SAM Coverage
Opinion
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Emerging Markets
Slats is back and he’s analyzing the disappearance of the ski bum. Slats has his own corner of the bar, and he’s outlasted several…
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Blue Pages :: March 2006
BODE MAKES A SPLASH… WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES… WILL NSP GOVERNANCE CHANGES AFFECT AREAS… A FEW WINTER TRAILS LEAD TO SKI AREAS……
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Speak Out :: March 2006
Peter Pitchers says, “Volunteers are a Huge Liability.” Billy Kidd thinks it’s “Time to Revisit Cooperative Marketing.” We make a few “Corrections: Lift Construction…
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Speak Out
Let the Games Begin- a SAM editorial on the winter Olympics, and An Open Letter to Jim Spring- written by David Rowan about some…
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Letter to the Editor
John’s letter is in response to Chris Brink’s Speak Out from May 2000. John’s argument is that the industry would be well-served to help…
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Letters
Jeff Theobald on snowboard benches, Cliff Wordall on the new marketing initiative,corrections re: March 1999 Idea Files piece on lifting frames and March 1999…
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Summer Visits in Western Destinations Remain Flat, Revenues Up
SAM Magazine—Denver, Aug. 18, 2017— According to the most recently released data from the Monthly Market Briefing compiled by DestiMetrics, an Inntopia company, lodging…
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SUMMER OPS CAMP REGISTRATION CLOSES IN A WEEK
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 17, 2017—Registration for SAM’s eighth annual Summer Ops Camp—a series of seminars, workshops, and site visits that explore the state…
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Summer at Western Destinations: Occupancy Flat, Revenues Up
SAM Magazine—Denver, July 21, 2017—While occupancy at Western mountain destinations for the summer months (May through October) is up a mere 0.2 percent year-over-year,…
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Schmitz Brothers to Operate The Rock Snow Park (Wis.)
SAM Magazine—Franklin, Wis., July 19, 2017—Schmitz Brothers LLC, which operates Little Switzerland and Nordic Mountain ski areas in Wisconsin, has reached a purchase agreement…
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Blue Knob (Pa.) Acquired by Investment Group
SAM Magazine—Claysburg, Pa., July 18, 2017—Sustainable Hospitality and Development, a limited partnership formed by a group of six investors from Pittsburgh, has purchased Blue…
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Grouse Mountain (B.C.) To Be Sold
SAM Magazine—North Vancouver, B.C., July 17, 2017—After its owners put it on the market last year, Grouse Mountain near Vancouver appears to have found…
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Powder Alliance Adds Bogus Basin, La Parva
SAM Magazine—Wrightwood, Calif., July 11, 2017—The Powder Alliance reciprocal pass program has added La Parva, Chile, and Bogus Basin, Idaho, to its list of…
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A Challenge to “The Jay Way”
A first-person account of the day the Securities and Exchange Commission seized Jay Peak, and of Jay’s eventual triumph over adversity. ENOUGH HAS BEEN…
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Speak Out :: July 2017
Lift Mechanics: A Developing Dilemma As an industry, we have grown dramatically from our early days in the 1930s. Our uphill infrastructure has evolved…
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News & Views :: July 2017
Climate commitment, the coming eclipse, Sid’s swan song, people and suppliers news, and more. It´s Not Easy Being Green The ski industry’s effort to…
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Details Matter
Eight steps to protect your summer business. This article is reprinted from SAM’s sister publication, Adventure Park Insider, Winter 2017. See more at…
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Vail Resorts Names Mike Goar Tahoe Region VP & Heavenly COO
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 28, 2017—Vail Resorts (VR) has appointed Mike Goar, current vice president and chief operating officer of Keystone Resort, Colo., to…