SAM Magazine-Steamboat Springs, Colo., Feb. 28, 2006-American Skiing Co. (ASC) is selling the remaining units in its Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel & Condominiums on Mar. 18 during a live and online auction Mar. 18. The auction will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units and penthouse residences, including more than 200 fractional shares and more t...

SAM Magazine--Montpelier, Vt., February 8, 2006--The Vermont Ski Areas Association announced that Parker Riehle has been named the new president of the trade association. Victoria Provost was also promoted to VP of marketing. Riehle replaces departing president David Dillon, who has accepted the head position at the Haystack Club. Riehle has rep...

SAM Magazine--February 7, 2006--This is a reminder that on February 11, the Sports Illustrated for Kids Next Snow All Stars program will lead NBC's opening-day coverage of the Winter Olympic Games. The show will air at 2 p.m. EST, 1 p.m. Central, 12 p.m. Mountain, and 11 a.m. Pacific time. The Next Snow event, which was created by Jack Turner of...

SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Jan. 30, 2006-Vail Resorts, Inc. chairman and CEO Adam Aron will resign June 28, ten years after he first accepted the position. Vail will immediately commence a search for Aron's successor, which will include external and internal candidates. Aron said he will work closely with the company's board of directors to ensur...

SAM Magazine--Wilmington, Vt., January 25, 2006--After six years as president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association, David Dillon will move into the head position at the Haystack Club starting in mid-February. Haystack was purchased from the American Skiing Company last spring for $5 million by 2Cornell, Inc., and will be renovated and turned int...

SAM Magazine--Findley Lake, N.Y., January 25, 2006--According to published reports, after being on the market for a year, Peek'n Peak Resort has announced the sale of their western New York ski area to Kiebler Recreation, LLC, a real estate development and management company. Peek'n Peak has been owned by brothers Eugene and Norbert Cross since the...

SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Jan. 12, 2006-If early retail sales are a barometer for resort visits, this could be a banner year. Overall sales for the winter sports market were up 8 percent in both dollars and units for the August through November period of 2005. Sales totaled $696.9 million for the period, compared to $647.8 million reported last yea...

SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., Jan. 11, 2006-The 25 member resorts of Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) set a new record for skier visits during the first part of the 2005-06 ski and snowboard season. Collectively, the areas hosted more than three million skier visits through Dec. 31, 2005, up 5.6 percent from last season and nearly 11 percent ahead t...

SAM Magazine-Lawrenceburg, Ind., Jan. 11, 2006-In a truly freak act of nature, the headwall at Perfect North Slopes fractured and avalanched Jan. 4 after a warm spell destabilized the machine-made snow at this Midwestern resort. The slide took out a lift tower on one lift and the electrical system on another. (SAM will provide photographic evidence...

SAM Magazine--Salt Lake City, Utah, January 9, 2006--The United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) issued a statement today following Bode Miller's appearance on "60 Minutes" on January 8. In the interview, Bode talked about racing while intoxicated and the dangers that lie therein. He was referring to celebrating a World Cup victory and w...

SAM Magazine--Hunter Mountain, January 9, 2006--The Slutzky family and staff of Hunter Mountain were saddened today with the death of one of the resort's founding fathers, Israel Slutzky. He died of natural causes in the early morning hours of January 8, 2006. He was 92. Israel (Izzy), along with his brother Orville, provided the vision for Hunter ...

SAM Magazine-Bretton Woods, N.H., Jan. 3, 2006-A three-alarm fire on New Year's Eve destroyed half of the 50 guest rooms at The Lodge at Bretton Woods, the resort-owned motor lodge that sits between the Bretton Woods ski area and the famed Mt. Washington Hotel. No one was injured in the fire, according to resort spokesmen. The resort relocated the ...

SAM Magazine-Mont Tremblant, Que., Jan. 3, 2006-The strike by 1,500 employees at Mont Tremblant ended today when union members accepted terms recommended by a provincial mediator. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. For Tremblant, the important news is that the resort will return to normal staffing quickly, perhaps by the coming weekend. ...

SAM Magazine-Mont Tremblant, Que., Dec. 19, 2005-More than 700 Mont Tremblant workers voted today to stay off the job until a contract settlement is reached with the resort. The strikers include all mountain ops and hotel employees-among them ski instructors, lift operators, maintenance workers, parking lots attendants, and food and beverage employ...

SAM Magazine--Park City, Utah, December 13, 2005--American Skiing Company (ASC) didn't have to look far for the new managing director of Mount Snow. The company announced that Kelly Pawlak has been promoted to the position. Pawlak has been with Mount Snow for 20 years, most recently as VP of brand management. Pawlak replaces Stan Hansen who was pro...