SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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Piping Up
A look at the backbone of every snowmaking system’s infrastructure. Since the major snowmaking installations of the 1970s and ’80s, snowmaking pipe has…
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Snowbound Aims to Make Big Splash This Fall
Special report by Katie Brinton. SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, April 20, 2021—SIA’s Snowbound Festival, a reimagined version of the former BEWI Expos, is set…
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Western Mountain Destinations Finish Strong
SAM Magazine—Bradenton, Fla.., April 20, 2021—Western mountain resorts capitalized on short-term bookings—those made less than 30 days prior to arrival—in March and April to…
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Snowmaking Mountain Department
Snowmaking remains one of the most critical components of ski area operations. The Snowmaking Department covers snowmaking systems, best practices, air and water management,…
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Loaded Chair Falls from Lift at Camelback
SAM Magazine—Tannersville, Pa., March 22, 2021—A chair carrying three passengers detached from the haul rope and fell to the ground Sunday afternoon at Camelback…
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Western Destinations Continue to Rebound
SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., March 15, 2021—With just two months to go in the winter season, lodging at mountain destinations regained lost ground, according…
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Trial by Fire
Wildfire was just one of the challenges China Peak overcame in expanding its snowmaking system. Drought, forest fire, pestilence (Covid), and explosions. China…
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Boyne Resorts Moves to Renewable Electric Energy
SAM Magazine—Boyne Falls, Mich., Feb. 5, 2021—Boyne Resorts has made a renewable energy purchase commitment with CMS Enterprises, a CMS Energy subsidiary, that offsets…
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SAM & NPD Name Lucky Winner of Tiki Chainsaw Challenge
Yesterday, viewers were entertained with bad lumberjack jokes and live tiki chainsaw-carving with North Pole Design’s Senan Gorman and SAM publisher Olivia Rowan. The…
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CCSAA Consumer and Retailer Survey Results
SAM Magazine—Woodstock, Vt., Jan. 13, 2021—As part of a research initiative and in partnership with Snow Sports Insights, the Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA)…
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2021 “I AM a Snowmaker” Voting is Now Open
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Jan. 11, 2021—Online voting for the 2021 HKD and SAM “I AM a Snowmaker” contest is now open, and continues through midnight (EST)…
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Challenging Christmas Provides Litmus Test for Season
SAM Magazine—Jan. 7, 2021, Ludlow, Vt.—This holiday period didn’t break any visitation records, but demand across the country was solid, even as conditions varied…
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Snowmaking Hydrants
Exploring the current marketplace of this all-important part of snowmaking infrastructure. In their earliest incarnations back in the 1960s, hydrants used for snowmaking…
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Insights on COVID-19’s Short- and Long-Term Impacts
This week’s briefing from the Insights Collective addresses both short- and long-term issues confronting resort businesses during the pandemic. In the short term: As…
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Winter Openings on the Calendar
SAM Magazine—Sept. 9, 2020—A cold snap earlier this week marked the end of summer in Colorado, as a storm dropped more than a foot…
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Agency Proposes COVID Funds for Vermont Ski Areas
SAM Magazine—Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 31, 2020—Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has proposed that federal aid funds be given to the state’s…
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Insights on How Reopenings are Expanding as COVID Numbers Shrink
The Insights Collective reports that as reported COVID cases are decreasing, resorts from Florida to Colorado are expanding their reopenings—even as staff cases turn…
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Big Snow American Dream to Reopen Sept. 1
SAM Magazine—East Rutherford, N.J., Aug. 26, 2020—Big SNOW American Dream, North America’s first indoor, real-snow ski and snowboard center, will resume operations on Sept.…