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  • What is ANSI B77 and Who Should be Reading This Column?

    What is ANSI B77 and Who Should be Reading This Column?

    We’re launching this new periodic column within SAM to help educate and share important information about the lifts portion…

    By Mike Lane · November 2018

  • Pass Sales Keep Rising

    Pass Sales Keep Rising

    Despite Epic and Ikon, pass sales are growing at many smaller and independent resorts.

    By Linda Goodspeed · November 2018

  • Thinking About Safety

    Thinking About Safety

    What does it take to hold risks to a minimum, for both guests and employees?

    By Donna Jacobs · November 2018

  • Mountain Spy :: November 2018

    Mountain Spy :: November 2018

    "Should I put my kids in lessons or teach them myself?"

    By Dave Meeker · November 2018

  • Are Millennials Really That Different?

    Are Millennials Really That Different?

    Along with their unique attributes and concerns, Millennials display encouraging signs of satisfaction and loyalty.

    By Scott Hannah · November 2018

  • How to Handle a Labor Audit

    How to Handle a Labor Audit

    Inspections for wage and hour law compliance by state and federal authorities are increasingly common.

    By James P. Reidy · November 2018

  • TIME TO CHANGE

    TIME TO CHANGE

    In the wake of #MeToo and Time's Up, resorts must adapt to new standards for personal behavior in…

    By Laura Moriarty · September 2018

  • Our Training Recipe

    Our Training Recipe

    A candid tell-all reveals the Mueller family's formula for top-notch staff training in the culinary department—and beyond.

    By Erica Mueller · September 2018

  • Growing Together

    Growing Together

    A global look at the issues of expanding participation in winter sports, and outdoor sports in general.

    By Jason Blevins · September 2018

  • Building Ski Towns of the Future

    Building Ski Towns of the Future

    The old condo village concept of base area development is dead. In its place? A more vibrant, varied,…

    By Rebecca Stone · September 2018

  • A Mom-and-Pop Success Story

    A Mom-and-Pop Success Story

    Small areas matter, and can thrive—as Snowy Range, Wyo., shows.

    By Morgan Tilton · September 2018

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

    As new leaders rise, ski area associations focus on collective action.

    By Moira McCarthy · September 2018

  • Management Roundtable

    Management Roundtable

    The SAM Summit Series finale addresses our mentees' burning questions.

    By The Editors · September 2018

  • Construction Site :: September 2018

    Construction Site :: September 2018

    Major summer improvements, especially new lifts, are happening at resorts across the country.

    By Rick Kahl · September 2018

  • Publisher’s Memo :: September 2018

    Publisher’s Memo :: September 2018

     

    By Olivia Rowan · September 2018

  • News & Views :: September 2018

    News & Views :: September 2018

    Opinion and happenings from around the resort world.

    By Staff Report · September 2018

  • Urgent Aims: Growth, Diversity

    Urgent Aims: Growth, Diversity

    Forget the pass wars for the moment. What is being done to actually grow winter sports?

    By Linda Goodspeed · September 2018

  • R.I.D.E. On

    R.I.D.E. On

    A new rideshare app aims to be good for the environment, the bottom line, and, perhaps, the entire…

    By Dave Meeker · September 2018