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SAM Magazine—Greenville, Maine, March 7, 2022—A Superior Court Justice ordered James Confalone and his company Moosehead Mountain Resort Inc., owner of Big Moose Mountain ski area, a.k.a. Big Squaw Mountain, in Greenville, to deposit $3,831,000 into an escrow account because he failed to maintain the ski area that he purchased in 1995.Big Moose...

SAM Magazine—Aspen, Colo., March 3, 2022—The Mountain Collective will include 22 destinations for the 2022-23 season, as Snowbasin, Utah, and Sun Valley, Idaho, return to the group, and Mammoth and Palisades Tahoe, Calif., and Sugarbush, Vt., withdraw.  “We are excited to rejoin Mountain Collective starting with the 2022-23 season,” said...

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SAM Magazine—Denver, March 3, 2022—Alterra Mountain Company unveiled the details for its 2022-23 Ikon Pass, which includes new pass product options, new partner resorts, and changes to access for several destinations. The Ikon Pass will retain all partner resorts from 2021-22, providing access to 50 destinations worldwide in 2022-23.  Pricing...

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SAM Magazine—Londonderry, Vt., Mar. 3, 2022—Magic Mountain will donate $10 of every lift ticket for the coming weekend to the Save the Children Crisis Relief Fund for Ukraine, resort president Geoff Hatheway said in the area’s Alpine Update on Wednesday. According to Hatheway, the fund was chosen as it has already been active in the previou...

SAM Magazine—Cambridge, Vt., Mar. 3, 2022—The Presidents' Day holiday week proved fruitful for North American ski areas. Wilmot Mountain, Wisc.Operators from coast to coast were overwhelmingly positive regarding skier enthusiasm for the late-February holiday period, and operationally resorts seem to finally be finding their groove in this diffi...

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SAM Magazine—McLean, Va., March 2, 2022—Alpine-X, a Virginia-based developer with plans to build 20 indoor snowsports resorts across North America, has signed a letter of intent to co-develop its second location in Texas. Its flagship indoor resort, projected to open in early 2025, is in its first phase of development in the Washington D.C. ar...

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SAM Magazine—Portland, Ore., March 2, 2022—Pricing for 2022-23 Indy Pass products will not increase from 2021-22, but new this year is a $20 discount incentive for mega pass holders to switch to Indy Pass. All 82 current resort partners are expected to return next season. A final resort roster with blackout dates will be released May 1. The ne...

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SAM Magazine—Cody, Wyo., March 1, 2022—Sleeping Giant ski area launched a fundraising campaign on Feb. 27 to support Ukraine’s army amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The ski area will give 100 percent of ticket sales for Saturday, March 5, directly to Ukraine’s army through a fund set up by the National Bank of Ukraine.  Sleeping Giant o...

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SAM Magazine—Snowbird, Utah, March 1, 2022—Snowbird will upgrade its Aerial Tram with new Doppelmayr cabins this spring. The cabins, which will feature a summer rooftop balcony and glass floor panels, will be the first of their kind in the United States. After two years of planning, the new tram cabins have been completed in Olten, Switzerland...

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SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Feb. 28, 2022—Alterra Mountain Company plans to invest $344 million in capital improvements for winter 2022-23, its biggest single year investment since the company was formed. The plan includes $237 million in resort development, with $93 million in increased capacity and terrain expansion, $91 million in skier ser...

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SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, Feb. 25, 2022—A strong wind gust caused a gondola cabin to misfeed into the top terminal and detach from the haul rope of the Chondola lift at Sunday River, Maine, at 5:37 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23. The cabin fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The 17-year-old guest inside sustained minor injuries, and was release...

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SAM Magazine—Fabius, N.Y., Feb. 24, 2022—Intermountain Management president Peter Harris acquired Toggenburg Mountain in August 2021 for $750,000, and immediately shuttered the ski area to reduce competition for his company’s other two upstate New York ski areas, Song Mountain and Labrador Mountain. According to a report from Syracuse.com/Th...

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SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Feb. 24, 2022—Jesse Hunt will step down as alpine director for U.S. Ski & Snowboard (USSS), effective July 1, 2022. The organization said Hunt will stay on to ensure a smooth transition as it actively recruits for his replacement.  “Jesse has been an important leader of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team for many yea...

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SAM Magazine—Terrebonne, Quebec, Feb. 21, 2022—Quebec ski industry pioneer and Les Sommets co-founder Louis Dufour died Feb. 19, 2022. Dufour led Les Sommets, the largest private ski resort ownership group in Quebec, for 50 years prior to his death. Dufour was a visionary in the Quebec ski industry. His group Les Sommets today owns Sommet Sain...

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SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., Feb. 16, 2022—Momentum from the red-hot holiday season turned cool in early January as a surge in new cases of the Omicron variant put a damper on short-lead bookings, according to the most recent Monthly Market Briefing released by DestiMetrics, the business intelligence division of Inntopia. Aspen SnowmassA re...