SAM Coverage
Opinion
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Blue Pages :: March 2009
SANY FIGHTS SALES TAX ON TIX… TAMARACK ON LIFE SUPPORT… BEGINNERS WERE EVERYWHERE IN JANUARY… EVIL SPIRIT… FUR FLIES AT YELLOWSTONE CLUB SANY FIGHTS…
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The “Not the 2007-08 Economic Analysis”
How this author manages to not look at the annual industry economic report, but still come up with some good advice. Every year, SAM…
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Blue Pages :: May 2006
Liability Waivers Grow in Colorado… Mammoth Shaken by Patroller Deaths… Mountains of Travel… Why a New Prez and COO at Intrawest?… Of Ski Domes…
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Speak Out :: July 2006
Jennifer Rowan talks succession planning in “We Want Your Job.” Rick Kahl asks “Where’s All the Growth?” We Want Your JobBy Jennifer Rowan I…
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Blue Pages :: July 2006
How Much Global Warming?… How’d the Government Get in Our Pants?… Moving Ginn-Gerly Ahead… Jackson’s Temporary Tram Solution… Look Out-Here Come the Beatles!… Sliding…
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Thoughts from Chairman Bill
New NSAA chairman bill Jensen speaks to SAM about the state of the industry and his vision for the future. With construction cranes towering…
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Speak Out :: September 2006
Jarrod Moss responds to SAM’s query with “Thoughts on a Summer Day.” SAM talks about “Taking Safety to the Next Level.” And PSIA examiner…
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Speak Out :: November 2006
Joel Bourassa, Operations Manager of Tenney Mountain Resort, Plymouth, N.H., implores us to take on “A Snowmaking Challenge.” SAM talks differing strategies at Vail…
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Slats Goes Private
There’s money to be made in them thar hills. “Ford’s at $6,” said Slats, waving his Corona toward the stock ticker running across the…
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Speak-Out :: A Mighty Wind
Felix Kagi, General Manager of Crotched Mountain, talks efficiency in “A Mighty Wind”. Chuck Cobb, Chairman of Kirkwood and Durango Mountain Resorts, asks “Tension? What…
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Speak Out :: March 2007
Tom Winter talks about The Death of the Locals’ Bar. We say Hats Off to the USST. And Rick Kahl calls for a Convergence…
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Blue Pages :: March 2007
ASC SELLS MOUNT SNOW, ATTITASH, KILLINGTON AND PICO RESORTS… A PUBLIC FORTRESS… CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF HOT DOGGING… THE SELLING OF SKIING, 2007… CHICKS…
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Speak Out :: May 2007
Kathy Hubbard, Director of Administration for the California Ski Industry Association talks emissions and regulations in “No Nox, The Diesel Dilemma.” In “Global Climate…
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Blue Pages :: July 2007
NSP STEPS UP… BIG NAME CHANGE FOR WHITEFISH RESORT… A NEW LOOK FOR OLD MEDIA… PERSONAL VIDEO: THE NEW KILLER APP… BETTING AGAINST THE…
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Speak Out :: July 2007
Jules Older, Editor-in-Chief of Ski Press USA and Ski Press Canada talks about “The Perfect (Winter) Storm.” This Speak Out also includes an addendum…
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Speak Out :: “Different Approaches to Diversity,” and “15, No 16 under 30”
Rick Kahl discusses “Different Approaches to Diversity.” And Chris Westover, Assistant Mountain Manager at Snowbasin Mountain Resort, lets us know we missed one in…
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Blue Pages :: September 2007
NEW GUIDELINES FOR TERRAIN PARKS… MAY I SEE YOUR PASSPORT, PLEASE?… INTRAWEST PUTS RESORT CHIEFS IN CHARGE… RIGHT TIME FOR REITS… INTO THE ABYSS…
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Speak-Out :: January 2006
Burt Mills, General Manager and COO of Moonlight Basin, courts new skiers with “Free Skiing for Those Who Earn It.” Olympic medalist Billy Kidd…