SAM Magazine-Chewelah, Wash., Aug. 8, 2007-49 Degrees North has obtained $45 million in funding from Pacific Northwest real estate venture capital firm US Resort Venture, LLC. The 2,450-acre resort is expected to undergo several phases of development, featuring a 40-acre village as well as a variety of lodging and residential properties. The ski...

SAM Magazine-Hancock, Mass., Aug. 8, 2007-Jiminy Peak's wind turbine, installed over the summer as part of a green initiative, has begun operation. Named the Zephyr following a contest that involved locals and passholders, the turbine is expected to produce an average of 5,000 kWh per day for a total of 150,000 kWh during the month of August. With ...

SAM Magazine-Tahoe City, Calif., July 31, 2007-San Francisco-based real estate investment firm JMA Ventures has completed its purchase of Alpine Meadows. No sale price has been disclosed. Art Chapman,president of JMA Ventures, has a vested interest in the area. "My family and I have skied here for decades. My kids grew up skiing here," he said. ...

SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, July 31, 2007-Online Media, host of the popular First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine, is launching UtahSkiAndSnowboard.com, a new digital magazine focused on the Utah ski and snowboard experience. "Utah has the best skiing and riding in the nation, and probably the world," said Marc Guido, UtahSkiAndSnowboard.com's edi...

SAM Magazine-Wrightwood, Calif., July 24, 2007-Mountain High has become the latest addition to the CNL resort stable. CNL Income Properties, Inc., has purchased Mountain High for $45 million from Valor Equity Partners. Current management remains in place, with a 20-year lease with the option of two 10-year renewals. Karl Kapuscinski, president o...

SAM Magazine-Newry, Me., July 23, 2007-Sunday River and Sugarloaf, Me., will offer a joint season pass next season. The new pass will debut Aug. 15, with prices starting at $299 for restricted mid-week passes and maxing out at $799 for an adult non-restricted pass. The two resorts were recently purchased by Boyne USA from American Skiing Company. ...

SAM Magazine-Mountain Creek, N.J., July 19, 2007-Mountain Creek is significantly upgrading its freeriding facilities. It's part of a long-term commitment for the resort, which was one of the first ski areas to commit heavily to the freeride market. The resort's initiative focuses on redeveloping its South and Bear peaks into freeride zones, as w...

SAM Magazine-Crystal Mountain, Wash., July 18, 2007-Crystal Mountain is adding a double chair that increases the resort's available terrain by a whopping 77 percent. The chair, a Doppelmayr, will have a 10-minute ride that will access approximately 1,000 acres, bringing the resort's total lift-served terrain to 2,300 acres. The Northway double will...

SAM Magazine-The Canyons, Ut., July 18, 2007-American Skiing Company (ASC) is selling The Canyons ski area to the Talisker Corporation, a privately-held global real estate development company based in Toronto, Canada, that has significant assets in Park City. Upon completion of the sale, expected to occur by the end of the third quarter, ASC will n...

SAM Magazine-Ischgl, Austria, July 18, 2007-Two Austrian resorts are adding lift capacity this summer. Ischgl's lift company, Silvrettaseilbahn AG, is replacing its workhorse six-passenger Fimbabahn gondola with a two-stage eight-passenger model with heated seats. In Kitzbühel, a new eight-seater high-speed chairlift is replacing two fixed-grip ...

SAM Magazine-Vancouver, July 18, 2007-Intrawest has named Andy Wirth executive vice president of sales and marketing and chief marketing officer. In his new capacity, Wirth will be responsible for all aspects of Intrawest's global sales and marketing and will assist in developing and communicating the company's vision and strategy, driving market s...

SAM Magazine-Concord, N.H., July 12, 2007-The New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development has hired John DeVivo to be the new general manager for Cannon Mountain Resort and Franconia Notch State Park.DeVivo assumes his new role on Friday, July 13th. DeVivo had previously been vice president of mountain operations at Attitash R...

SAM Magazine-Salida, Colo., July 12, 2007- This winter, Monarch season passholders can ski free or at a discounted rate during the 2007-08 winter season at nine other Western ski areas. The resorts that Monarch has partnered with for this program also offer similar free or discounted rates at Monarch to their passholders. Colorado skiers have lo...

SAM Magazine-Buffalo, Wyo., July 11, 2007-Big Horn Mountain Resorts, which had recently offered to sell the Big Horn Mountain Ski Resort, Meadowlark Lake Resort, Deer Haven Resort and the Wilderness Ranch through an auction process, remains the properties' owner. No bids were received for the purchase of all four resorts by a single bidder-Big Horn...

SAM Magazine-Carrabassett Valley, Me., July 11, 2007-Sugarloaf will host the 2008 U.S. Alpine Championships, the second time in three years it will host the championships. The resort also hosted the U.S. Alpine Championships in 2006. "Sugarloaf has been a great host for us and has a strong history of outstanding races," U.S. Alpine Director Jess...