SAM Coverage
The Editors
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Summit Series :: Finance and Revenue
The third installment of the SAM Summit Series leadership mentoring program focuses on managing expenses and, more importantly, how to drive revenue. This story…
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News and Views :: May 2018
PodSAM, patrol for girls, season’s pass comparison, and more. PODSAM LISTEN AND LEARN If you haven’t explored the world of podcasts, now’s the time…
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Trailblazers :: Whitney Walters-Anderson, JT And Jake Anderson
This issue’s trailblazers is the family of Dale Walters, founder of Mountain Wire Rope Service. In 1984, the legendary Dale Walters founded Mountain Wire…
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Problem Solving
Mentors Blaise Carrig and John Rice dish on sizing up problems and identifying the best way to solve them. Part II of the SAM…
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Idea Files :: January 2018
The best idea of 2017, plus de-icing solutions for chairs and comm lines. Thanks to all the resorts who submitted ideas over the past…
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On the Road :: January 2018
Fall consumer shows, Cutter’s Camp Refresher, Killington World Cup Boston Ski Show Boston, Mass., Nov. 9-12 Crowds flocked to the Boston Ski Show…
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News & Views :: January 2018
Terrain park contest winners, NASTAR’s golden year, crowdfunding, etc. 2017 TERRAIN PARK CONTEST RESULTS The Scott Delforte Park Jam, Bristol Mountain, N.Y. As a…
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Industry Reports
Quiksilver Adquires Rossignol. Mammoth Goes on the Block. ASC Sells Haystack. Sugar Loaf Gets New Owner. Arizona Snowbowl Gets Nod to Expand. Highlest Lift…
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Construction Site
Ski resorts across North America are taking on some major expansion projects. Some are building right through the winter.
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Blue Pages
ASC Sued Over Steamboat Renege, Utah Gets Big Promotion Dollars, USFS Names New Recreation Director, Forest Service Fee Structure Changes?, Now, To Our Rescue:…
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Construction Site
Deer Valley, Utah- 2002 Winter Olympic preparations, Le Massif, Quebec- new road, lifts, and trials, Lutsen Mountains, Minn.- trail and lift, and Telluride, Colo.-lifts…
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Industry Reports
Vail wins in court again; Death at SLC show; ASC finds investor; La Nina persists; RCR Purchases Mont-Sainte-Anne; Vans acquires High Cascade Snowboard Camp;…
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Industry Reports
Early Season statistics; arson at Camelback; NSAA chooses Leagas Delaney ad agency for marketing push; SIA to publish trade magazine; Mont Sainte-Anne deal with…
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Blue Pages
Tidbits on the Future Marketing Summit at Vail; how Colorado’s smaller areas posted gains while the big resorts did not; the death of Birger…
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Consolidation: Analysis And Direction
Critical mass is the driving force behind consolidation in many business fields, and so it is within the ski industry. SAM examines the outcomes…
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George Gillett Speaks His Mind
In a speech delivered in December at “Ski Magazine Week,” held this year at Steamboat, Colorado, the owner of Vail, George Gillett, delivered a…
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Industry Reports :: May 2017
Aspen SkiCo/KSL Buying Binge, CNL Sale, Pass Programs and more. SKICO, KSL TO ACQUIRE INTRAWEST, MAMMOTH RESORTSIn a span of only three days, two…
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Blue Pages :: May 2017
CONSOLIDATION CONUNDRUM: Perspective and views on the recent mega-mergers and what it all means for resorts nationwide. THE CONSOLIDATION CONUNDRUM The decades-long trend of…