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Blue Pages
A ski area few people have heard of is installing perhaps the longest lift in America this summer. The area, Moonlight Basin, sits on…
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Industry Reports
Preliminary estimates for skier/rider visits for 2002-03 reached an estimated 57.6 million, topping the previous record of 57.3 million set in 2000-01, according to…
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Snow Is King
It’s the weather. Not war, not recession, not travel jitters. It’s the weather that makes or breaks a ski season. Never has that adage…
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Blue Pages
Dan Egan sounds like a lunatic. Egan, general manager of Tenney Mountain, N.H., plans to begin making snow for the area’s summer snow-sliding season…
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Tamarack Takes Root
It’s not big enough. The elevation is too low. Snow isn’t reliable. The road is impassable. The terrain’s too flat. That was the word…
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Industry Reports
The proposed Tamarack Resort in Idaho can now proceed with development this summer after receiving a 49-year lease of 2,100 acres from the Idaho…
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Little Airport, Big Headaches
Expanding Mammoth Yosemite Airport to better serve California’s most popular ski area should have been a slam-dunk. It sits alongside one of the state’s…
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Vegas, Baby!
From January 27-30, SnowSports Industries America (SIA) put on its annual show at the brand new Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev.…
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The Blue Pages
Has the industry focus on trial and retention already created a larger pool of participants? Last year’s strong showing, despite mediocre snow, weak economy,…
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Blue Pages
With a sluggish economy and concern over war with Iraq making most businessmen glum, why is optimism running so high in the resort biz?…