SAM Coverage
Jordyn Ossanna
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Tech, Collaboration, and Big Ideas at Mountain Technology Symposium
SAM Magazine—Tannersville, Pa., Sept. 29, 2025—Nearly 160 ski area and supplier personnel descended on Camelback Resort last week for the National Ski Areas Association’s…
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Blue Mountain Resort Assists Crews Fighting Nearby Wildfire
SAM Magazine—Palmerton, Pa., Nov. 7, 2024—A brush fire has burned several hundred acres near Blue Mountain Resort, Pa., this week. The resort has supported…
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SAM Launches Ski Area Summer Operations Survey
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Oct. 23, 2024—SAM invites ski area operators to participate in a new survey aimed at gathering insights into summer business and…
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Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Solutions Summit Calls for Collective Action
SAM Magazine—Jackson Hole, Wyo., Oct. 24, 2024—Mountain Towns 2030 gathered 540 attendees from the ski industry, government entities, and other stakeholder groups in Jackson…
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Massachusetts’ Ski Ward Opens for Early Season Turns, Colorado Ski Areas to Follow
SAM Magazine—Shrewsbury, Mass., Oct. 21, 2024—Thanks to its all-weather snowmaking system, Massachusetts’ Ski Ward has staked its claim as the first ski area in…
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Homewood Suspends Operations for this Winter
SAM Magazine—Homewood, Calif., Oct. 14, 2024—Homewood Mountain Resort will not operate for 2024-25 after its financial partner withdrew its support for this upcoming winter…
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Vail Resorts Launches Efficiency Plan to Prepare for Global Growth
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 1, 2024—Vail Resorts has unveiled a “resource efficiency transformation plan” that will save $100 million over the next two years, and…
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Vail Resorts Epic Pass Sales Were Flat Through Summer
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 1, 2024—Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass product sales through Sept. 20, 2024, for the upcoming 2024-25 North American ski season decreased approximately 3…
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Vail Resorts Details a Difficult Fiscal 2024
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 1, 2024—Vail Resorts reported its Q4 and full-year 2024 results last week for the fiscal year ending July 31, detailing…
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Snow People — October 2024
SAM’s Snow People highlights personnel moves in the mountain resort industry. From resort hires, promotions, and retirements to awards, obits, and supplier news, we…
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2025 I AM a Snowmaker Contest Nominations Now Open
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Sept. 30, 2024—Ski areas across North America are invited to nominate their snowmaking teams to participate in the 10th annual “I…
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Susan Donnelly Appointed as GM of Mount Sunapee
SAM Magazine—Newbury, N.H., Sept. 26, 2024—Vail Resorts named Susan Donnelly as the new general manager of Mount Sunapee, effective October 7. Donnelly most recently served…
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Monarch Mountain Names Chris Haggerty as GM
SAM Magazine—Salida, Colo., Sept. 24, 2024—Monarch Mountain has appointed Chris Haggerty as the new general manager of the ski area. Haggerty succeeds retiring GM…
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Mike Reitzell to Succeed Kelly Pawlak at Helm of NSAA
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Sept. 24, 2024—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has appointed Ski California president Mike Reitzell as its new president and CEO.…
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PNP Supply Partners with Demaclenko on TRM Pipe Distribution
SAM Magazine—Greenwood Village, Colo., Sept. 23, 2024—PNP Supply reached a partnership agreement with Demaclenko that will support and expand North American distribution of TRM…
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Andrew Rusynyk Named New Pass Powderkeg GM
SAM Magazine—Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Sept. 23, 2024—Andrew Rusynyk has been appointed as general manager of Pass Powderkeg (PPK) Ski Hill and the Pass Community…
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Alterra Appoints Elias Ortner President & COO of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
SAM Magazine—Blue River, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2024— Alterra Mountain Company has promoted Elias Ortner to president and COO of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing (MWHS), based in…
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Shawn Taylor Promoted to King Pine GM
SAM Magazine—East Madison, N.H., Sept. 20, 2024—Shawn Taylor has been promoted to general manager of King Pine, N.H. Taylor, who started as a seasonal…