SAM Coverage
Staff
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Industry Reports :: July 2012
Jay Peak Acquires Burke… and other industry news. OWNERS OF JAY PEAK BUY BURKE QBurke Mountain Resorts, LLC, a company headed by businessman…
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Construction Site :: July 2012
Year-round attractions take center stage in construction. Resorts across North America have been busy adding attractions for spring, summer and fall. Okemo, Vermont Okemo…
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Blue Pages :: March 2012
NSAA SUES FOREST SERVICE OVER WATER RULE… SKIING AND DRINKING IN ASPEN… WILL THE HAYSTACK CLUB COME TO PASS?… GOGGLES: THE LATEST PERSONAL VIEW…
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Industry Reports :: March 2012
MOONLIGHT GETS NEW OWNNERS… SEVERAL SKI AREA SALES COMPLETED… ARIZONA SNOWBOWL PREVAILS…AGAIN… MAGIC MOUNTAIN NOW SKIER OWNED… PA. SKI AREA LODGE DESTROYED BY FIRE……
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Letters To The Editor :: March 2012
Wanted: Help for the ASTM Terrain Park Jumping Task Force-Jasper Shealy… What is Green? -Tom Kendrick. Wanted: Help for the ASTM Terrain Park Jumping…
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Speak Out :: Bullying Our Lunch Money
Times are tough, but let’s not take it out on our clients. There is no denying, it’s been a tough season for most of…
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Construction Site :: March 2012
New amenities and attractions headline the construction season. MT. BAKER, WASHINGTON The new $3.5-million Raven Hut Lodge was designed in the 1920s to 1930s…
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Eco-Tip :: Cutting Energy Costs, One Room At A Time
This issue’s Eco-Tip profiles a great way to reduce guest consumption of energy with Entergize. The hotel industry spends approximately 20 percent of its…
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Blue Pages :: January 2012
THE RESORT PHOTOGRAPHY REVOLUTION… SKIING IN OUTER SPACE… TERRAIN PARKS TO DOMINATE ASTM MEETING… USTPC SUSPENDS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM… LET’S TOAST A GUINNESS RECORD… NEW…
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Looking Beyond Winter
Managers seek advice and insights at SAM’s Summer Ops Camp. Areas and suppliers explored best practices and activities at SAM’s Second Annual Summer Ops…
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Eco-Tip: Cleaner Sleds, Cleaner Air
Two- versus four-stroke snowmobiles. Just how polluting are snowmobiles? During a peak winter visitation day in Yellowstone National Park, snowmobilers using the standard two-stroke engine…
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Industry Report :: January 2012
PEAK RESORTS POSTPONES IPO… CNL BUYS STEVENS PASS… NSAA FORMALIZES PARTNERSHIP WITH IMBA… OBITUARY… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS. PEAK RESORTS POSTPONES IPOThanks to shaky market…
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Construction Site :: January 2012
There was a lot of building activity at ski resorts last summer. SNOW TRAILS, OHIO Part of Snow Trails half-million investment this season…
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A Seven-Year Itch
Stevens Pass is making its mark on the downhill bike park scene after years of brainstorming and research. Way back in the summer of…
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Industry Reports :: November 2011
ALPINE MEADOWS AND SQUAW VALLEY COMBINE… TWO N.Y. AREAS SOLD… WISP FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY… PRIVATE CLUBS OPEN AND CLOSE… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS …
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Blue Pages :: November 2011
CAN ANYONE CERTIFY TERRAIN PARKS?… TIME IS ON THEIR SIDE… ONTHESNOW BIDS TO BE ONE-STOP SOURCE… SNOCOUNTRY STEPS UP ITS GAME… SUMMER OPS BILL:…
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Eco-Tip :: Biodiesel Alternative
Turning Kitchen Oil Into Snowcat Fuel Biodiesel: An organically produced, renewable resource, such as vegetable oils or recycled animal fat greases, that can be…
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Speak Out :: In the Wake of Irene
Surviving Irene Tropical Storm Irene did its worst damage across upstate New York and northern New England in late August, but it brought out…