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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—Natick, Mass., Sept. 15, 2021—Nearly 100 emerging leaders were nominated or applied to be mentees in the forthcoming SAM Summit Series, a season-long mentor/mentee program aimed at developing future leaders in the mountain resort industry. Of that list, 11 have been chosen to participate. The mentees hail from ski areas of all siz...
SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., Sept. 15, 2021—By the end of August, western mountain destinations were poised to set all-time records for daily rates and revenue—despite wildfires and smoky conditions in many destinations, and a spike in cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19. Summer at Mammoth Mountain ResortBut some headwinds were coolin...
SAM Magazine—Denver, Sept. 14, 2021—Alterra Mountain Company and Share Winter Foundation have entered a multi-year collaboration highlighted by a donation to Share Winter of nearly $4 million in the form of cash and in-kind services, including lessons, lift tickets, equipment rentals, and meal vouchers. The partnership aims to create a more div...
SAM Magazine—Reno, Nev., Sept. 13, 2021—Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all positions that were previously below, and will provide a five percent cost-of-living increase for year-round and full-time employees. The resort will also require employees to be vaccinated for Covid-19 ahead of the start of its 2021-2...
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021—After a year of in-depth research and discovery, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows has changed its name to Palisades Tahoe, a nod to the sheer granite faces and chutes that compose some of the mountains’ more extreme terrain. In August 2020, the resort committed to eliminating the word "squaw"...
SAM Magazine—Kelowna, B.C., Sept. 9, 2021—Canada’s federal government relaxed travel restrictions for fully-vaccinated, non-essential travelers this week, a promising development for destination market resorts. Non-essential international travelers who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved Covid-19 vaccine no longer need to q...
SAM Magazine—Wintergreen, Va., Sept. 9, 2021—Jay Gamble has been named general manager of Wintergreen Resort in Virginia. Gamble will transition from Ragged Mountain, N.H., where he has served as general manager for the past three years. Both resorts are operated by Pacific Group Resorts, Inc. (PGRI). Gamble ha...
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Sept. 8, 2021—Snowsports Industries America (SIA) has postponed the 2021 Denver and Boston Snowbound Festivals until November 2022 due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in the Unites States. The 2020 events were also postponed due to the pandemic. “Over the last year, the Snowbound team has been working to run the...
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...
