SAM Coverage
Ski Area Profiles
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Mountain of Opportunity
Mont Saint-Sauveur in Québec has long seen the potential of summer operations as a legitimate profit center. Location, the real-estate business instructs us, is…
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Cleaning Up
Sugar Bowl’s maintenance building is a model of cleanliness and efficiency thanks to an in-house competition. It’s always a struggle to keep our maintenance…
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A Seven-Year Itch
Stevens Pass is making its mark on the downhill bike park scene after years of brainstorming and research. Way back in the summer of…
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Know Before You Go
The folks at Gunstock were eager to get into year-round operations, but knew enough to do their homework before they dove in. “Summertime, and…
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Seeking the Heart and Soul of Snowshoe
When it comes to the message you want to convey about your resort, is everyone on the same page? Soccer games in Fond du…
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Playing It Safe
By making safety part of its culture, Sierra-at-Tahoe has an enviable injury record. Back in March, a knee injury ended a remarkable streak of…
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Higher Learning
The Burton Snowboard Academy at Northstar-at-Tahoe is creating core participants. Learning to snowboard can be a tough go. It looks so cool on TV,…
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Twister!
What happened when Ontario’s Georgian Peaks ski club was hit by a tornado? In the tight-knit ski-resort scene at the southern tip of Georgian…
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Demystifying Credit Card Fees
See how this area saved over $50,000 annually in credit card processing fees. In tough economic times, ski area operators all seek ways to…
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Filling Up the Park
Mountain Creek is giving away lessons and more than doubling its ski and snowboard school bookings. The sun was out and the snow was…
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By the Book
Huff Hills came up with a lift training taskbook that keeps everyone on the same page. It’s a snowy Saturday, and you are enjoying…
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Racing Into Diversity
Pats Peak embraces all markets, which is good for the bottom line. The story was buzzing along from skier to skier faster than…
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Waking Up Sleeping Giant
Community and state funds have relaunched this small-town, non-profit area. If you’re going to reopen and expand a small, local ski area in…
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Elk Becomes Eagle Point
New owners take a pragmatic approach at an old area. Shane Gadbaw, a 35-year-old New York hedge fund exec, grew up night skiing with…
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Keeping It Personal
Showdown celebrates another season, and so does the man leading the way. “I get about 60 days of skiing in each year,” says the…
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Superman Snowcats
Able to see through snow with a single GPS, groomers at Alpe d’Huez make the most of what they’ve got. A long wall in…
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The Single That Could
When Mad River Glen needed to replace its aging single chairlift, the area opted to stick with tradition and refurbish the historic lift. Mad…
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Tamarack in Turmoil
How finances for a northern resort went south. They still talk about the time President George Bush came to Tamarack, the up-and-coming Idaho resort…