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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—South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Sept. 4, 2021—Aggressive containment efforts over the past 48 hours are preventing the Caldor Fire from advancing on Heavenly, Kirkwood, and the surrounding communities. Despite continued spotting behavior in the northeastern head of the fire, crews are successfully holding the blaze largely within its cur...
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Sept. 2, 2021—Vail Resorts (VR) and the Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust will donate products and services as well as roughly $560,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations that all work to support youth of color in major metropolitan areas near VR properties, including Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and...
SAM Magazine—Kirkwood, Calif., Sept. 2, 2021—Firefighters are making progress preventing the Caldor Fire’s eastern spread toward Kirkwood and Heavenly.Heavenly snowmaking systems working hard to protect the resort and the surrounding areas. “We are aiming to stop the fire before it reaches those locations,” Cal Fire public information of...
SAM Magazine—Dayton, Wash., Sept. 2, 2021—Longtime industry leader and Bluewood, Wash., general manager Kim Clark died of an apparent heart attack while working on the mountain Tuesday. He was 65. Clark had been the Bluewood GM since 2014. In a statement sharing the news of Clark’s death, Bluewood said, “significant rescue efforts were u...
SAM Magazine—Denver, Sept. 1, 2021—Ikon Pass has expanded its European connections to include Dolomiti Superski in Italy and Kitzbühel, Austria, which join Zermatt, Switzerland, on the Ikon Pass. The three European legends offer up to 21 days in the Alps for winter 2021-22. Ikon Passholders now have access at 47 global destinations across fiv...
SAM Magazine—South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Sept. 1, 2021—Mandatory evacuation orders for the Caldor Fire have been extended to Douglas County, Nev. Smoke from the Caldor Fire wafts over a ridgetop near Kirkwood Ski Resort in Eldorado National Forest, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Heavenly Ski Resort and Kirkwood are brace...
SAM Magazine—South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Aug. 31, 2021—The Caldor Fire continues its push east and northeast, with Heavenly Ski Resort and Kirkwood Ski Resort sitting in its path. Map of active evacuation order south of TahoeBoth resort areas are under mandatory evacuation order. “It has not made it to Heavenly, but that is the direction it is...
SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Aug. 30, 2021—Alterra Mountain Company has purchased Purcell Heli-Skiing in British Columbia, Canada. The business and ski tenure will be incorporated into Alterra-owned CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures. CMH president and COO Rob Rohn will oversee the transition and all operations. “At Alterra Mountain Co...
SAM Magazine—Twin Bridges, Calif., Aug. 30, 2021—The two-week-old Caldor Fire spread rapidly over the weekend, advancing northeast toward the Lake Tahoe Basin. USFS webcam image from Aug. 29, 2021The fire pushed into Sierra-at-Tahoe’s West Bowl first, with long-range spot fires arriving at the resort summit Sunday night. Forest Service w...
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., Aug. 27, 2021—On Tuesday, a California appeals court blocked a 30-year, $1 billion expansion plan for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows (SVAM), saying the development plan fails to adequately address potential environmental damage, as well as increased area noise and travel. The three-judge panel granted par...
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 26, 2021—Mountain resort industry personnel began gathering in-person again at the Midwest Ski Areas Association (MSAA) Summer Meetings and Tradeshow in mid-August. MSAA in session It was the first of several planned in-person events this fall, most of which were either cancelled or went virtual in 2020 due to ...
SAM Magazine—Mohawk, Mich., Aug. 23, 2021—Mount Bohemia bumped its starting wage to $20 an hour for all jobs except bartenders, who will start at $15 per hour, plus tips. The move aims to make employment at the Upper Peninsula ski area attractive in a tight labor market. “We’ve been at $15 for about four years, and initially it helped us a...
SAM Magazine—Twin Bridges, Calif., Aug. 20, 2021—California’s Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain Resort were forced to close earlier this week after the U.S. Forest Service closed the Eldorado National Forest—in which both resorts operate—in response to the growing Caldor fire, burning to the west of both resorts. Screenshot of the Cal...
SAM Magazine—Lake Geneva, Wis., Aug. 20, 2021—The Midwest Ski Areas Association (MSAA) hosted the first in-person ski industry meeting and trade show since Covid-19 upended things. On Aug. 15-18 at Grand Geneva Resort in Wisconsin, 254 attendees from ski areas, associations, and affiliates joined 119 supplier representatives to celebrate the su...
SAM Magazine—Taos Ski Valley, N.M., Aug. 19, 2021— Taos Ski Valley has raised its starting pay for entry-level positions to $15 per hour, exceeding the living wage of $14.94 for Taos County, as stated by the MIT Living Wage Calculator. Taos Ski Valley’s living wage increase is coupled with a plan to expand staff housing, with the aim of pro...
