Alterra Mountain Company has appointed hospitality and operations leader Kelly Vohs as its new chief executive officer, effective Oct. 19, 2026. An executive committee ...

SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Sept. 29, 2026—Vail Resorts pointed to historically low snow in the western United States during its 2026 fiscal year as the primary culprit for declines in financial ...

North American ski area operators are invited to nominate their mountain’s snowmaking team for a chance to be a part of the ...

Ski Areas of New York (SKI NY) and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Association (PORA) joined forces once again to hold ...

George Gillett Jr., the former owner of Vail Associates who helped usher Vail and Beaver Creek into a new era of resort development and ...

The details of the trade fight have changed since last year, but the basic problem hasn’t. For ski areas and suppliers on ...

SAM Magazine—Winter Park, Colo., Sept. 15, 2026—Lodging occupancy at western mountain destinations wobbled in August while daily rates for the full summer season remained near their highest levels ...

SAM Magazine—Wolfurt, Austria, Sept. 15, 2026—Doppelmayr Group worldwide sales revenue totaled 1.3 billion euros (roughly $1.5 billion) for the 2025-26 fiscal year (April 1, 2025–March 31, 2026), up 9 ...

Moving across the slope, 2,000 feet of trail are treated in a half hour. One of the most serious and expensive ski trail maintenance problems is controlling the growth ...

The way skiing is developing into a family sport, all resorts, whether they promote themselves as family ski areas or not, must be basically family-oriented. The problem is—what does ...

Generally speaking, November means lean times for the ski area. The Fall foliage crowd has become satiated, the lifts are down for final pre-season maintenance and expensive crews and ...

The ski shop and rental operation at Otis Ridge in the Berkshires By any normal measures of profitability — return on ...