In This Issue
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10 Under 30
Meet the class of 2025: These next-gen leaders bring fresh thinking, heart, and hustle to every corner of the mountain resort world.…
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Idea Files :: July 2025
A portable mock control panel for training lift operators. CONTROL PANEL TRAINER Monarch Mountain (Colo.) lift operations supervisor Robert Clarkson wanted to…
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Mountain Blueprints
For 50 years, Paul Mathews and Ecosign have helped mountain resorts across continents and generations evolve and endure. Paul Mathews launched Ecosign in…
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Construction Site :: July 2025
These ski areas got an early start to their major construction projects. Snowshoe, WV Alterra-owned Snowshoe is replacing its Shavers Center lodge…
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Greasing the Gears
When the necessary elements align, downhill bike parks can take off. In the past decade, mountain biking’s growing popularity has pushed many ski areas to…
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Tech Uplift
These four resorts are modernizing their tech stacks, softening internal resistance to create experiences with less friction. “Update! We upgraded our POS, so…
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Getting Trails Ready for Winter
It pays to do work during the summer so trails can open with less snow come winter. In the last decade or…
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Dressing for Success
Rental outerwear can improve the guest experience and the bottom line. The relatively small rental apparel market seems poised for growth. Resorts…
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The Dos and Don’ts of Flash Sales
How to create urgency and FOMO, drive volume and revenue, and make your customers pay more attention. There are a couple of…
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The Challenges of Selling Summer
Guests really enjoy summer in the mountains. So why don’t they return more often?
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Coming Home
A Colorado GM looks back at the Pennsylvania mom-and-pop where it all began, sees what’s changed, and appreciates what hasn’t. Ryan Schramm,…
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Letter to the Editors :: July 2025
In response to “The Child Care Gap,” May 2025, SAM I’m so grateful to writer Annie Fast for taking the time to…
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What Over Industrialized Skiing Gets Wrong
What “Big Glisse” gets wrong. I first realized industrialized skiing was in trouble when the ink on my business cards as a…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2025
The Spy asks: “I have an infant. Can I bring her on the chairlift?” Ski resorts often tout their family-friendliness and multigenerational…
