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Intrawest Releases Third Quarter Figures
SAM Magazine–May 10, 2006, Vancouver, Canada–Thanks to the sale of real estate holdings at Mammoth Mountain, Intrawest saw its total company EBITDA for the…
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Bitterroot Resort Hits Another Snag
SAM Magazine–May 8, 2006, Missoula, Montana–It’s back to the drawing board for the proposed Bitterroot Resort in Montana. According to published reports, the Forest…
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Maine Skier Statute Upheld
SAM Magazine–May 8, 2006, Portland, Maine–Maine’s assumption of risk law was tested last week when a tuber brought her case all the way to…
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DeBoer Family Becomes Sole Owner of Brundage Mountain Resort
SAM Magazine-McCall, Ida., April 28, 2006-Brown’s Industries, Inc. and Snowy Peaks, LLC, both owned by long-time Brundage Mountain Company co-owners Judd and Diane DeBoer…
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Bretton Woods To Get New Owners
SAM Magazine-Bretton Woods, N.H., April 28, 2006-The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods, which includes the ski resort as well as the Mount Washington…
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Bitterroot Resort Submits New Plan
SAM Magazine-Missoula, Mont., April 25, 2006-Rancher and would-be resort developer Tom Maclay last week resubmitted a special-use permit application for a scaled-down resort on…
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Richard Kohnstamm, Father of Timberline Skiing, Dies
SAM Magazine-Government Camp, Ore., April 25, 2006-Richard L. Kohnstamm, who transformed Timberline Lodge into a national skiing institution in the 1950s, died last Friday…
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2006 SAMMY Winners Announced
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., April 20, 2006–SAM Magazine is pleased to announce this year’s SAMMY Future Leadership Awards. First up is Alexa Bernotavicz, mountain operations…
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Warm Weather Trims Retail Sales Gain for 2005-06
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va.. Apr. 19, 2006-Retail winter sports sales remained sluggish in February, but overall sales for specialty and chain stores nonetheless totalled $2.2…
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Three Ski Patrollers Die at Mammoth
SAM Magazine-Mammoth Lakes, Calif., April 10, 2006-Three Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers died last Thursday while working to fence off a geothermal vent following a…
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Bear Valley Decision Reaffirms Assumption of Risk Doctrine
SAM Magazine-Calaveras County, Calif., April 10, 2006-A court here ruled late last week that Bear Valley Ski Company is not liable for a 2000…
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Crotched Mountain Refinanced
SAM Magazine–April 4, 2006–Crotched Mountain, N.H., was refinanced for $8 million with Entertainment Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust. Crotched Mountain was resurrected…
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Jacques Hebert, Quebec Icon, Dies
SAM Magazine-St. Sauveur, Que., Mar. 21, 2006-Jacques Hebert, chairman of Mont Saint Sauveur International, which operates Jay Peak and several Quebec areas, died Mar.…
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Investor Group Puts Faith in Magic
SAM Magazine-Londonderry, Vt., Mar. 20, 2006-An investment group led by a Connecticut lawyer is set to purchase Magic Mountain ski area here for about…
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American Skiing Co. Posts Higher Revenues, Smaller Loss
SAM Magazine-Park City, Ut., Mar. 16, 2006-American Skiing Company (ASC) reported total consolidated revenue of $112.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2006,…
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Colorado Resorts on Pace for Record Visits
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., Mar.14, 2006-Colorado resorts hosted a record 5.2 million-plus skiers and snowboarders from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, according to Colorado Ski…
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Despite Warm January, Retail Sales Rock On
SAM Magazine-McClean, Va., Mar. 14, 2006-Overall sales for the winter sport market were up 9 percent to $1.8 billion for the August 2005 through…
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Arizona Snowbowl to Open Mar. 17
SAM Magazine-Flagstaff, Ariz., Mar. 14, 2006-The Arizona Snowbowl will open on Friday, Mar. 17, after a recent storm cycle dropped 56 inches of snow.…

