SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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2021 “I AM a Snowmaker” Voting is Now Open
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Jan. 11, 2021—Online voting for the 2021 HKD and SAM “I AM a Snowmaker” contest is now open, and continues through midnight (EST)…
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Challenging Christmas Provides Litmus Test for Season
SAM Magazine—Jan. 7, 2021, Ludlow, Vt.—This holiday period didn’t break any visitation records, but demand across the country was solid, even as conditions varied…
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Snowmaking Hydrants
Exploring the current marketplace of this all-important part of snowmaking infrastructure. In their earliest incarnations back in the 1960s, hydrants used for snowmaking…
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Winter Openings on the Calendar
SAM Magazine—Sept. 9, 2020—A cold snap earlier this week marked the end of summer in Colorado, as a storm dropped more than a foot…
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Agency Proposes COVID Funds for Vermont Ski Areas
SAM Magazine—Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 31, 2020—Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has proposed that federal aid funds be given to the state’s…
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Insights on How Reopenings are Expanding as COVID Numbers Shrink
The Insights Collective reports that as reported COVID cases are decreasing, resorts from Florida to Colorado are expanding their reopenings—even as staff cases turn…
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Big Snow American Dream to Reopen Sept. 1
SAM Magazine—East Rutherford, N.J., Aug. 26, 2020—Big SNOW American Dream, North America’s first indoor, real-snow ski and snowboard center, will resume operations on Sept.…
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Katz, Amsterdam Award $1.5 Million to Youth Organizations
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Aug. 25, 2020—Fourteen nonprofit youth organizations will receive grants ranging from $15,000 to $200,000 from the Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust—founded by…
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Snow People August 2020
In SAM’s monthly Snow People, we highlight recent personnel moves that have been made in the mountain resort industry. STEVE KRUSE, TIMBERLINE LODGE After 31 years…
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NSAA Urges Resorts to Support New PPP Program
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 6, 2020— As discussions take place on Capitol Hill about a new round of funding to combat the impacts of…