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Intrawest Lays Off 200 in Cost-Saving Effort
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 20, 2006-Intrawest laid off 200 full-time employees, primarily managers, across its several divisions and resorts earlier this week as part…
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Shareholders Of Intrawest Approve Sale To Fortess
SAM Magazine–Vancouver, BC, October 17, 2006– Fortress Investment Group is expected to become the new owner of Intrawest after Intrawest shareholders approved the sale…
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Beaver Creek’s Alpine Slide in Question
SAM Magazine–Beaver Creek, Colo., October 17, 2006–Plans by Vail Resorts to build an Alpine slide on Beaver Creek have local homeowners up in arms.…
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Salomon Heads to Utah
SAM Magazine-Portland, Ore., October 15, 2006–Salomon North America is expected to announce that the company will relocate from Portland, Oregon to Ogden, Utah in…
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Arapahoe Basin First to Open in North America
SAM Magazine-Summit County, Colo., Oct. 13, 2006-This is what they were hoping for when they installed snowmaking four years ago. And today, for this…
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Utah Launches
SAM Magazine–October 11, 2006–Ski Utah has announced a new initiative to combat global warming. Called KeepUtahCool.com, the new website offers information on global warming,…
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Mammoth Fined in Patroller Deaths
SAM Magazine-Mammoth Lakes, CA., Oct. 11, 2006-Last April, a tragic accident at Mammoth Mountain resulted in the deaths of three ski patrollers. James Juarez,…
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Ski Areas Get Greener
SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo., Oct. 10–The National Ski Area Association (NSAA) has announced that 45 ski resorts across the nation are currently buying green energy.…
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Vail Resorts Reports Record Net Income for 2006
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 5, 2006-Vail Resorts, Inc. reported record net income of $45.8 million for the fiscal year ended July 31,2006 compared to…
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Controversy Dogs Reopening of Elk Meadows
SAM Magazine-Beaver, Ut., Oct. 5, 2006- CPB Development has proposed a $3.5 billion plan to local planning authorities for a Yellowstone Club-style resort at…
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Group Led by Read Purchases Mt. Norquay
SAM Magazine-Banff, Alta., Oct. 3, 2006-An investment group which includes legendary Canadian skier Ken Read has purchased Mt. Norquay Ski Area outside of Banff.…
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Vail Arsonists To Plead Guilty
SAM Magazine-Eugene, Ore., Sept. 29, 2006-Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas Meyerhoff, accused of involvement in arson that destroyed Vail’s Two Elk lodge in 1998, have…
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Vail Brings Diversity In-House; Alpino Seeks “Opportunity”
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo.-Sept. 29, 2006-Vail Resorts (VR) is creating a new program focused on ethnic youth in Eagle and Summit counties as well as…
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Sugarloaf Beefs Up Park, Racing, and Village, Adopts Biodiesel
SAM Magazine-Sugarloaf, Me., Sept. 28, 2006-As part of a $1 million summer makeover, Sugarloaf is enhancing its terrain parks, recreational racing facilities, and base…
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Keystone Adds Snowcat Terrain for Experts
SAM Magazine-Keystone, Colo., Sept. 26, 2006-Keystone will open Independence Bowl, almost 300 acres of expert-only hiking and snowcat terrain south of the summit of…
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Snow Ridge, N.Y., Has New Owner
SAM Magazine-Turin, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2006-Pennsylvanian Russell Horn is purchasing Snow Ridge ski area from Peter Harris, who also owns Song Mountain Resort in…
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Wachusett Revives Ski Train from Boston
SAM Magazine-Princeton, Mass., Sept. 26, 2006-Wachusett Mountain, the most accessible ski area in the eastern USA according to SKI Magazine, is becoming more so.…
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Alta Nixes Terrain Park
SAM Magazine-Alta, Utah, Sept. 25, 2006-It is one of the very few areas in the U.S. that don’t allow snowboarding, and, it appears, doesn’t…