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Peak Purchase of Mount Snow, Attitash Final
SAM Magazine-St, Louis, Mo., Apr. 5, 2007-Peak Resorts has closed on the purchase of Mount Snow and Attitash resorts from American Skiing Company. The…
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High Stakes in Snowbowl Snowmaking Battle
SAM Magazine-Flagstaff, Ariz., April 4, 2007-The battle over snowmaking continues at Arizona Snowbowl, where resort operators have proposed to use reclaimed water to make…
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Revelstoke Real Estate Revs Up
SAM Magazine-Revelstoke, B.C., Apr. 4, 2007-Real Estate is hot at Revelstoke Mountain Resort, and the boom seems to be just starting. The mountain, based…
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Too Little, Too Late in Europe?
SAM Magazine-Valle di Fassa, Italy, Apr. 4, 2007-It’s probably too late to save the European ski season, which suffered through some of the worst…
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Homewood Buys Alpine Meadows
SAM Magazine-Tahoe City, Calif., Apr. 4, 2007-Powdr Corp. has agreed to sell Alpine Meadows ski resort to JMA Ventures, the owner of Homewood Mountain…
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McCarthy Leaves Vail to Develop Russian Resort
SAM Magazine-Breckenridge, Colo., Apr. 3, 2007-Roger McCarthy, chief operating officer of Vail Resorts’ Breckenridge mountain resort and co-president of VR’s mountain division, has resigned…
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O’Donnell Wins Industry Achievement Award
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Mar. 30, 2007-The Mountain Travel Symposium (MTS) has named Patrick O’Donnell, former president of Aspen Skiing Company, the winner of its…
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Copper Teams Up With National Forest Foundation To Award First Ever SCP Grants
SAM Magazine – Copper Mountain, CO., March 23, 2007 – Three local conservation groups have been chosen by Copper Mountain and the National Forest…
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Apparel Cushions Retail Sales Slide
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Mar. 23, 2007-Snowsports retail sales at specialty stores declined 3 percent for the August through January period this year compared to…
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$6.6 Million Investment Highlights Perisher Blue’s 2007-2008 Season
SAM Magazine – Perisher Valley, Australia, March 20, 2007 – Australian ski resort Perisher Blue has pumped $6.6 million (AUD) into improvements for the…
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East Roars Back: Epic spring storms make for extended seasons
SAM Magazine-Killington, Vt., Mar. 20, 2007-What a difference a month or two can make. With consistent late spring snowstorms coating the East Coast, conditions…
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Express Chair to Replace Vail’s Chair 10
SAM Magazine -Vail, Colo., Mar. 20, 2007-As local bumpers will no doubt lament, Vail Resorts is replacing yet another vestige of the past, Vail’s…
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Montezuma A Go At A-Basin
SAM Magazine-Arapahoe Basin, Colo., Mar. 20, 2007-Not much has changed at Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin since the resort opened in 1946. A few runs cut,…
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Colorado Skier Visits Could Break Record
SAM Magazine – Denver, Co., March 14, 2007 – Colorado Ski Country USA has announced that statewide skier visits are on pace to meet…
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Las Vegas Ski And Snowboard Resort Feels The Heat: Warm Temps Force Temporary Closure
SAM Magazine – Lee Canyon, NV, March 14, 2007 – Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort has announced that the mountain will be temporary…
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Vail Resorts Announces Strong Second Quarter Results
SAM Magazine – Broomfield, CO, March 13, 2007 – Vail Resorts has posed a strong second quarter, with a 23% gain in net income…
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Ragged Gets Reprieve
SAM Magazine – Ragged Mountain, NH, March 11, 2007 – With Bankruptcy looming, the owners of Ragged Mountain, NH got a some breathing room…
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Snow Park Technologies Goes Down Under
SAM Magazine – Queenstown, New Zealand, March 12, 2007 – American park and pipe jauggernaught Snow Park Technologies has been tapped to redesign the…