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ASC To Dissolve Following Sale of Maine Resorts
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, June 21, 2007-American Skiing Company (ASC) plans to dissolve itself now that it has agreed to sell Sunday River and…
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New Hampshire Numbers Down–But Not By Much
SAM Magazine–North Woodstock, N.H., June 20, 2007–Ski NH reported a total of 1,960,251 visits for the 2006-07 season, which is three percent less than…
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Montana’s Big Mountain Changes Name
SAM Magazine – Whitefish, Mt., June 14, 2007 – The Montana ski resort of Big Mountain, outside of Whitefish, has announced that the ski…
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Colorado Announces Record Visits
SAM Magazine–Copper Mountain, Colo., June 14, 2007–Colorado Ski Country USA announced that the state set a new visit record during the 2006-07 season with…
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Kay Named COO of Breck
SAM Magazine – Broomfield, Co., June 13, 2007 – Lucy Kay has been named chief operating officer of Breckenridge Resort. Kay, formerly the vice…
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Utah Breaks Record, Gains on Colorado
SAM Magazine – Salt Lake City. Ut., June 13 – Utah ski resorts set the state’s fourth consecutive record for skier visits, racking up…
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Slow Start Kept Vermont Visits Down in 2006-07
SAM Magazine-Warren, Vt., June 8, 2007-Skier visits declined 7 percent in Vermont last season, according to Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA). In 2006-07, Vermont…
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Boyne USA Buys Sunday River, Sugarloaf
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, June 6, 2007-Boyne USA is purchasing Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA, Me., from American Skiing Company (ASC) for $77 million in…
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Tim White Named to Head NSP
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., June 4, 2007-Tim White, NSAA director of education, has resigned to become executive director of the National Ski Patrol (NSP), effective…
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Media Group Moves Into Retail: Ski and Skiing magazines get retail partner in SkiNetShop.com
SAM Magazine – Boulder, Co., May 29, 2007 – Mountain Sports Media, the owners of Ski and Skiing Magazines, Warren Miller’s SnoWorld and SkiNet.com…
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Intrawest Tags Forsayeth As New CFO
SAM Magazine – Vancouver, B.C., May 29, 2007 – Intrawest has announced that the company has appointed Michael Forsayeth as chief financial officer. Forsayeth…
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Vail Arsonist Gets 13 Years
SAM Magazine, May 24, 2007–Stanislas Gregory Myerhof, the first of the two members of the Earth Liberation Front group-“the Family” responsible for the Vail…
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2006-07 Retail Sales: Apparel Up, Gear Down
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., May 24, 2007-Total dollar sales for wintersports specialty stores rebounded from a midseason slump, finishing at $1.8 billion, just one percent…
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Private Resort In Colorado Wins Preliminary Approval
SAM Magazine – Minturn, Co., May 23, 2007 – A private resort outside of Vail has won preliminary approval from the Minturn Planning Commission.…
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Snowbird Earns 2007 Golden Eagle Award
SAM Magazine-Snowbird, Ut., May 17, 2007-Snowbird resort claimed the 2007 Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence at the NSAA National Convention and Tradeshow…
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Mad River Starts Renovation of Single Chair
SAM Magazine-Fayston, Vt., May 17, 2007-Mad River Glen has started work on the restoration of its iconic single chair, which has provided 59 years…
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Put Your Name on Whistler’s Gondola (For a Price)
SAM Magazine-Whistler, May 17, 2007-The ramifications are obvious: the Nestle Chairlift, The Remax Run (with associated million dollar ski-in, ski-out real estate), the Purina…
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Kiwis Aim at Aussie Market
SAM Magazine-Wellington, New Zealand, May 17, 2007-The New Zealand ski industry is starting to push for a bigger slice of the Aussie pie, targeting…