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Park City Taps Curtis As President And GM
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, Feb. 19, 2004–Powdr Corp. has named Peter Curtis to be president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. Curtis…
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Big Tupper Gets New Owners
SAM Magazine–Tupper Lake, N.Y., Feb. 19, 2004–A group of investors from Philadelphia has agreed to buy 6,400 acres, including the defunct Big Tupper ski…
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Big Sky Sues Moonlight
SAM Magazine–Big Sky, Mont., February 24, 2004–Boyne USA, the owners of Big Sky resort, have filed a suit against neighboring newcomer, Moonlight Basin Ranch.…
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Crested Butte Sale a Done Deal
SAM Magazine–Ludlow, Vt., March 2, 2004–As of March 1, Tim and Diane Mueller are the proud owners of Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado.…
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Killington Votes to Secede
SAM Magazine–Killington, Vt., Mar. 3, 2004–In their continuing protest against high taxes on second homes, Killington voters approved a proposal to secede from Vermont…
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SolVista Becomes The Granby Ranch
SAM Magazine–Fraser, Colo., Mar. 3, 2004–Marise Cipriani is repositioning her SolVista ski area again, changing the name to The Granby Ranch and marketing the…
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ASC Reports Second Quarter Loss
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, Mar. 10, 2004–American Skiing Company (ASC) lost $21.7 million in its fiscal second quarter ended Jan. 31, 2004, compared to…
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Vail Reports Six-Month Loss
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., Mar. 10, 2004–Vail Resorts, Inc. reported a net loss for the six months ended Jan. 31, 2004 of $32.1 million, compared…
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Colorado Visits Rise
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., March 12, 2004–Visits to resorts in Colorado were up 3.5 percent over year-ago levels in January and February, according to Colorado…
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Gore Gets Key Support for Expansion
SAM Magazine–North Creek, N.Y., March 12, 2004–The state comptroller has endorsed a proposal to link Gore Mountain and the North Creek Ski Bowl, create…
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Booth Creek Revenues, Visits Rise
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., March 17, 2004–Booth Creek resort operations revenues rose 2 percent for the first quarter ended Jan. 30, 2004, to $47,315,000, as…
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Nordic, Tele, Kids Among Retail Leaders
SAM Magazine–McLean, Va., March 17, 2004–Overall sales for the winter sport market (including specialty and chain stores) increased 1.8 percent in dollars to $1.72…
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Vail Provides R&R to U.S. Soldiers
SAM Magazine–Avon, Colo., March 23, 2004–In “Operation Freedom Lodging,” Keystone and Breckenridge are offering 1,000 complimentary room nights to troops returning from Iraq and…
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Tamarack Names Spenst As Operations VP
SAM Magazine–Donnelly, Ida., March 25, 2004–Jim Spenst is joining Tamarack Resort as vice president of operations. Spenst is currently vice president of mountain operations…
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Thieves Grab Explosives at Winter Park
SAM Magazine–Winter Park, Colo., March 25, 2004–Explosives used for avalanche control were stolen from the Winter Park ski area last weekend. On Monday morning,…
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Miller Named VP, Managing Director of MSM
SAM Magazine–Boulder, Colo., Mar. 25, 2004–Perkins Miller has become vice president, managing director of Mountain Sports Media, a new position at the company and…
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Big Bear Resorts Dodge Fiery Bullet
SAM Magazine–Big Bear Lake, Calif., Mar. 26, 2004–A forest fire that burned 400 acres led to the evacuation of Bear Mountain and Snow Summit…
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Colorado Resorts Generate $2 Billion in Tourism
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., April 2, 2004–Colorado’s ski industry generates $2 billion annually and provides 31,000 jobs, according to a report released by Colorado Ski…