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SAM Taps Whistler Blackcomb to Host 2025 Summer Ops Camp
SAM Magazine—Whistler, British Columbia, March 18, 2025—SAM’s Summer Ops Camp will be held at Whistler Blackcomb, Sept. 2-4, 2025, offering three days of education, networking, and hands-on learning focused on the future of summer operations at mountain resorts. This year’s camp will also feature a partnership with the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA), bringing together a dynamic mix of resort professionals from across North America. Whistler Blackcomb has been at the forefront of year-round recreation development, balancing business innovation with environmental sustainability. With a robust lineup of summer attractions—including the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Peak...
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SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 20, 2021—Three Vail Resorts (VR) properties have new general managers, and the company’s Midwest region has a new vice president.Donnelly and Crichton All four leaders were promoted from within the company. Susan Donnelly takes over as general manager of Crotched Mountain Resort, N.H. Donnelly f...
SAM Magazine—Montville, N.J., Oct. 20, 2021—SNOW Operating has launched SNOW Partners, the new parent entity to preside over the company’s various operating businesses. Based in Montville, N.J., SNOW Partners comprises the ownership and executive teams for both the company’s resort operating and resort services divisions. With this...
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Oct. 15, 2021—After Powdr launched its new Fast Tracks pay-for-faster-lift-access program, reaction from skiers and snowboarders was swift—and largely negative. In response to the feedback, Powdr posted “A letter to the community regarding Fast Tracks” from co-presidents Wade Martin and Justin Sibley. The ...
SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., Oct. 15, 2021—As Western mountain destinations close in on a record summer, winter bookings are pacing ahead of the past two years as well. That good news comes from the latest Market Briefing from DestiMetrics, the business intelligence division of Inntopia. Based on data from 290 participating properties in ...
SAM Magazine—Pagosa Springs, Colo., Oct. 14, 2021—Wolf Creek will open this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16 and 17, with its Nova and Lynx lifts operating 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The resort received 14 in. of fresh snow from a recent storm, allowing it to at least be the first ski area in North America to announce its intentions to kickoff of the 20...
SAM Magazine—Twin Bridges, Calif., Oct. 14, 2021—Significant damage sustained from the Caldor Fire—a 221,000-acre conflagration that tore through the Tahoe Basin in late August and September—will impact operations at Sierra-at-Tahoe for the coming season, according to the latest from the resort. In an update posted to the resort’s social...
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Oct. 11, 2021—Nominations are open for the 7th annual I AM a Snowmaker contest, presented by HKD Snowmakers. The contest highlights the hard work, determination, and camaraderie of snowmakers, and recognizes how critical they are to the success of the mountain resort industry. “I’m blown away by the popularity...
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Oct. 11, 2021—Registration is open for the new Summit Series Bootcamps, a series of online learning courses SAM developed in partnership with leadership-training experts, industry executives and topic experts (check out who they are here). Each of the five bootcamps focuses on a specific topic or issue where leade...
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Oct. 11, 2021—Powdr is launching Fast Tracks, a daily ticket or season pass upgrade option for express lift access via dedicated lanes at four of its resorts: Copper Mountain, Colo., Killington, Vt., Mt. Bachelor. Ore., and Snowbird, Utah. Fast Tracks will be available to purchase in advance beginning Nov. 1. “U...
SAM Magazine—Newry, Maine, Oct. 8, 2021—Sunday River, Maine, will install a new Doppelmayr D-Line eight-passenger bubble lift for the 2022-23 winter season. It will be the third lift of its kind in North America, all of which are at Boyne Resorts-owned properties—Big Sky Resort, Mont., installed the Ramcharger 8 in 2018, and Loon Mountain, N....
SAM Magazine—Petoskey, Mich., Oct. 8, 2021—A leadership shuffle at Boyne Resorts will see several key players expanding and shifting their regional responsibilities. Kelley, McGregor, Keen, ScambioChief operating officer of Eastern operations Rich Kelley is retiring after 44 years in the industry. Other Boyne stalwarts are being moved into plac...
PEOPLE JULIE GERMOND and KYLIE SIMPSON, STEAMBOAT, Colo.Kylie SimpsonJulie Germond Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation added two new directors to its team: Kylie Simpson was named director of conference catering, and Julie Germond joined in the newly created role of director of resort transformation. Simpson reports to Rob Spence, vic...
SAM Magazine—Whitefish, Mont., Oct. 7, 2021—Longtime Whitefish Mountain Resort director of marketing and sales Nick Polumbus will succeed Dan Graves as resort CEO after Graves retires in April 2022. From left to right: Joe Bryant (WSI Board Member), John Kuelbs (WSI Board Member), Bill Foley (WSI Chairman Of The Board), Dan Graves (Whitefish Mo...
SAM Magazine—East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 30, 2021— Big Snow will remain closed through October after a fire that occurred in the early morning hours on Sept. 25. Photo from Hasbrouck Heights Fire DepartmentThe fire at the Big Snow American Dream indoor ski dome was well contained to a small area near the top of the slope, but the operation wil...
SAM Magazine—Ishpeming, Mich., Sept. 29,2021—Eight legends have been inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame this year, headlined by Pennsylvania resort and snowmaking icon Herman Dupré.Herman Dupré Others include plastic boot inventor and ski gear innovator Sven Coomer; ballet skiing protégé and freestyle skiing legend Alan S...
