SAM Coverage
News
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A Curtain Call for Corcoran
The extended Waterville Valley family gathered on the evening of April 6 for an evening of fond and funny reminiscences of the 36 years…
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A New Welcome Mat
The skiers that choked the weekend lift lines and jammed the bar at Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl, N.Y., during the 1970s and 1980s would…
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Olympic Moments In Ski Area Operations
The first clue that Olympics organizers aimed to err on the side of operational overkill was a complaint from a cab driver. “Do you…
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Maybe It’s Time to Rethink Racing
While the afterglow of the Olympics seems to have created a patriotic group hug among most Americans, it has also left a trail of…
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Industry Reports
Vail Buys Heavenly; Triple Peaks Sues ASC In one fell swoop, American Skiing Company (ASC) sold Heavenly Ski Resort to Vail Resorts and called…
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Blue Pages
California Resorts to Sue USFS? If we’ve learned anything from the Sierra Club and others like them it’s that there’s nothing like a law…
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Industry Reports
Two Colorado Resorts Get New Operators The fates of two major Colorado resorts, Winter Park and Steamboat Springs, have finally been decided. The owners…
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Industry Reports
Vail Facilities Savaged in Arson Attack; Earth Liberation Group Claims Credit Arsonists struck in the early hours of October 19 on Vail Mountain. The…
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Industry Reports
IBM Drops Olympic Sponsorship for 2002 IBM will end its 40-year Olympic sponsorship after the Sydney 2000 Games, citing failure to agree to financial…
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10 Years Ago in SAM
Occasionally we like to cast our eye backwards to see where we came from because it can sometimes shed light on what we are…