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Loveland Starts Up Snowmaking Operations for 2009-10
SAM Magazine-Georgetown, Colo., Sept. 21, 2009-Cold temperatures and natural snowfall have arrived earlier than expected to the Colorado high country, allowing Loveland Ski Area…
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Foreclosure Proceedings Against Moonlight Basin Started
SAM Magazine–September 21, 2009–According to published reports, Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank filed papers in Montana seeking a foreclosure on Moonlight Basin. The filing asks…
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Ski News iPhone App Introduced
SAM Magazine–September 21, 2009–InTheSnow magazine has launched a ski news iPhone application. The app is available worldwide to download free from The Apple store…
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Destination Travel Shows Signs of Stabilizing
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., Sept. 21, 2009-While destination resort business in August continued the recent pattern of steep year-to-year declines in visits, future reservations for…
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Swiss Resorts Saw Visits Rise in 2008-09
SAM Magazine-Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 17, 2009-Favorable weather on weekends and holidays trumped the economic slowdown in Europe for Swiss resorts last season, as they…
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Bolton Valley to Build Wind Turbine
SAM Magazine–Bolton Valley, Vt., September 11, 2009–Bolton Valley Resort announced the construction of a wind turbine that will be operational in late autumn. This…
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Glen Plake is Spokesperson for Learn a Snow Sport Month
SAM Magazine–Bretton Woods, N.H., September 11, 2009–Organizers of Learn a Snow Sport Month (LASSM) announced that extreme skier and snow sports ambassador Glen Plake…
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Sundance to Offer Night Skiing
SAM Magazine–Sundance, Utah, September 11, 2009–Beginning December 21, 2009 (weather permitting), Sundance will offer night skiing on the majority of the resort’s front mountain…
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Grenier New GM at Paoli Peaks
SAM Magazine–St. Louis, Missouri, September 11, 2009–Peak Resorts announced that Matt Grenier has been named general manager of Paoli Peaks Resort in Paoli, Indiana.…
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Saddleback Announces Education and Recreation Initiative
SAM Magazine–Augusta, Maine, September 11, 2009–On September 9, Governor John Baldacci joined Saddleback Maine to announce Saddleback’s new PEAK (Promoting Education and Activity for…
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Vail to Offer More Value in Ski School, F & B
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo. – Sept. 4, 2009-Vail CEO Rob Katz introduced a variety of value-oriented moves to be unveiled at the company’s five areas…
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Man Dies in Zipline/Chairlift Accident at Heavenly
SAM Magazine-South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Sept. 2, 2009-A 51-year old man died yesterday after he fell from a chairlift. A zipline cable below the…
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Liberty Mountain Opens Snowflex Centre
SAM Magazine-Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 2, 2009-The 40,000 square-foot slope at the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre here opened Aug. 29, with 3,000 people attending the…
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Georgian Peaks Club, Ontario, Hit by Tornado
SAM Magazine-Thombery, Ontario, Sept. 1, 2009-On the afternoon of Aug. 20, an F2 tornado blew through this ski and snowboard clubon Georgian Bay, carving…
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Cowley to Run Ontario’s Horseshoe Resort
SAM Magazine-Toronto, Ont., Sept. 1, 2009-Peter Cowley is the new general manager and executive vice president of Horseshoe Resort in Barrie, Ont. With more…
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New Pass Deals Aim to Boost Early Purchases
SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., Aug. 31, 2009-With the economy weak and destination travel down, major resorts are rolling back season’s pass prices, to levels not…
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Purgatory Adds Expert Tree-Skiing Terrain
SAM Magazine-Durango, Colo., Aug. 31, 2009-In a move that reflects the growing popularity of “sidecountry” terrain-inbounds, ungroomed, off-piste acreage-Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort is…
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Town of Breckenridge to Vote on Legalizing Pot
SAM Magazine-Breckenridge, Colo., Aug. 31, 2009-A petition seeking to effectively legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults in the town of…