SAM Coverage
International
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Montana’s Teton Pass Latest to Close Due to Lack of Snow
SAM Magazine—Choteau, Mont., Feb. 12, 2024—Teton Pass Ski Area is the latest in a string of resorts to pull the plug on a 2023-24…
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Riding the Olympic Wave?
Despite an expected spike in visibility and interest from the Winter Games, resorts weren’t planning extraordinary measures to channel that awareness into trial. The…
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Olympian Teamwork
A behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the companies that laid the groundwork.
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Blue Pages :: September 2014
Perspective and Views JUST HOW BIG IS THE GROWTH CHALLENGE?We know, most resort folks roll their eyes whenever Snowsports Industries America (SIA) talks about…
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Does Dirt Work Work?
Faced with hosting major events during the 2015 Canada Winter Games, with no snowmaking, this area turned to dirt. The 2015 Canada Winter Games…
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Sochi, The Prequel
Russia’s Winter Games has deep North American roots. Sochi, Russia, won the bidding for the Olympic Games in July 2007. But the effort had…
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Olympic-Sized Projects
With the Sochi Olympics just around the corner, SAM took a peek behind the scenes at the massive uphill transportation and snowmaking systems. When…
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Slopestyle at Sochi
Will the Olympics change the face of slopestyle competitions? With its spectacular tricks, creative snow features and fearless athletes, slopestyle is sure to enthrall…
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Islands of White
This article is the first of a two-part series looking at examples of how equipment suppliers have partnered with ski-area operators to devise solutions…
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Workers Everywhere
The upside to a down economy: the labor pool. Not too long ago, ski resorts had trouble filling all of their winter positions. No…
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China’s Evolution
Many believe that the ski industry in China is on the verge of exploding. It’s been a short 60 years since the founding of…
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Watching the Games Go By
The Olympics may generate a lot of excitement, but areas are sitting on the sidelines. Thank goodness for big-screen TVs in the bar! Otherwise,…
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Speak Out :: Correction
Correction to “The H-2B Dilemma” (March 2009). In “The H-2B Dilemma” (March 2009), we misquoted Phil Simon of CIEE, a company that helps place…
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The H-2B Dilemma
Getting foreign workers is not going to be easy. For decades now, regular vacationers at Steamboat Springs Ski Resort have loved coming back for…
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Blue Pages :: November 2007
H-2B, OR NOT TO BE?… WELCOME TO CANADA… OK, MAYBE IT IS GETTING WARMER… GETTIING GREENER ALL THE TIME… COOL HEAD… PASSPORT ISSUE POSTPONED…
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Disappearing Act
The “Gini Index” suggests that a shrinking middle class has limited U.S. resort visits. With what may be the first-ever 60-million visit total this…
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J1 Competition Heats Up
The shortage of H2B visas is forcing increased reliance on J1 visa programs. The stalemate over H2B visa quotas is likely to continue through…
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Speak Out :: HB2 Caps Create Chaos
Bob Gleason, President of Boot Doctors, talks about the chaos left in the wake of changes made to the HB2 caps. Changes made to…