo.com.

JANUARY 2013

• Annual lift survey
• Summer Ops: water decks
• Summer Ops: report from IAAPA
• Analysis: Do resorts make money?
• Budgeting: How to plan for a normal year
• Sustainable Slopes Challenge
• Olympics and the future of slopestyle
• Green purchasing
• Hydraulic Hoses
• Whistler’s downhill bike park program for womenft

MARCH 2013

• New lift technology: the Vail gondola
• Grooming equipment review
• The Sochi Story: snowmaking and lift technology
• Capital financing: EB-5, REITs, and beyond
• NSAA Economic Analysis
• Mid-season burnout: how to motivate employees
• Resort Challenges/Opportunities Survey
• Serious impact: Aspen’s coal mine gas-fired energy plant
• Summer ops: transitioning to year-round operations (Patton) 

MAY 2013

• Best/Worst Marketing
• Climate Change
• Snowmaking: roundup of efficiency/lessons from last year
• Backcountry ski area design
• Season in review
• Summer maintenance programs
• Summer Ops Bill update
• Rental state of the art
• A global look at lift technology 

JULY 2013

• NY Lift training program
• Rising Stars: 10 Under 30
• Health care reform: here and now
• PR: It's a whole new ball game out there...or is it?
• Women in mountain ops
• Maximizing snowmaking efficiency
• XC grooming and season prep
• State-of-the-art sustainabilty ideas

SEPTEMBER 2013

• Risk management: incident training
• Winter prep: cats/snowmaking/grooming
• Credit card technology
• The business of birthday parties
• Summer sports: mini and disc golf
• Employee management: juggling schedules
• Changing demographics: what they mean for winter sports

NOVEMBER 2013

• Terrain Park contests: design, events
• Risk management: accident investigation
• Temporary structures
• Conversion: progression success stories
• Rental programs and LSSM
• Grooming: tracking and managing snow depth
• Hot trends in F&B for summer and winter