In This Issue
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Tame the Tech Frontier
Choosing the right software and other technology for your operation requires thorough assessment and a thoughtful approach. Head to the SAM Technology…
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Tech Planning :: Assessments
Questions to help you conduct internal and supplier assessments. SAM gathered feedback from resort operators and suppliers to compile two easy-to-reference…
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2021 Terrain Park Contest
SAM‘s showcase of freestyle fabrication is back for its 16th year, with resort submitted entries in three categories, including a new one:…
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Skiing’s Prickliest Problem: Housing, Part 2
An examination of proven and potential solutions to the industry’s growing employee housing crunch. This story is from the SAM print…
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The New Nordic Customer
Data and analysis fromthe recent Cross Country Ski Areas Association consumer survey reveals there’s opportunity in the Nordic skiing business. Cross…
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It’s Alive: Small Ski Areas, Reanimated
These three ski areas have been brought back from the brink in a big way. Small ski areas that have come…
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Construction Site :: November 2021
Transformative lifts, major snowmaking improvements, and other infrastructure projects highight the 2021 construction season. SUNDANCE, UT Sundance Mountain Resort is making…
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SAM Idea Files :: November 2021
Clever solutions from Mount Pleasant, Pa., for outdoor seating and sled storage. SEATING ALFRESCO To meet a need for outdoor seating,…
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Unpack Your Assumptions
A look at operational assumptions that Covid disproved. Most operators approached the 2020-21 season with a singular goal: stay open. Now,…
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Take Advantage of Email
A guide to kickstart your email marketing and reap the profitable benefits. (Psst, we’re talking to you, small ski areas.) In…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2021
Can I warm up in the lodge this winter? This story is from the SAM print archive Subscribers can read the…
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Load ‘Em Up
Smooth and efficient lift loading and unloading makes for a safer more enjoyable guest experience. Guests come to our resorts expecting…
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New Products :: November 2021
SAM collected a handful of new products designed to enhance the guest experience. LEITNER DIAMOND EVO Leitner’s Diamond EVO gondola cabin…
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What, Me Worry? You Bet.
Covid sinks down the list of ops concerns as wildfires, climate change, and other enduring worries rise. Move over, Covid. You…
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On the Road … Again :: November 2021
Scenes from MSAA, New England Summit, and SANY-PSAA. Midwest Ski Areas Association, Grand Geneva, Wis., Aug. 15-18, 2021 The Midwest Ski…
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News and Views :: November 2021
Ride the capital wave, hot takes on fast tracks, DEI action, and more. RIDE THE CAPITAL WAVE This time last year…
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Publishers Memo :: November 2021
Winter is Coming News of snow blanketing parts of the U.S. at press time has us all excited about the prospect of a…
