SAM Magazine--Oceanside, Calif., Mar. 4, 2005--The second-ever Snow Industry Summit will focus on growth markets--ethnic Americans, women, kids, and "Generation Active"--Mar. 29-Apr. 1 at Copper Mountain. And it will address the key means of reaching these markets: one-to-one marketing, advertising, websites, and branding, with advice from sources ...

SAM Magazine--McLean, Va., Mar. 8, 2005--Overall sales for the entire winter sport market (including specialty and chain stores) were up 2.8 percent in dollars to $1.76 billion for the August 2004 through January 2005 period, compared to $1.71 billion reported for the same period last year, according to the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Retai...

SAM Magazine --- Ludlow, Vt., Mar. 1, 2005 --- The snow gods blessed the Northeast for the all-important President's Birthday holiday week, helping to fuel a strong turnaround in resort visits and a solid President's holiday nationwide. However, low snow has continued to dampen visits in the Pacific Northwest. In Vermont, Okemo set single-day, f...

SAM Magazine --- Jackson Hole, Wyo., Mar. 1, 2005 --- A 16-year-old snowboarder was charged with manslaughter Feb. 25 following a fatal collision with a 28-year-old woman at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, according to published reports. According to the Teton County Sheriff's Office, the crash occurred just after 11 a.m. Feb. 24 near the bottom o...

SAM Magazine--Boulder, Colo., Feb. 16, 2005--Storm Mountain Publishing Company, parent of Freeskier Magazine, is launching a national ski title this fall aimed at the hard-core youth market, ages 12 to18. The new magazine complements Freeskier, which targets skiers ages 18-30 with more diverse editorial. The as-yet-unnamed magazine will have a r...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (February 11, 2005) -- From February 2-3, 2005, Ski Area Management (SAM) and Pepsi hosted a small group of senior executives from established corporations in the travel, communication and winter sports industries to discuss the subject of multi-cultural diversity as it relates to winter resorts. Companies and organizations...

Just how bad has it been? The Summit at Snoqualmie and Stevens Pass have operated for three weeks or less for the season. In Oregon and Idaho, areas have fared better--though some areas have been closed for long stretches here, too. Among those operating in early February were Timberline, Mt. Bachelor, Mount Hood Meadows, Mt. Ashland, and Anthon...

SIN--12/10/03--SIA posted its Retail Audit for the August-October quarter on Tuesday, and it shows a 3.9% sales increase over the same quarter in 2002, based on cash register results at 1085 stores. Ý Specialty stores did very well, doubling sales of ski-and-binding "systems" (thanks largely to a 13% drop in average price) and a 73% rise in ...

SAM Magazine--Park City, Utah, December 10, 2003--This reporter must first confess that she has absolutely no background in financial matters. So, when American Skiing Company released its first quarter figures today with a caveat about the company adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instr...

SAM Magazine--Ligonier, Pa., December 16, 2004--A month ago, the owner of Laurel Mountain Ski Resort, George Mowl, announced that he had found a buyer in HomeSpan Financial Group. However, the sale was delayed last week by the untimely death of the president of HomeSpan, John Jones. Both parties claim that the sale will still go through but, in ...

SAM Magazine--Vail, Colo., December 16, 2004--Vail Resorts, Inc., announced its first quarter numbers last week for the fiscal year 2004 (the quarter ended on October 31, 2003) and the news was mixed. It seems expenses outweighed revenue in quite a few areas, though the company claims it is making headway and that the results were better than antic...

SAM Magazine--Vail, Colo., Dec. 17, 2003--A woman and her deceased husband's family won a $17.5 million award yesterday stemming from carbon monoxide poisoning at Vail Resorts' Snake River Lodge and Spa in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 2001. The award, the largest personal injury award ever in Wyoming, included compensatory but no punitive damages. Pla...

SAM Magazine--Vail, Colo., Dec. 24, 2003--Vail Resorts and Intrawest have reached an "amicable agreement" to divide the remaining developable assets, liquidate remaining partnership inventory, and ultimately to dissolve their Keystone development partnership. The partnership stems from Vail Resorts' purchase of Keystone in the mid-1990s, at which t...

SAM Magazine--Storrs, Ct., December 29, 2003--Marvin W. Kottke, 80, died of a sudden massive stroke on December 26, 2003. Kottke's work in the ski industry is well known after 14 years of preparing the Kottke End of Season Report for the National Ski Areas Association. Though the report has been assembled by RRC Associates since 1994, it still bear...

The East decidedly had it the hardest during Christmas week, but the news gets better out West. Rain on Christmas Eve for southern New England, then temperatures that soared into the 50s and 60s over Christmas and the following weekend, made for a less-than-stellar holiday week for many ski areas in the Northeast. At Ski Bradford, just north of ...