SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, July 1, 2010-Jenni Smith has been appointed president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) by parent company Powdr Corp. Most recently, Smith served as vice president of resort administration and development at PCMR. She replaces Peter Curtis, president and GM since 2004, who is retiring. Smith's new...

SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, June 24, 2010-The Utah ski and snowboard industry closed the 2009-10 winter season last Sunday with a total of 4,048,153 skier days, up two percent from the 2008-09 season's 3,972,984. The two percent increase signals success for the industry in light of the current economic climate, according to Ski Utah. Ski Utah pres...

SAM Magazine--June 23, 2010--A five-year-old plan for a ski area on St. Mary's Glacier outside of Denver was voted down by Clear Creek County's commissioners. According to the Denver Post, the three-member board voted 2-1 to reject the plan for Eclipse Snow Park. The 284-acre property was bought for $1.65 million in 2005 by Michael Coors. At fir...

SAM Magazine-Truckee, Calif., June 22, 2010-Boreal Mountain Resort will reopen for a weekend of skiing and riding July 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The area's Castle Peak Quad will service a variety of park features. Lift tickets will cost $20. More details will be available shortly, according to the resort....

SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, June 22, 2010-The U.S. Forest Service has denied Solitude Mountain Resort's request to expand lift-served ski and snowboard terrain onto the adjacent Silver Fork, a side canyon to Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon that is popular with backcountry skiers. Among other issues, the proposal conflicted with a 2003 forest plan for...

SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., June 22, 2010-Intrawest is exploring the sale of Whistler Blackcomb, according to the Wall Street Journal. WSJ says that Intrawest has talked with Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin about a potential acquisition. Potanin has expressed interest in Whistler Blackcomb in the past. Possible price for any such sale is not ...

SAM Magazine-North Conway, N.H., June 18, 2010-Cranmore Mountain, now run by Jiminy Peak principals Brian Fairbank, Joseph O'Donnell and Tyler Fairbank, will get nearly $7 million in improvements in the next six months, providing a facelift in time for winter operations set to begin in November 2010. CNL Lifestyle Properties is providing the capita...

SAM Magazine-Huntsville, Utah, June 17, 2010-Snowbasin Resort has filed a Master Plan with Weber County's Ogden Valley Destination and Recreation Resort Zone to build a sprawling resort village. The plan calls for up to 2,400 residential units, most of which would be built near the existing base lodge, and encompass hotels, condominiums and town...

SAM Magazine-Crested Butte, Colo., June 17, 2010-The U.S. Forest Service will conduct a formal review of a recent appeal decision that nixed Crested Butte's proposal to expand onto Snodgrass Mountain. The associate deputy chief for the National Forest, Gloria Manning, will review the earlier decision, which upheld forest supervisor Charlie Richm...

SAM Magazine-North Conway, N.H., June 17, 2010-The principals of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort-Brian Fairbank, Joseph O'Donnell and Tyler Fairbank-have purchased the assets of Cranmore Mountain Resort from Booth Creek Resorts. The new owners plan to make major upgrades and improvements. CNL Lifestyle Properties, which already has business relationshi...

SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., June 10, 2010-Colorado skier and rider visits for the 2009-10 season, including non-member resorts, are once again approaching the 12 million visit threshold, ending the year at 11.86 million, according to Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA). At its 47th annual meeting today, the organization reported that its 22 member re...

SAM Magazine--June 11, 2010--Following the annual general meeting of the Québec Ski Areas Association (ASSQ), the members have elected a new president, Christian Dufour, client experience director for Mont Saint-Sauveur, Mont Avila and the Mont Saint-Sauveur Water Park. At age 33, Dufour becomes the youngest president to date of the association...

SAM Magazine--June 11, 2010--During its 47th annual meeting, Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced the addition of a major new component to its 5th grade passport program: one complementary ski lesson, including rental equipment, for 5th grade passport holders who are new to the sport. Lessons will be provided during the month of Januar...

SAM Magazine--Stratton, Vt., June 9, 2010--The Vermont Ski Areas Association announced at its annual meeting that Vermont's ski resorts recorded 4,125,082 skier visits for the 2009-10 season. This marks a 1.4 percent increase over the prior season's tally and tracks with the 5-year average. "With below-average snowfall, below-average days of op...

SAM Magazine--June 9, 2010--www.skiinfo.co.uk reports that the number of ski areas open worldwide continues to rise despite more areas closing for the season in Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.S. That's because the southern hemisphere's ski season has kicked off at resorts in Chile and New Zealand and, next week, Australia, Canada and France...