SAM Magazine - The Canyons, Ut., December 26, 2007 - An in-bounds avalanche at The Canyons on December 23 has left one man dead and a child critically injured. The incident, which took place in the Red Pines Chutes area off the ski area's Ninety-Nine 90 lift, took the life of a 30-year-old man from Colorado and injured an 11-year-old boy. The Ca...

SAM Magazine - Vail, Co., December 21, 2007 - It's official. The most expensive adult daily lift ticket is $92 and it's at Vail. The resort reached the benchmark this week, edging out nearby Aspen ($87) and Deer Valley, Utah ($81). Last year an adult single day lift ticket cost $85 While it appears that the days of $100 daily lift tickets aren't...

SAM Magazine - Sugar Bowl, Ca., December 21, 2007 - With storms pounding ski areas from Utah to New Hampshire, the only part of the country yet to see substantial accumulations of snowfall is starting to catch up. Ski areas in the Sierra and Lake Tahoe areas have seen substantial accumulations over the past week. Alpine Meadows is reporting thr...

SAM Magazine - Denver, Co., December 20, 2007 - Three years of early season sales gains have come to an end, reports SIA in their first retail audit of the season. The industry group's audit shows a total of $468 million in sales for the August to October period. Specialty retailers suffered a 7 percent drop from the previous year, clocking in at $...

SAM Magazine - Taos, NM., December 14, 2007 - Burton can take one of four areas off its poaching list-Taos' management has decided to reverse a long-standing ban on snowboarding, effective March 19. "While there are many reasons why we have chosen this season to make such a significant change to our company's policy the foremost factor is we fee...

SAM Magazine - Broomfield, Co., December 12, 2007 -Vail Resorts has reported a net loss of $24.6 million (63 cents per share) in the first quarter of 2008. The amount is less than in 2007, when the company reported a loss $35.8 million during the same period. "Our fiscal first quarter is a seasonally low earnings period and historically a loss q...

SAM Magazine - VAIL, Co., December 11, 2007 -Vail's SOS Outreach, formerly known as the Snowboard Outreach Society, has been named by Vail Resorts to be the administrator of the ski company's Diversity Program. The Diversity program is spearheaded by Vail Resorts to introduce Denver and surrounding residents to the mountains. The announcement by Va...

SAM Magazine-Princeton, Mass., Dec. 6, 2007-What do french fries and snowcats have in common at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area? Cooking oil! Wachusett is one of only three ski resorts in the Northeast to convert 100 percent of its 2,500 gallons of waste cooking oil into environmentally-friendly biodiesel. To complete the transformation, Wachusett i...

SAM Magazine-Grand Junction, Colo., Dec. 6, 2007-Leitner-Poma of America and Prinoth, both Leitner Technologies companies, today began construction on a $15-million, two-building, 90,000 square-foot office, factory and warehouse here on an 18-acre site adjacent to the Grand Junction Regional Airport. Leitner-Poma of America, previously known as Pom...

SAM Magazine-Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 6, 2007-Several Vermont resorts will serve up Ski Vermont Burgers this winter as the result of a partnership between the Vermont Ski Areas Association, Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Beef Producers Association. First to offer Vermont beef on the menu are Bolton Valley, Jay Peak, Okemo Mountain and S...

SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 5, 2007-Kirby Brown has been named president and COO for Intrawest's Panorama Mountain Village, B.C., effective Dec. 17. Brown will be responsible for all aspects of Panorama's resort operations, and will report to Dave Brownlie, president and COO at Whistler Blackcomb. Brown began his career with Intrawest in ...

SAM Magazine-Denver, Dec. 5, 2007-Unsettled weather across North America has the season looking up in the East, but on the West Coast, areas are crossing their fingers and praying for snow. In Colorado, a strong storm system created epic conditions after a warm November delayed openings at some ski areas. The recent storm dumped more than two fe...

SAM Magazine--Lakewood, Colo.,, December 4, 2007--NSAA announced today that it has hired Ann George to serve as the association's education director. George hails most recently from Vail Resorts where she was the human resource director, but also worked in the East at Waterville Valley. George replaces Tim White, who now serves as executive directo...

SAM Magazine--Vermont and Maine, December 4, 2007--Both the Vermont Ski Areas Association and the Ski Maine Association are reporting strong early season business thanks to a weekend storm that dumped on the two ski states. Vermont areas are off to a stronger start than the last four years combined. A total of 369 trails are open, which accounts fo...

SAM Magazine-Blowing Rock, N.C., Nov. 29, 2007-Appalachian Ski Mtn. is offering free skiing to encourage guests to support efforts to fight global warming. On Dec. 8-9, Jan. 5-6, and Mar. 1-2, each guest at Appalachian Ski Mtn. who purchases a ski ticket and a $3 Green Ticket will receive a voucher for a free ski ticket redeemable any night in Marc...