SAM’s Supplier News roundup delivers a snapshot of the latest moves among companies that serve the mountain resort industry—from mergers and acquisitions to new services, partnerships, and product expansions—to help ski area operators stay up to speed.
WINTERSTEIGER unified its North American sales and customer support teams across the WINTERSTEIGER, BOOTDOC, and HOTRONIC brands. Under the new structure, a single team supports customers across the company’s ski service, software, storage, boot fitting, and retail product offerings.
NEVEPLAST expanded applications for its LIFT surface to snowmobile handling and storage areas. Originally developed for lift loading and unloading zones, the flooring allows snowmobiles to move directly from snow into garages and supports turning, reversing, and parking indoors.
LOAM PASS added Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Grouse Bike Park, B.C.; Blue Mountain Resort, Pa.; Brian Head Shuttle, Utah; and Flow State Biking, Wash., for 2027. The pass includes two days or two shuttle rides at each participating destination across its network of more than 80 locations.
SMARTE CARTE introduced Smarte Locke, which allows guests to access day lockers using their RFID lift tickets. Guests can scan their tickets to open lockers and return throughout the day without needing to remember a PIN.
PRINOTH was selected as the official snow grooming supporting partner for the 2027 Canada Games in Québec.
ACL Strong and Dana Kent Coaching LLC launched the OUTDOOR PRO COLLECTIVE, a season-long injury prevention and wellness program for ski area employees. The program combines knee injury prevention training with mental resilience coaching, leadership development, and support for career sustainability.
HOLMES SOLUTIONS has rebranded as INITION. The company is known for developing attractions including the TRUBLUE auto belay, AJ Hackett’s Nevis Catapult, SkyJump, and most recently, the Switchback experience.
LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA partnered with THE PIPELINE PROJECT to connect high school career and technical education students with ski industry careers. Events at Gunstock, N.H., Oct. 21, and Killington, Vt., Oct. 23, will feature full-day programs led by educators and industry professionals. Students can also join the Pipeline Passport program to build a roadmap of courses, credentials, and on-site experiences that prepare them for industry careers.
GET SKI BOTS launched Ski Hero, a guest service tool embedded in the hero image of resort websites. It provides answers to guest questions alongside live weather, webcams, seasonal updates, and promotional offers.
HTI GROUP acquired SUPERSNOW, a Polish manufacturer of snow guns, lances, and snowmaking systems. The acquisition expands HTI’s presence in Eastern European markets.
INTER-MTN introduced its KIDSTUFF Christmas Collection of holiday-themed foam products for ski schools and learning areas. The collection includes Gingerbread Blocks, Ho Ho High-Five Santa, a Candy Cane Arch, Rudolph Foam Characters, Christmas Trees, and Festive Half-Circle Blocks.
PRECISION APPROACH SPORTS continued its international development program at Valle Nevado and Corralco ski resorts in Chile during the 2026 Southern Hemisphere winter. The work supported further evaluation of its LiDAR-based terrain park risk management platform, Air Intelligence, in mountain environments in collaboration with resort professionals.
SKADII introduced a new User Guide & Documentation resource, bringing product updates, release notes, FAQs, best practices, and step-by-step instructions together in one place.
ASPENWARE unveiled an AI shopping assistant that will allow guests to build complex, multi-product ski trips through simple conversation and one-click prompts. Planned for an early 2027 launch, the tool is also designed to support guest services teams and reduce seasonal training demands.
ENTABENI SYSTEMS, which also owns the Indy Pass, announced that all current partners have migrated to its new Android hardware platform, which includes its new payment enabled mobile devices that can transact any product across the Entabeni system.
INTOUCH rearchitected its Elevate platform as a cloud-based, mobile-first system designed to replace its legacy applications. The platform combines front- and back-office operations, marketing, analytics, and mobile tools for guest services and patrol, with open APIs for connections to other systems.
SNOWCLOUD partnered with SKIDATA to connect its commerce, guest, and operations platform with SKIDATA access-control gates. RED Mountain Resort in British Columbia is already using the combination for winter and summer access, and SnowCloud said the integration is designed to work across multiple generations of SKIDATA hardware.
AXESS introduced the new cloud platform Axess Intelligence Commerce and AIPOS, a tablet-friendly point-of-sale system.
CORVAR added CorvarAI to its resort operations platform to generate daily messaging and guest alerts.
SHREDDERPOS developed Blue, an AI shopping assistant designed to help guests select and purchase lift tickets, lessons, rentals, and passes. The assistant guides customers through product choices within the company’s online shopping platform.
