SAM Magazine-Crested Butte, Colo., July 15, 2008-Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) hired Chris Corliss, formerly mountain manager at Mount Sunapee, N.H., as mountain manager. The resort has been conducting a nationwide search since May to fill several top executive positions in the company, and kept within the ranks of Triple Peaks (owned by Tim and Diane Mueller) for this key position.

Corliss has been mountain manager at Sunapee for the past 10 years, and is credited with improving the resort's snowmaking and grooming operations. Prior to Sunapee, Corliss spent five years at Okemo, Vt., the Mueller's original resort, as night operations supervisor. "We are excited to have Chris join the mountain operations team and know we will benefit from his years of experience and leadership skills," said Ethan Mueller, CBMR director of resort operations.