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Sugarloaf Scores 2008 U.S. Alpine Championships
SAM Magazine-Carrabassett Valley, Me., July 11, 2007-Sugarloaf will host the 2008 U.S. Alpine Championships, the second time in three years it will host the…
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Big Horn Ownership Unchanged
SAM Magazine-Buffalo, Wyo., July 11, 2007-Big Horn Mountain Resorts, which had recently offered to sell the Big Horn Mountain Ski Resort, Meadowlark Lake Resort,…
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Steamboat Takes Aim at New York
SAM Magazine – Steamboat, Colo., July 8, 2007 – Steamboat has announced that the northern Colorado resort will aggressively market itself to New York…
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Whitefish CEO Hangs Up Hat
SAM Magazine – Whitefish, Mt., July 6, 2007 – Whitefish (formerly Big Mountain) CEO and President Fred Jones has announced that he is retiring.…
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Russia Tagged To Host Winter Games
SAM Magazine-Guatemala City, Guatemala. July 5, 2007-The International Olympic Committee has chosen the Russian resort of Krasnaya Polyana and the adjacent town of Sochi…
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Loon To Invest $10 Million On South Peak
SAM Magazine-Lincoln, N.H., July 5, 2007-New Hampshire’s Loon Mountain has started a $10 million investment on the resort’s South Peak expansion. The development, which…
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Dolomiti Superski Region Adds Gondolas, Quads
SAM Magazine-Selva Gardena, Italy, July 5, 2007-A swath of improvements in the Italian Dolomiti Superski region this summer includes high speed quads, gondolas and…
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Australian Resorts Plant Seeds For Snow
Australian Resorts Plant Seeds For Snow SAM Magazine-Melbourne, Australia, July 5, 2007-With preliminary results in from three years of cloud-seeding tests, Australian resorts are…
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NSAA President Declares 60 the new 50
SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo., June 29, 2007–In a move designed to address the aging population of Boomer skiers, Michael Berry, president of the National Ski…
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Park City To Be Site of USSA Training Center
SAM Magazine-Park City, Ut., June 28, 2007-Park City will be the home of USSA’s new national training center. Dubbed the Center of Excellence, the…
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Big Horn Resorts Back on the Auction Block
SAM Magazine-Buffalo, Wyo., June 28, 2007- The auction sale of Big Horn Mountain Resorts-consisting of Big Horn Ski Resort and its sister resorts Meadowlark…
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Heavenly, VR To Donate $75,000 to Tahoe Fire Victims
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., June 28, 2007-Vail Resorts (VR) will donate $5 from the sale of each 2007-08 Heavenly season pass sold between now and…
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Fries Named Ragged Mountain President
SAM Magazine-Danbury, N.H., June 26, 2007-Industry veteran Bob Fries is the new president of Ragged Mountain. Fries will be responsible for all facets of…
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Dave Riley to Head Telluride
SAM Magazine-Telluride, Colo., June 26, 2007-Dave Riley will become the new president and CEO of the Telluride Ski and Golf Resort in late July.…
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Killington Cuts Year-Round Staff
SAM Magazine-Killington, Vt., June 26, 2007-Powdr Corp.’s new management at Killington and Pico has restructured its workforce, laying off many longtime, year-round employees as…
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Aspen Skiing Co. Cleared By Tramway Board
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., June 26, 2007-The Colorado Tramway Safety Board has cleared the Aspen Skiing Company of any wrongdoing in conjunction with a Feb.…
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Aspen Faces Complaint In Chairlift Incident
SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., June 22, 2007-The Colorado Tramway Safety Board (CTSB) has received a complaint from the family of a girl who fell off…
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Maine Resorts Post Modest Gain In Visits
SAM Magazine-Portland, Me., June 22, 2007-Maine ski resorts fought off a brutal early season to post a modest gain of 1 percent on total…

