SAM Coverage
Resort Development
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Frozen Assets
Ice—yes, ice—can be a winter resort’s year-round best friend. Just keep it confined to an ice rink. If you build it, they will come.…
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Seeing the Light
LED and Snow-Bright systems are changing the game in night skiing. Ski areas with night skiing are coming out of the shadows with new…
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Move Over, Adrenaline
Cross-country, mountain biking’s relaxed cousin, hits the resort trail. Over the last few years there’s been a resurgence of lift-served downhill mountain biking, and…
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Hermitage Club’s Pending Foreclosure Follows Years of Management Issues
SAM Magazine—Wilmington, Vt., Feb. 27, 2018—Last Friday, Berkshire Bank filed a foreclosure complaint against the Hermitage Club, which has been building a private club…
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Bode Miller to Speak at Mountain Travel Symposium
SAM Magazine—Heavenly, Calif., Feb. 27, 2018—The lineup of quality content at the forthcoming Mountain Travel Symposium keeps getting better, with the addition of legendary…
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Mary Kate Buckley Is Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s New President
SAM Magazine—Teton Village, Wyo., Jan. 18, 2018—Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) has named Mary Kate Buckley to succeed Jerry Blann, effective June 1, 2018.…
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NSAA Names Michael Lane as New Director of Technical Services
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Jan. 12, 2018—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has named Michael Lane as its new director of technical services, a position…
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Winter Park Wins Dispute Over Service Dogs on Lifts
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Jan. 12, 2018—In an important legal ruling, the Colorado Civil Rights Division sided in favor of Winter Park Resort over a…
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Colorado Resorts See Drop in Early-Season Visits
SAM Magazine—Denver, January 13, 2018 –Skier visits at the 23 member resorts of Colorado Ski Country USA were down 13 percent compared to last…
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Vail Resorts Reports Early-Season Visit Decline
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Jan. 13, 2018—Vail Resorts reported a 10.8 percent decline in visits across its major North American resorts through the early season,…
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KSL/Henry Crown Joint Venture Has a Name: Alterra Mountain Company
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 11, 2018—The joint venture of affiliates of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company that curated 12 mountain resorts across…
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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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Going Big on Mini Golf
Really? Yes. Mini golf demonstrates the truism that anything worth doing is worth doing well—even extremely well. Years ago, Diane Mueller had a dream:…
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Burke Mountain Employee Dies in Utility Vehicle Accident
SAM Magazine—Burke, Vt., Dec. 18, 2017—An investigation is underway to determine what caused a 1986 LMC 1500 tracked vehicle to rollover Sunday evening on…
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Blue Hills Ski Area Names Molly Ross General Manager
SAM Magazine—Canton, Mass., Dec. 14, 2017—Blue Hills Ski Area, located just outside of Boston, has named Molly Ross as its new general manager. Ross…
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Whistler Blackcomb Boosts Vail Resorts’ Full-Year Results
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 3, 2017—Vail Resorts (VR) reported fiscal 2017 full-year results last week, including EBITDA of $593 million. That represents growth of…
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Eighth Annual SAM Summer (Ops) Camp
“Summer does NOT equal winter,” declared SE Group’s Claire Humber at SAM’s eighth annual Summer (Ops) Camp, held Sept. 5-7, at Vermont’s Killington Resort.…