SAM Magazine--Lincoln, N.H., February 19, 2008--Loon Mountain announced that it will be the first ski resort in the East to partner with Bonneville Envirnmental Foundation to make SkiGreen Tags available to guests. Each Tag represents 100-kilowatt hours of wind energy and offsets 140 pounds of global warming pollution and are sold for $2. The th...

SAM Magazine--February 19, 2008, Ludlow Vt--For the second year running, the Sunday of Presidents' Day Weekend was a record-breaker for Okemo Mountain Resort. Skier and snowboarder visits were up three percent for the day, compared to last year's milestone, and up more than five percent compared to the previous best day in February 2005. Skie...

SAM Magazine - Denver, Colo., February 18, 2008 - Frontier has announced an aggressive move into the winter vacation market, with discounted fares to a variety of ski destinations including Aspen, Durango and Jackson Hole. With rates starting as low as $89 for one-way flights to Aspen and Jackson Hole from Denver, the pricing is an aggressive mo...

SAM Magazine--Tannersville, Pa., Feburary 13, 2008--Starting last week, Charles Blier became the new GM and Executive VP at Camelback Ski Area, which also runs Camelbeach water park. Blier replaces long-time GM Rich Wiseman. Blier will help oversee a 400-room development that will include a three-acre indoor water park. The fifth floor of the de...

SAM Magazine--February 5, 2008--An avalanche blocked Alpine Meadow's access road on Sunday, forcing the resort to close for the day. The slide was triggered by a control team which was running routes above the access road. The crown of the slide was estimated to be as much as 12 feet high in some places. The avalanche underscores the danger of ...

SAM Magazine - Las Vegas, Nev., February 5, 2008 - It's hard to believe that less than one hour from The Strip, you can go skiing. But while the small ski area called Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, hidden in Lee Canyon, could be one of the best-kept secrets in Nevada, things could to change if the ski area's plans for expansion are approved. ...

SAM Magazine - Monarch, Colo., January 31, 2008 - Colorado's Monarch Mountain has announced that the resort will extend its season by one week, to April 13, 2008. The resort cites exceptional year-to-date snowfall for the extension. According to Monarch, the ski area has received more than 259 inches for December and January, a record amount. "W...

SAM Magazine - Wilmington, Mass., January 31, 2008 - Verizon customers won't be able to escape the boss quite as easily when they take advantage of mid-week powder days in Vermont. The company has announced that a $55 million investment into its Vermont network means that wireless service has been expanded into nearly 60 additional Vermont communit...

SAM Magazine - North Woodstock, NH, January 26, 2008--With a rich history of environmental initiatives (Cranmore was the first ski area east of the Mississippi to convert to biodiesel in 2003), New Hampshire ski areas are strengthening their environmental initiatives as part of a broad effort to reduce their footprints on the planet over the next f...

SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 18, 2008-Colorado Ski Country USA's 26 member resorts hosted an estimated 2,873,363 visitors from Oct. 10 through Dec. 31, about average for the state but down 12.5 percent from last year's record for the period. Low snowfall totals in November caused several resorts to delay their opening dates, and got skier visits off t...

SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Jan. 18, 2008-August to November snow sports sales reached $897 million, an increase of 2 percent over last season's anemic early season sales, reversing a 7 percent drop for the August to October period-even though the heavy snow hadn't started falling yet. "December snow promises relief," said Kelly Davis, director of re...

SAM Magazine-Minturn, Colo., Jan. 18, 2008-The Ginn Development Company, which is planning a private ski area above the towns of Minturn and Red Cliff, near Vail, has been promoting the benefits of the resort to local politicos. In a recent Minturn town council meeting, Bill Weber, senior vice president of the company, said that the ski resort w...

SAM, Jan. Woodbury, CT--SAM and SIA Host Special Market Exhibits Exclusively for Rental, Backshop And Uniform Buyers In three exclusive Market Segment Exhibits presented by SAM Magazine and SIA, including Rental World, Backshop Garage and Uniform Center find all the latest rental gear, uniform designs and backshop machines and tools displayed ...

SAM Magazine-Mt. Hood, Ore., Jan. 14, 2008-Mt. Hood Meadows has named Tom Spangler, currently Jackson Hole COO, to become general manager at Mt. Hood Meadows. His appointment culminates a six-month selection process, in which more than 50 candidates were considered. Spangler will begin his new position in late February. Spangler has been at Jack...

SAM Magazine-Chicago, Jan.11, 2008-Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc., has acquired Dover, N.H.-based The Richardson Group. The acquisition closed Dec. 1, 2007; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The third largest provider of ski resort insurance in the U.S., The Richardson Group specializes in sports, entertainment and health club ...