SAM Coverage
Obituary
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Sugarloaf Opens West Mountain Terrain Expansion
SAM Magazine—Carrabassett Valley, Maine, Feb. 16, 2024—Today, Sugarloaf is opening West Mountain, a new 120-acre terrain expansion served by a high-speed detachable quad with…
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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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New & Views :: September 2017
Season’s pass developments, NSAA priorities, supplier news, and more. HARD TO PASS UP We’ve had a short breather since the last round of ski…
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SPEAK OUT :: REMEMBERING DALE WALTERS
Remembering Dale Walters… The man was a legend in the world of rope splicing. Dale was known by literally thousands of ski area personnel…
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Industry Report :: November 2013
CAMELBACK SOLD… MOUNTAIN RIDER’S ALLIANCE TO RUN MT. ABRAM… BEAR VALLEY DEAL FALLS THROUGH… TWO AUCTIONS, ONE SALE… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… CORRECTIONS CAMELBACK…
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Industry Reports :: January 2013
WISP SOLD… PEAK BUYS ANOTHER AREA… KSL BUYS 24% OF WHISTLER… UTAH PLANS OLYMPIC BID… POWDER MTN. SOLD… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS WISP SOld…
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Industry Reports :: May 2013
GREEK PEAK AND SNÖ MOUNTAIN AUCTIONED… WHALEBACK CLOSES DOORS… LSSM REPORTS BIG 2013 NUMBERS… SAMMY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED… N.Y.’S ORDA TO BE AUDITED… OBITUARY……
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Industry Reports :: July 2013
VISITS REBOUND… BONNIER GETS OUT OF WINTER SPORTS… CALIFORNIA SENATE OKAYS SAFETY BILL… RETAIL SALES REACHED $3.4 BILLION… NEW FOREST SERVICE AD POLICY RELEASED……
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Speakout :: Remembering Henrik Bull
Henrik Bull remembered. It is with great sadness that we say good-bye to architect Henrik H. Bull, who died on December 3, 2013, at…
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Industry Reports :: March 2014
INTRAWEST HOLDS IPO… WOLF MOUNTAIN SOLD… SIA RETAIL NUMBERS SHOW HOLIDAY STRENGTH… OBITUARY… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… CORRECTIONS INTRAWEST HOLDS IPOIntrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc., which…
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Speak Out :: Remembering Dick Williams
Remembering Dick Williams, friend and industry professional. REMEMBERING DICK WILLIAMS The mountain resort industry lost a great friend earlier this year—Dick Williams. In 1962,…
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Speak Out :: Letter to the Editor and Remembering Tom Jacobs
Letter to the editor and remembering Tom Jacobs. Letter to the EditorI am responding to Ski Area Management’s (SAM) “Best and Worst Marketing 2013-14:…
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Industry Reports :: September 2012
Mammoth to Shut Down June Mountain… Greek Peak Files for Bankruptcy… Otsego Club Not to Open… U.S. Won’t Bid for Olympics in 2022… Obituaries……
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Speak-Out :: Midwest Greats
An excerpt from Paul Augustine’s eulogy, given by his son, John P. Augustine. [Within days of one another, two industry greats from the Midwest…
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Industry Reports :: March 2011
TENNEY AUCTIONED… INTRAWEST MOVING HEADQUARTERS… SELKIRK CELEBRATES 30 YEARS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… TENNEY AUCTIONEDTenney Mountain, N.H., was sold in a foreclosure auction for…
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Industry Reports :: May 2011
SIA ANNOUNCES EARLIER DATES… VILLA OLIVIA SOLD… ELDORA CLEARS FIRST HURDLE… VAIL PLANS EXPANSION AT NORTHSTAR… AWARDS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS SIA ANNOUNCES EARLIER…
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Industry Reports :: July 2011
WOODS BUYS WOODS… PEAK TO GO PUBLIC… SMALL SKI AREAS RISE FROM THE ASHES… AWARDS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS WOODS BUYS WOODSWindham Mountain president…
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Industry Reports :: September 2011
POWDERHORN SOLD… NEW RECORD FOR SKIER VISITS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS POWDERHORN SOLDPowderhorn Resort, Colo., was sold at a live auction Aug. 4 for…