SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Millennials Help Boost Peak Resorts Season Pass Sales
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., May 11, 2018—The presence of the Ikon Pass and Epic Pass in the Northeast market doesn’t appear to have impacted sales…
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Boreal, Bear Valley, and Crystal Mountain Win Golden Eagle Awards
SAM Magazine—Marco Island, Fla., May 8, 2018—Bear Valley Mountain, Calif.; Crystal Mountain, Mich.; and Boreal Mountain, Calif., won the 2018 Golden Eagle Awards for…
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Snowbasin Resort Wins NSAA Conversion Cup and Best Safety Program
SAM Magazine—Snowbasin, Utah, May 8, 2018—Snowbasin Resort came home with two awards from the National Ski Areas Association convention in Florida: the Conversion Cup…
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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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Eldora Gets Closer to Its Core
A new lift, new look, and new spirit build local appeal. With snowfall about 50 percent of normal this season, Eldora Mountain Resort picked…
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Outdoor Retailer Snow Show Dates Moved Back
SAM Magazine—Denver, April 12, 2018—“We’re listening. And we heard you loud and clear. We’ve adjusted our January dates.” That was the message from Outdoor…
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Southeast Ski Area Leader Grady Moretz Dead at 88
SAM Magazine—Boone, N.C., April 11, 2018—D. Grady Moretz Jr., one of the co-founders of Appalachian Ski Mountain in Blowing Rock, N.C., died on April…
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Diverse Quartet Earns 2018 SAMMY Leadership Awards
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., April 4, 2018—SAM Magazine is bestowing its 2018 SAMMY Leadership Awards on a remarkable quartet: Nadia Guerriero, Tish Lopez, Ryan Lavoie,…
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Jay Peak Recognized in Statewide Health Initiative
SAM Magazine—Jay, Vt., March 23, 2018—Jay Peak is the only mountain resort in Vermont to be designated as a Gold-level participant in the 3>4>50…
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Ski California to Host Lift Maintenance and Ops Conference
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., March 23, 2018—The inaugural Ski California Lift Maintenance and Operations Education (LMOE) Conference will take place June 5 – 7,…