SAM Coverage
Safety
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Loveland Ski Area Employee Killed While Working on Conveyor Lift
SAM Magazine—Loveland, Colo., Jan. 2, 2017—On the morning of Thursday, Dec. 28, lift maintenance employee Adam Lee was killed while doing work on a…
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DIY Lift Inspection
Conduct your own predictive maintenance inspections that don’t cost a fortune or require an outside contractor. If this were an ideal world, every ski…
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Vail Resorts Details Pass Sales, Winter Forecast in Q1 Report
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Dec. 12, 2017—In its most recent quarterly earnings report, Vail Resorts said it expects to sell a total of more than…
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort President Jerry Blann to Retire
SAM Magazine—Teton Village, Wyo., Nov. 30, 2017—After a 47-year career in the ski and tourism industries, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort president Jerry Blann will…
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Groom Safely
Here are 11 tips guaranteed to promote the health of man and machine. There’s a chill in the air, the leaves have fallen, and…
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Learning to Fly
When young kids are riding chairlifts, it takes a village to teach them the ropes. In an industry wishing to grow its participation,…
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Attending to Your Attendants
There’s more to the lift attendant’s job than simply loading chairs. Here are several training and educational tips to cover all the bases. Lift…
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Giving Staff Their Turns
Being on-snow drives the employee experience, and that fact of resort life makes injury prevention and risk management key goals for managers. Most…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2014 :: Safety on the Hill
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we tackle what has been a hot topic recently—safety on the hill. Surprisingly, resorts didn’t have very reassuring answers.…
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Speak Out :: Keep Kids in Their Seats
Richard Kun, Pres. Snow Summit Ski Corp., on chairlift safety and kids. Our industry seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of…
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Injury News: No Trend is a Good Trend
Injury rates for skiers and riders continue a slow decline, and some anticipated spikes have failed to materialize. “Skiing is a dangerous sport,” says…
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Blue Pages :: May 2013
PASS PERKS PROLIFERATE… PUTTING THE BITTER IN BITTERROOT… BOOTLEG SKI LESSONS ON THE RISE?… BURTON OPEN MOVE TO VAIL IS A HIT… POST MORTEM:…
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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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Maintenance and Safety, the N.Y. Way
See how the state of New York is being proactive about lift safety. No industry, especially a customer-based “experience industry” such as skiing and…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2013
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we mark an unfortunate first: two epic fails. With summer operations growing in popularity, it pays to make sure…
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In the Bag
Air bags are providing year-round entertainment at resorts. Are they right for you? First they were a competition tool: a new and better way…
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New Vision for Night Lights
When Steamboat decided to offer night riding, the resort found a system that is low impact and maximum fun. When the lifts stop spinning…
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Blue Pages :: January 2014
CANYONS AVY SUIT HOLDS MANY LESSONS… SNOWMAKING WITH BALLS… HEAVENLY ADOPTS NEW ZIPLINE RULES… INTRAWEST FILES FOR $100 MILLION IPO… AND SHOWS INTEREST IN…