SAM Coverage
The Editors
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Time for Common Cause with X-C?
A SAM Editorial OK, so it’s a different culture. So the skinny-ski set don’t buy lift tickets. So you think it’s not cool. But,…
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Blue Pages
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Olympic World Here’s some of the “stuff” that’s happening in the bizarre world of Olympic sports and specifically…
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Two Greats Pass On
Sverre Engen, last of the three Norwegian brothers, Alf, Sverre and Corey, who made so much ski history in the U.S., died April 4…
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Let’s Not Market Danger
The U.S. ski and Snowboard Team has earned a lot of honors this past season. It is poised to perform grandly, we are sure,…
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Blue Pages
Has the Les Otten Saga Ended? The press release, dated March 28, was short and business-like. The board of American Skiing Company (ASC) had…
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Business Websites
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Industry Reports
No Merger and No Otten at ASC The much-ballyhooed merger between American Skiing Company (ASC) and MeriStar Hotels and Resorts fell through at the…
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FRanklin Bowers-Industry Model
Frank Bowers died last year at the age of 67. He worked for Hall Ski-Lift and its successor, Von Roll Tramways, for 30 years,…
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Blue Pages
Musical Chairs, Washington Style The Bush presidency is bringing all sorts of new dynamics to the many issues of public land management: clean water…
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Reports
Court Decides for Jiminy Peak Citing assumption of risk, a Massachusetts jury decided in favor of Jiminy Peak, Mass., on February 8 in a…
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Thoughts on our 40th Year
This issue marks the start of the 40th year of publishing Ski Area Management. For us it is not an occasion for wild celebration,…
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Blue Pages
Doral: A New Brand in Snowsports Well, our industry’s own headline-maker was at it again. This time Leslie B. Otten, the creator of American…
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B-to-B Websites
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Industry Reports
ASC Merges with Meristar In early December, American Skiing Company (ASC) and MeriStar Hotels& Resorts, the nation’s largest independent hotel management company, signed an…