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Winter Storm Brings Challenges, Optimism to Mid-Atlantic, Southeast
SAM Magazine—Snowshoe, W.Va., Jan. 25, 2016—The first headline-making winter storm to hit the eastern U.S. started with much fanfare on Friday morning and didn’t…
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2016 NSAA Western Winter Conference and Trade Fair
With plentiful snowfall across most of the West this winter, NSAA’s annual winter conference and trade show Jan. 19-21 at Squaw Valley’s Resort at…
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Resorts Named Best Places to Work
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Jan. 22, 2016—Whistler Blackcomb, Okemo, and Stowe were recognized recently as great places to work. For the fifth consecutive year, Whistler…
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The Assembly Looks at Summer’s Peaks and Valleys
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 22, 2016—The 2016 Assembly, focused on how North American resorts and communities can manage the peaks and valleys of summer visitation…
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Rental World at SIA Showcases Latest Products, Trends
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Jan. 22, 2016—Rental World/Backshop, co-hosted by SAM Magazine and SnowSports Industries America (SIA), presents a broad overview of the rental equipment…
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Ski Areas Form Mountain Playground Group
SAM Magazine—Jackson, Wyo., Jan. 19, 2016— Five independent community ski areas have banded together to form the Mountain Playground Group, a new consortium created…
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Vail Resorts Acquires Wilmot Mountain
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Jan. 19, 2016—Vail Resorts’ most recent acquisition in the Midwest has the Windy City’s estimated 800,000 skiers and riders within close…
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Western Mountain Lodging Up Slightly in December
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 15, 2016—According to the most recent data released by Denver-based DestiMetrics, as of Dec. 31, actual occupancy and future reservations at…
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Performance, Demos, and Backcountry Fuel Growth in Rentals
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Jan. 12, 2016—Performance, demo, and backcountry rentals are helping to fuel growth in rental overall, according to a recent survey conducted…
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Early Season Skier Visits Up in Colorado
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 12, 2016—According to Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA), total skier visits at its 21 member resorts through Dec. 31 were up…
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Record Set: World’s Largest Lesson a Success
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Jan. 11, 2015—On Friday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m., school was in session at more than 160 resorts from New Jersey…
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Summer Ops Camp Goes to Park City in 2016!
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Jan. 6, 2015—SAM’s seventh annual Summer Ops Camp, a hands-on educational, networking, and in-park demo event, will head to Park…
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Clear Skies Bring Blizzard-like Conditions Across Eastern and Central U.S.
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Jan. 6, 2015—For those still waiting to see snow in the East, here’s a message from earlier this week: “Jiminy Peak…
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U.S. Forest Service Sets Final Water Rights Rule
SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Jan. 6, 2016—A 2011 proposal by the U.S. Forest Service to require ski resorts to transfer water rights to the federal…
