SAM Coverage
Obituary
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Industry Reports :: January 2009
CNL BUYS TRIPLE PEAKS… SEVEN SPRINGS BUYS LAUREL MOUNTAIN… LOCKE RETURNS TO LAKE LOUISE… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS CNL BUYS TRIPLE PEAKSCNL Lifestyle Properties,…
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Industry Reports :: March 2009
CNL BUYS JIMINY… SNOW SPORTS SALES DOWN… ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK RELEASED… X GAMES STAYS AT ASPEN… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS CNL Buys jiminyJiminy Peak Mountain…
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Industry Reports :: July 2006
New Skier Visit Record?… Bretton Woods/Mount Washington Sold… Assumption of Risk Upheld in California… Proposed Montana Ski Area Hits Another Snag… Wildcat For Sale……
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Industry Report :: May 2007
Homewood Buys Alpine Meadows… Snowbowl Snowmaking Battle Continues… ASC Closes on Sales… Retail Sales Down… Obits… People… Supplier News… Supplier People.. Correction. Homewood buys…
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Industry Reports :: November 2006
Vail Arsonits Plead Guilty… Norquay Sold… New Owner for Snow Ridge… New SmartStyle… Hemlock Reopens… Powder Ridge Closes… Obit… People… Supplier People… Supplier News……
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Speak Out :: November 2006
Joel Bourassa, Operations Manager of Tenney Mountain Resort, Plymouth, N.H., implores us to take on “A Snowmaking Challenge.” SAM talks differing strategies at Vail…
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Industry Reports :: September 2006
ASC Reviews Options for Steamboat… Wolf Creek Decision Upheld… Minturn Resort Gets Nod… A New Major Resort for B.C.?… Killington Loses Partner… Obituaries… People……
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Industry Reports :: May 2006
Intrawest Sells Real Estate at Mammoth… New Statutes for Utah and West Virginia… Silverton Opens for Unguided Skiing… Steamboat Auctions Summit Properties… U.S. Has…
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Industry Reports :: March 2006
Peek’n Peak Sold… Arizona Snowbowl Gets Nod for Snowmaking… Ecoterrorists Indicted… Tremblant Strike Hurts… Obituaries… People… Supplier News… Supplier People. Peek’n Peak SoldAfter being…
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Industry Report
Steamboat Ownership Dispute Continues. Snow Monsters Hit the Airwaves. Vail and Intrawest Split on Keystone. Three Resorts on the Block? Helmet Bill for Mass?…
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We Remember, Wanted New Pioneers, A Thank You to the Badami Family, Silver Bullet for Industry Growth
Remembering contributors…Maria Bogner, 88; Steve Bradley, 86; Margaret “Miggs” Durrance, 85; Real Charette, 82; C.E. “Smitty” or “Redeye” Smith; Rufus Barringer, 79;
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Remembering Dave McTaggart
A remembrance of the roguish founder of Greenpeace and his earlier forays into the ski industry. David McTaggart was 69 when he died in…
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FRanklin Bowers-Industry Model
This is an appreciation of Franklin Bowers, who worked for Hall Lifts and Von Roll Tramways, becoming service department manager.
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We Remember Two Friends
John Jay, early ski-filmmaker, and Bob Gillen, editor and publisher of Snow Industry Letter, are briefly profiled.
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Charles Beebe-A True Pioneer
Beebe, who died in February 2000 at 91, was a ski area founder who participated on the original B77 Committee that started work on…
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Bob Heron, 1914-1999
The editor and three ropeway engineers reflect on the legacy left by Bob Heron, a lift designer who worked on ropeway trams for the…