SAM Magazine-Grangeville, Idaho, Jan. 10, 2011-Idaho Sewing for Sports has chosen "to be part of the solution in our nation's, and the world's, current economic situation" by keeping its staff fully employed and performing community service, rather than laying off employees and contributing to unemployment when business is soft, said company CEO Gu...

SAM Magazine-Boise, Idaho, Jan. 4, 2011-U.S. bankruptcy judge Terry Myers has lifted a stay on two lifts at Tamarack Resort, allowing Bank of America Corp. (BAC) to repossess them. It's likely that BAC will try to sell the lifts to Tamarack's eventual buyer, or to another resort for reinstallation elsewhere. BAC now owns a mile-long detachable q...

SAM Magazine--January 3, 2011--Across the state of Maine, ski areas reported a fast start to the 2010/11 winter season following a timely blizzard, which dumped up to two feet of snow on December 27. According to Melissa Rock at Shawnee Peak and Kevin Rosenberg at Mt. Abram, "the new snow was followed by three days of beautiful weather, which resul...

SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Dec. 31, 2010-Slopestyle skiing has been added to the International Ski Federation's (FIS) Freestyle World Ski Championships this February at Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resorts. The slopestyle event, one of three new sports being considered for inclusion in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, will be held at Park Ci...

SAM Magazine-Hancock, Mass., Dec. 31, 2010-In what could be a harbinger of holiday visits nationwide, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort set a single-day skier visit record on Dec. 30, topping the previous record by 15 percent. A 20-inch snowfall just prior to Christmas has brought out the crowds. With 7,874 total visits, Jiminy set records for both da...

SAM Magazine-Franconia Notch, N.H., Dec. 31, 2010-It's been 26 years since a lift turned at Mittersill, N.H., but that changes Jan. 1 when Cannon Mountain opens the new Mittersill Double Chair. Mittersill has become a popular sidecountry destination for Cannon skiers, but the last time there was an operating lift at Mittersill was in 1984, when the...

SAM Magazine-Carraabasett Valley, Maine, Dec. 30, 2010-Investigators from the Maine board of elevator and tramway safety said that high wind was a contributing factor in the chairlift derailment Tuesday during their preliminary findings. The investigation itself is ongoing, according to Sugarloaf spokesman Ethan Austin. Doug Dunbar, a spokesman ...

SAM Magazine-Carrabassett Valley, Maine, Dec. 28, 2010-The Spillway East Chairlift at Sugarloaf, Maine, experienced a rope derailment Tuesday morning, with seven people reported injured. The injured persons, including three children, were treated and transported to local hospitals. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. The rema...

SAM Magazine-Meadowlands, N.J., Dec. 24, 2010-Lenders for New Jersey's star-crossed and stalled Meadowlands Xanadu shopping complex say that mall king Triple Five, which owns the Mall of America, will take over the planned entertainment and retail mecca. Xanadu includes what could be the first indoor ski slope in the U.S. Triple Five expects to ...

SAM Magazine-Donnelly, Idaho, Dec. 24, 2010-Tamarack Resort owner Jean-Pierre Boespflug has proposed Green Valley Holdings as buyer of Tamarack. The Idaho-based investor group has bid $40 million for the resort. Green Valley is headed Larry Givens, an Idaho construction company owner, Matthew Hutcheson, a pension fund consultant. Other bidders,...

SAM Magazine-Boulder, Colo., Dec. 24, 2010-In November, snowsports retail sales grew by a remarkable 33 percent in dollars. Specialty store sales leapt 36 percent, chain chain stores grew by 31 percent, and Internet sales were up 27 percent. While the sales growth is somewhat misleading-November 2009 sales were very soft due to warm weather and ...

Bolton Valley, Vt., Dec. 17, 2010-The owners of Bolton Valley, Doug Nedde and Larry Williams, are seeking an equity partner or outright sale of the resort. The resort encompasses 700 acres, including six chairlifts and some commercial space-the administrative offices, retail and rental shops, and ski school. The resort leases a sports center and...

SAM Magazine-Olympic Valley, Calif., Dec. 6, 2010-As expected, KSL Capital Partners, LLC has closed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the shares of The Squaw Valley Development Company. The acquisition includes all facets of Squaw Valley USA ski operations, as well as the Village at Squaw Valley and related real estate ho...

SAM Magazine-Donnelly, Idaho, Dec. 6, 2010-Idaho bankruptcy court judge Terry Myers today approved a ski and snowboard season at Tamarack Resort, even as bankruptcy proceedings continue and lender Credit Suisse seeks to turn the bankruptcy proceedings into a liquidation. Hearings on that request continue in court tomorrow. Nonetheless, the Tamar...

SAM Magazine-East Burke, Vt., Dec. 3, 2010-In the first of what could be a wave of online deals this season, Burke Mountain sold 600 day tickets on Tuesday, Nov. 30, through discount coupon e-tailer Groupon as the "daily deal" in the Boston area. The Burke offer was a $26 discount off the full day ticket of $66, or $24 discount off the half-day ...