Special Reports

Because visuals are easy to digest, we put together this informal comparison of some of the multi-resort season pass products on the market.

Since April, the news about Vermont’s Jay Peak has been heavily focused on the alleged indiscretions of its two former principals and the ensuing…

There aren’t many snow reporters still employed in North America—or the Northern Hemisphere, for that matter. Summer is in full swing north of the…

It was 40 years ago that Jake Burton Carpenter began testing his early snowboards at Stratton Mountain, Vt., and launched snowboarding’s love/hate affair with…

Innovation and disruption were the main themes of The Forum, April 6-7 during the Mountain Travel Symposium at Keystone, Colo., April 2-9. Group marketing…

SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Dec. 16, 2015—It’s no secret that snow has been a scarce commodity everywhere but out West so far this winter—a far…

The General Forum of the Mountain Travel Symposium has become the resort industry’s most forward-looking and frank conference. Photo credit: katie girtman This year’s…

Posted on February 6, 2014 on blog.sfgate.com by Jules Older

This year’s Mountain Travel Symposium focused on expanding the winter sports market. And the two-day Forum was full of great takeaways for a brighter…

“The weather factor will always be the challenge. It will not go away. It has been with the ski industry from day one.”

“We must consider population dynamics in the queries we are making about the future.”

Part 3 of a six-part series on the Future of the Industry survey conducted by SE Group. This time we tackle competition. Comments welcomed…

by Claire Humber, SE Group