The SAM Terrain Park Contest (TPC) is all about showcasing the creativity and hard work of park crews from around the world and inspiring the growth and progression of this vital aspect of mountain operations.. The November 2024 issue of SAM will showcase certain entries in four categories: terrain park feature, terrain park event, terrain park edit, and, introduced last year, terrain park crew. More details on all of the categories below.

All entries will be featured on saminfo.com. Once the issue is live, voting will open to the public, and the entry with the most votes in each category will win.

Winners will walk away with a trophy and swag and one grand prize winner will get to send one of their crew members to Cutter’s Camp 2025 courtesy of Prinoth. The form is now closed for the 2024 Terrain Park Contest. Look out for the entries in the November issue of SAM. 

 Questions? Email jordyn@saminfo.com

The November issue of SAM magazine showcased entries from the 2022-23 season. The winners walked away with a prize from Prinoth. 

Nearly 1,800 votes were cast in the 16th annual SAM Terrain Park Contest, in which a total of 60 resort-submitted entries from mountain resorts around the globe competed for the top spot in one of the four contest categories: features, events, edits, and—new this year—park crew.

The winners of the 2022 SAM Terrain Park Contest are:

Feature: Love Park (Bear Creek, Pa.) 

Event: Winterfest Rail Jam (Blue Mountain, Pa.)

 Park Edit: C-Sessions 11.3 (Mount Snow, Vt.)

Park Crew: The Copper Mountain Crew (Copper Mountain, Colo.)

“It’s exciting to see the number of votes this year—it shows the abundance of passion and pride these terrain park professionals have in their work and the respect they have for their peers” said SAM publisher Olivia Rowan. “We congratulate the winners, and we hope the annual Terrain Park Contest inspires mountain resort professionals to continue pushing what is possible in their parks, whether they are building for the smallest groms, top athletes, or everyone between.”

A selection of the entries were shared in the November 2023 issue of SAM, and all were posted on saminfo.com, where the public was able to vote for their favorite in each category.

Congratulations to the 2023 winners. And thank you to all who submitted their work. 

VIEW ALL THE 2023 TERRAIN PARK CONTEST ENTRIES.