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Beaver Creek to Open Stone Creek Terrain For 2006-07
SAM Magazine-Beaver Creek, Colo., Sept. 1, 2006-Beaver Creek plans to open 180 acres of new terrain in the Stone Creek area for the coming…
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Intrawest Buys Whistler Heli-Skiing
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 1, 2006-Intrawest Corporation has acquired Whistler Heli-Skiing in a transaction that increases Whistler Blackcomb’s skiing and snowboarding terrain to more…
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Ski and Snowboard Tour Slides In To British Schools
Sept. 1, Great Britain (SnowHunter)–On the 5th September the British Snowlife Schools Tour, now in its second successful year, hits the road again to…
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Vail Resorts Launches “Green Guest” Program
SAM Magazine-Denver, Aug. 31, 2006-Vail Resorts is partnering with the National Forest Foundation (NFF), a non-profit partner of the U.S. Forest Service that helps…
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NSGA Report Shows Where Skiers, Snowboarders Live
SAM Magazine-Mount Prospect, Ill., Aug. 31, 2006-Wonder where resort prospects are likely to reside? The density of snowboarders is twice as high in California…
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Tamarack Adds Backcountry Terrain
SAM Magazine-Donnelly, Ida., Aug. 31, 2006-Tamarack Resort will offer guided backcountry services on 5,000 acres of terrain north and south of the resort boundaries…
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Utah Improvements At a Glance
SAM Magazine–Utah, August 31, 2006– Three consecutive record breaking seasons for skier days in Utah have afforded ski areas the capitol to continue adding…
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SAM Hires Web Editor
SAM Magazine–August 30, 2006, Woodbury, CT–In response to recent survey results, SAM Magazine has hired an on-line editor, Tom Winter, to bring more original…
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NSP Names Dorsey Executive Director
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colorado August 28, 2006-The National Ski Patrol board of directors unanimously chose Mark Dorsey to become executive director of the NSP. Dorsey…
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Silverton Adds Terrain, Expands Adventure Options
SAM Magazine-Silverton, Colo., Aug. 24, 2006-Silverton Mountain owners Aaron and Jen Brill have acquired 164 acres of new ski terrain adjacent to the area’s…
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New Circulation Rule Puts Spotlight on Ski, Skiing Magazines
SAM Magazine-New York, Aug. 24, 2006-The news that Ski and Skiing have shifted significant portions of their circulation from “paid” to “verified,” a new…
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NSAA Program Promotes Green Power Purchases
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 23, 2006-NSAA is partnering with Renewable Choice Energy to offer renewable power to all members at below-market rates of less…
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Two Hood Areas Offer One Pass
SAM Magazine–Government Camp, Ore., August 22, 2006–Skibowl and Timberline Lodge have joined together to offer the Mt. Hood Fusion Pass, a season pass good…
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Crystal Turns to Wind
SAM Magazine–Thompsonville, Mich., August 22, 2006–Joining the wind power wave, Crystal Mountain, Mich., announced that it will power its high-speed quad, the Crystal Clipper,…
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Alexander C. Cushing, Squaw Valley Founder, Dies
SAM Magazine-Squaw Valley, Calif., Aug. 21, 2006-Alexander C. Cushing, who founded Squaw Valley and brought the 1960 Winter Olympics to the resort, died from…
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Crystal Joins Green Power Movement
SAM Magazine-Thompsonville, Mich., Aug. 21, 2006-Crystal Mountain became the first Michigan ski area to commit to renewable wind energy today. The resort will purchase…
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Suitor Courts Snowmass Village
SAM Magazine-Snowmass Village, Colo., Aug. 17, 2006-The Snowmass base village partnership (Intrawest Corporation and Aspen Skiing Company) has signed a letter of intent with…