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Vail Resorts Performance Improved in 2004
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., Oct. 1, 2004–Vail Resorts reported improved results for fiscal 2004 compared to the previous year. VR posted a 7.4 percent rise…
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Richards to Lead New Snowboard Mag Group
SAM Magazine–San Diego, Calif., Oct. 4, 2004–Future Network USA is launching a new Future Action Sports group that will include consumer and trade snowboard…
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Okemo, Sunapee Promote Top Managers
SAM Magazine–Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 6, 2004–Top executives Bruce Schmidt, Jay Gamble, Dave Wilcox and Jim Remy have new positions at Okemo, Vt., and Mount…
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SACC Releases Environmental Grades
SAM Magazine–Durango, Colo., Oct. 6, 2004–The Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition (SACC)’s annual Ski Area Environmental Scorecard has fingered the top and bottom 10 areas…
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Seven Springs Takes Over Laurel Mountain
SAM Magazine–Pennsylvania, October 14, 2004–Laurel Mountain Ski Area has had its fair share of problems lately. The state-owned ski area, which has lived through…
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TWSnowboarding Names Top Resorts
SAM Magazine–Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 15, 2004–Whistler tops the TransWorld Snowboarding Resort Guide list as the best overall area for snowboarding in North America. The…
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Loveland has record opening day
Georgetown, Colo., October 15, 2004 — Loveland kicked off the 2004-05 US ski season today with record opening-day traffic. “We don’t like to talk…
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Early Storms Fuel October Business Across West
SAM Magazine–Boulder, Colo., Oct. 27, 2004–Areas have been opening at a record clip across the West as a series of storms and favorable snowmaking…
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TransWorld Puts Freeze on Ice
SAM Magazine–Oceanside, Calif., Nov. 1, 2004–Freeze Magazine will cease publication with its January 2005 issue, TransWorld Media (TWM) vice president/general manager Brad McDonald told…
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ASC Announces Improved Results Amid Questions About Viabilit
SAM Magazine–Park City, Ut., Nov. 1, 2004–American Skiing Company improved its financial results for the 2004 fiscal year and fourth quarter ended July 25,…
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More Areas Open for the Season
SAM Magazine–Copper Mountain, Colo., Nov. 5, 2004–Copper and Snowbird, Ut., have joined the ranks of open areas in the U.S. today, with Killington, Vt.,…
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Intrawest First Quarter Results Mixed
SAM Magazine–Vancouver, Nov. 9, 2004–Intrawest saw revenue decline for the fiscal 2005 first quarter ended September 30, 2004 to $206.5 million from $276.6 million…
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Area Openings Continue to Snowball
SAM Magazine–Dillon, Colo., Nov. 12, 2004–Resort openings are beginning to grow at an exponential rate as more areas across the country will join the…
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Shawnee Peak Treats Military Families
SAM Magazine–Bridgton, Me., Nov. 12, 2004–Shawnee Peak Ski Area is offering free 2004-05 family season passes to the spouse and children of deployed soldiers.…
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More Areas Open Despite Warm Weather
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., Nov. 19, 2004–Despite warm and/or dry conditions across much of the U.S. for the past week, more resorts are opening this…
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ASC Refinances $320 Million in Debt and Stock
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, Dec. 2, 2004–American Skiing Company (ASC) has completed its long-sought goal of refinancing its existing resort senior credit facility and…
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Mountain High For Sale?
SAM Magazine–Wrightwood, Calif., December 15, 2004–Oaktree Capital Management, owners of southern California’s Mountain High ski area, have retained a financial advisor, Houlihan, Lokey, Howard…
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Could Whaleback Make a Comeback?
SAM Magazine–Enfield, N.H., December 15, 2004–Whaleback Mountain has seen a lot of tire kickers since it closed in 2001. Many have viewed the small…