SAM Coverage
Environment
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Air Travel and Climate Change
The implications of air travel. When Sun Valley was born in 1936 as the first true destination ski resort in the United States, its…
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Lobbying for Change on Climate
A new partnership aims to alter the conversation in Washington. Chris Steinkamp detected something new when he flew to Washington D.C. in May…
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SAM Summit Series 2019—Part 3: Sustainability
Resort leaders speak frankly about the essentials for sustainable resorts: commitment, culture, collaboration, and a champion. This story is from the SAM print archive…
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Doing Well by Doing Right
Berkshire East Mountain Resort, Mass., may become the first ski area in North America, and perhaps the world, to be powered 100 percent by…
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Producing Growth in a “No-Growth” Region
Numerous environmental barriers made expansion seem practically impossible at Ski Inclive, until innovative techniques were employed.
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Pierpont Retires, Marquardt Named Doppelmayr VP of Sales
SAM Magazine—Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 9, 2019—After more than 40,000 lift rides and 44 years in the business, working at six ski resorts,…
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Vacationers Made the Holidays Merry for Resorts
SAM Magazine—Ludlow, Vt., Jan. 8, 2019—Americans seemed keen to spend their holiday break this winter on the snow, as resorts across most regions saw…
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Purgatory Brings on Dave Rathbun as GM
SAM Magazine—Durango, Colo., Jan. 8, 2019—Dave Rathbun, a snowsports vet with more than 30 years of experience in the resort and hospitality industry, has…
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SAM Terrain Park Contest 2018 Winners
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Jan. 3, 2019—Nearly 2,500 votes were cast in the 14thannual SAM Terrain Park Contest, in which a total of 52 entries…
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MacPherson, Meyers Earn 2018 BEWI Award
SAM Magazine—Boston, Mass., Nov. 12, 2018—Two of New England’s top ski resort promoters, Bonnie MacPherson, Okemo, Vt., and Tom Meyers, Wachusett Mountain, Mass., shared…
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Wisconsin Resorts Inc. Buys Ontario’s Searchmont Resort
SAM Magazine—Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Nov. 6, 2018—American company Wisconsin Resorts Inc. purchased Searchmont Resort in Ontario, Canada, from the Sault Ste. Marie Economic…
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Battery-Powered?
Squaw Valley aims to boldly go where no other resort has: a backup, battery-powered microgrid. Several months ago, Squaw Valley declared an ambitious goal:…
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The Power of Water
The world’s shift to renewable energy has spawned a variety of new technologies. Many of these are high tech, unimaginable even 20 or 30…
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Can Snowmaking Compensate for Climate Change?
A little-read study from the EPA suggests resorts can survive this century’s projected global warming—if they achieve greater efficiencies in snowmaking. In June of…
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Sunny Side Up
Wolf Creek moves toward becoming the nation’s first solar-powered ski area. When Davey Pitcher procures potatoes for the fries and beef for the burgers…
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Doing Business Sustainably
Taos Ski Valley has found multiple benefits in the triple bottom line. Taos Ski Valley is 20 miles and 2,300 feet above its namesake,…
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OR + Snow Show to Feature Rental World + Backshop, Uniform Gallery
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 15, 2018—The Rental World + Backshop and Uniform Gallery will continue to showcase these product categories during the Outdoor Retailer +…
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Blue Pages :: November 2012
EMPEROR OF THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM… GORE, MILLER FORM CLIMATE TEAM… WILD MOUNTAIN IS FIRST TO OPEN [SORT OF]… WILD SEASON FOR WILDFIRES… TAMARACK RESORT…