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Squaw’s Tom Feiten Explains Why Season Pass Rollover Days are Here to Stay
Gregg Blanchard – March 30, 2015 Last week Squaw Alpine launched an intriguing new season pass concept. The idea was fairly simple: if you…
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Sugarloaf Closes Second Lift Over Drive Shaft Issue
SAM Magazine—Carrabassett Valley, Maine—On the heels of the King Pine lift rollback two weeks ago, Sugarloaf has taken a second, similar lift out of…
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Monarchâs Moorhead Latest to Announce Retirement
SAM Magazine—Monarch, Colo., April 2, 2015—Monarch Mountain CEO Rich Moorhead is retiring effective April 30 following a 39 year career at the ski area.…
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California Water Restrictions Not Likely to Hobble Ski Areas
SAM Magazine—Mill Valley, Calif., April 2, 2015—This week, California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in California’s history,…
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Vail Resorts to Acquire Perisher, Australia
SAM Magazine–Broomfield, Colo.—March 30, 2015—Vail Resorts (VR) has agreed to acquire its first international mountain resort, Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales, Australia,…
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Red Lodge Back in Operation After Fire Evacuation
SAM Magazine—Red Lodge, Mont., March 30, 2015—Red Lodge Mountain Resort resumed operations Sunday after a wildfire about three miles west forced officials to evacuate…
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California Ski Association President Bob Roberts to Retire
SAM Magazine—Mill Valley, Calif., March 30, 2015—Bob Roberts, president and CEO of the California Ski Industry Association (CSIA), is retiring effective June 2015. Roberts…
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CSU Launches Online Graduate Program in Ski Area Management
SAM Magazine—Fort Collins, Colo., March 30, 2015—Colorado State University (CSU) has launched an online Ski Area Management Graduate Certificate of Completion program for students…
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GBOP: Sometimes Selling a Product isn’t What Your Website Should Do
Gregg Blanchard – March 20, 2015 I was once marketing a product that only sold in any significant numbers for three months out of…
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Town Approves $50 Million Makeover at Canyons/Park City resort
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, March 27, 2015—The Park City Planning Commission gave unanimous approval for Vail Resorts’ plan to build an interconnecting gondola between…
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Faulty Switch Contributed to Sugarloaf Lift Rollback
SAM Magazine—Carrabassett Valley, Maine, March 26, 2015—A team of investigators has determined that an inappropriately specified switch in one of the brake components on…
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Tamarack Resort Gets New Management
SAM Magazine—Donnelly, Idaho, March. 26, 2015—New TR Acquisitions, the owner of Tamarack Resort, has named Replay Resorts to assume overall operational management of the…
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Powdr Buys Action Entertainment Production Company
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, March. 26, 2015—Powdr Corp. has aquired Human Movement Management (HMM), an active entertainment and event company that produces running races,…