SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, Oct. 9, 2007-Utah may have another major ski resort soon. The proposed resort, 18 miles from the Salt Lake City Airport, would be a first for the Oquirrh Mountains to the west of the city. The resort would be developed by Kennecott Land, part of the Kennecott Utah Copper Company. The proposed ski area would have a b...

SAM Magazine-Revelstoke, B.C., Oct. 9, 2007-Revelstoke Mountain Resort, the massive development in British Columbia's interior, is expected to open on schedule by Dec. 22. Upon completion, the resort will boast the longest vertical in North America at a whopping 7,000 feet from top to bottom. For the coming season, two major lifts will serve 4,7...

SAM Magazine--October 8, 2007--Ski resorts across North America are scrambling to find workers after the H2-B visa cap was hit. The cap, which limits H2-B visas to a total of 33,000 workers was reached on October 1. While many resorts and other hospitality companies had expected that returning workers would be exempt from the cap, Congress failed t...

SAM Magazine--Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2, 2007--As of yesterday, October 1, the president of Doppelmayr CTEC, Jan Leonard has left his position. Leonard has worked in the ropeway business for more than 35 years and oversaw the merger between Doppelmayr and Garaventa/CTEC in 2001. Leonard will continue his association with Doppelmayr CTEC an...

SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 27, 2007-Charles Massicotte has been named president and CEO for Intrawest's Mont Tremblan. In this newly created position, Massicotte will be responsible for all aspects of Tremblant's resort operations, including real estate development and sales. Massicotte will report directly to Alex Wasilov, president and C...

SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., Sept. 27, 2007-Vail Resorts posted a net income gain of 34.2 percent for 2007 over the 2006 fiscal year. The company netted $61.4 million in 2007, with increases across the board. Mountain revenue grew $44.9 million, or 7.2 percent, for the twelve months ending July 31, 2007, to $665.4 million from $620.4 million for...

SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Sept. 27, 2007-Michael Goar has been named managing director of The Canyons. He has 31 years of ski resort industry experience, most recently as executive vice president and general manager of Solitude Mountain Resort. Goar joined Solitude in 1981 and has held a variety of management positions; since 1991 he has been r...

SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Sept. 27, 2007-Colorado ski areas have started to blow snow. Both Loveland and Arapahoe Basin fired up the guns this week, with Copper Mountain expected to start snowmaking operations shortly. Breckenridge has announced that the ski area will start making snow in October. Loveland has traditionally been the firs...

SAM Magazine-Gavarnie, France, Sept. 21, 2007-French Pyrenees resort Gavarnie is expanding its terrain by nearly a quarter as the ski area adds 12 new runs for the 2007-08 season. The expansion brings the resort's total to 32 miles of marked trails. Additional improvements include the BuzzPark, Gavarnie's new terrain park. In other news from Fra...

SAM Magazine-Squaw Valley, Calif., Sept. 21, 2007-A trenched superpipe headlines terrain park improvements at Squaw Valley for the 2007-2008 season. The in-ground pipe will be lit for nighttime pipe riding, making it the only illuminated pipe in the Lake Tahoe area. The pipe was constructed on the site of the resort's original trenched pipe to redu...

SAM Magazine-Angel Fire, N.M., Sept. 21, 2007-Angel Fire is embarking on a multi-million dollar facelift of the resort's 120- room base area hotel. The 18-month project starts this fall and will include a new fitness center, upscaled common areas, and four "showcase" hotel rooms providing a preview look at the finished product. The finished remodel...

SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 21, 2007-In an effort to promote advance bookings, Intrawest's new early-season Destination: Snow vacation package deals lure travelers with discounts up to 44 percent at Blue Mountain, Mont Tremblant, Panorama Mountain Village and Whistler Blackcomb. Prices are valid for bookings made through Nov. 15. Intra...

SAM Magazine-Bethel, Me., Sept. 20, 2007-Sunday River, Sugarloaf, and Loon are offering a new New England Pass, which offers skiing and riding at all three areas. The pass results from the recent addition of Loon to Boyne USA's group of areas in New England.   The New England Pass comes in three versions. The Bronze Pass ($369 for all ages) ...

SAM Magazine-Teton Village, Wyo., Sept. 20, 2007-A Swiss crew from Doppelmayr CTEC is in the final stages of dismantling the old Jackson Hole Ski Resort tram. Crews will demolish the lower terminal of the old tram in October, and work on the new terminals will continue through the winter. The project also involves removing the tram's cable and two ...

SAM Magazine-Denver, Sept. 20, 2007-The Colorado Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled against a massive village at the base of Wolf Creek ski area. The Court upheld a lower court ruling that voided Mineral County's approval of the project, which could have resulted in approximately 2,000 units on 288 acres. Davey Pitcher, Wolf Creek Ski Area pre...