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Ski Area Profiles
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Alterra Suspends Operations March 15 Until Further Notice
SAM is providing frequent updates, guidance, and ways to connect about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Visit our Coronavirus Update page for more resources and special…
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Several Thoughts on the Emerging Coronavirus Situation
SAM is providing frequent updates, guidance, and ways to connect about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Visit our Coronavirus Update page for more resources and special…
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Three Things Leaders Should Do As Coronavirus Occupies Our Brains
SAM is providing frequent updates, guidance, and ways to connect about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Visit our Coronavirus Update page for more resources and special…
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SUMMER OPS CAMP 2020 HEADS TO JACKSON HOLE
SAM Magazine—Jackson, Wyo., Jan. 24, 2020—The 12th annual SAM Summer Ops Camp is headed to the Wild West. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyo., and…
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Snow People—January 2020
Snow People is our monthly roundup of happenings to the people of and around the mountain resort industry. Send any personnel news to: [email protected]…
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Heartbeat Hills
We profile three local ski areas that are the lifeblood of their communities. Scattered about the winter sports world are special little hills that…
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Share Winter Foundation Adds Partners
SAM Magazine—Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2019—The Share Winter Foundation has created new partnerships with Snowsports Industries America (SIA), the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA),…
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Mountain Technology Symposium 2019
SAM Magazine—Jay Peak, Vt., Oct. 11, 2019—The third annual Mountain Technology Symposium, held Oct. 2-4 at Jay Peak Resort, Vt., drew more than 130…
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Tracy Bartels Named Mount Sunapee GM
SAM Magazine—Newbury, N.H., Oct. 1, 2019—Keystone Resort (Colo.) senior director of mountain operations Tracy Bartels will assume the role of general manager at Mount…
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Vail Reports Major Growth in 2019; 2020 Pass Sales Strong
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Sept. 30, 2019—Vail Resorts, Inc. (VR) reported a 14.6 percent increase in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) for…
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Vail Resorts Closes on Peak Resorts Acquisition
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Sept. 24, 2019— Vail Resorts has closed on its acquisition of Peak Resorts, Inc. for a purchase price of $11 per…
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One Week to Enter the Terrain Park Contest
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Sept. 20, 2019—There is just one week left to enter the 15th annual SAM Terrain Park Contest, sponsored by Burton Learn…
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Western Destination Lodging Showing Summer Revenue Gain
SAM Magazine—Denver, June 18, 2019—The short-term summer outlook for lodging properties is showing continued healthy gains in daily rate despite nearly flat year-over-year occupancy,…
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Vail Resorts Posts Solid Third Quarter Results
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 10, 2019—Vail Resorts (VR) reported net revenue increased 13.8 percent, to $957.7 million, in its fiscal third quarter ended April…
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Mountain Travel Symposium: Growth Through Innovation
Special Report by Steven Threndyle What do China, shopping malls, and snowball fights have in common? All three were floated as possible ideas for…
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Jason Paterson Named Marmot Basin President and CEO
SAM Magazine—Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 18, 2019—Longtime Marmot Basin president and CEO Dave Gibson will retire at the end of June after leading the…
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Montana’s Crown Jewel
Attention to customers, employees and the Forest Service has produced happy results at Showdown and that makes for bottom-line profits.
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Snow Companions’ Diary
They call it Hunter Mountain Shiobara — “Snowmaking Capital of Japan.” For two women from New York, it was a month-long adventure of a…