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Snow People—February 2019
In SAM’s monthly Snow People, we highlight recent personnel moves that have been made in the mountain resort industry. MICHAEL VAN EYCK, The Fairbank GroupMichael…
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Purgatory Brings on Dave Rathbun as GM
SAM Magazine—Durango, Colo., Jan. 8, 2019—Dave Rathbun, a snowsports vet with more than 30 years of experience in the resort and hospitality industry, has…
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Peak Resorts Q2 Report: Record Pass Sales, Decreased Operating Expenses
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., Dec. 21, 2018—Despite growing competition in the Northeast in the multi-resort pass market, Peak Resorts reported record season pass sales through…
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Peak Resorts Undergoes Resort Leadership Restructuring
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., December 21, 2018—Peak Resorts has created several new key roles and appointed new personnel at the corporate and managerial levels to…
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Aspen Snowmass, Smuggs’ Lead SKI’s “Resorts of the Year”
SAM Magazine—Boulder, Colo., Sept. 21, 2018—SKI Magazine readers have named Aspen Snowmass, Colo., and Smugglers’ Notch, Vt., the Best in the West and East,…
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Snow People – September 2018
Sarah Crockett, Burton Sarah Crockett has been named Burton’s new chief marketing officer. Previously, Crockett was VP of integrated marketing and community engagement at…
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Northeast Winter Weather Summit Planned at Stratton
SAM Magazine—Stratton, Vt., Sept. 12, 2018—Stratton Mountain Resort and The North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) will present the 2018 Northeast Winter Weather Summit,…
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Peak Resorts Q1 Report
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., Sept. 12, 2018—Peak Resorts reported revenue of $7 million during its 2019 first quarter, comprised of the three months ended July…
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HKD Snowmakers Acquires the Controls Division of Sno.matic
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Sept. 7, 2018—HKD Snowmakers has acquired the controls, monitoring and automation business of Sno.matic Controls and Engineering, a company that specializes…
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Midsummer Occupancy and Revenue Cools at Western Destinations
SAM Magazine—Denver, Aug. 22, 2018—As of July 31, the midpoint of the summer season for western mountain destinations, occupancy growth is slowing slightly, but…
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Positive Signs on the Foreign Worker Front
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 21, 2018—How much access to foreign workers will U.S. resorts have under the J-1 and H-2b programs this winter? According…
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Registration is Closing Soon for This Year’s Summer Ops Camp
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 21, 2018—Registration for SAM’s ninth annual Summer Ops Camp—a series of seminars, on-hill workshops, demos, and networking events that explore…
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Snow People, August 2018
This is the August edition of Snow People, where we highlight happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Sunday River, Maine Sunday…
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Condensing the cloud of summer activities at Ski Apache.
Variety is a funny thing. With more options it’s easier to cast a wider net, but with more options it’s harder to become known…
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The single sentence that holds the keys to skiing’s growth.
We’ve been working hard to grow the sport for a long, long time. We have more data than ever on the effectiveness of those…
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Cumming Steps Down as Powdr Chief, Co-Presidents Named
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, June 7, 2018—Powdr is shaking up its executive group, starting at the top. The company’s founder and chairman John Cumming,…
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Letter From the Publisher
To the SAM Community: A new resource for the industry: SAM Digital Archives Looking for some perspective on a burning issue in your department…
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Quebec Ski Areas Association Annual Meeting Draws Record Crowd
SAM Magazine—Tremblant, Quebec, June 5, 2018—Mont-Tremblant hosted the Quebec Ski Areas Association annual meeting last week that welcomed a record crowd of 380 attendees…