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SIA Retail Audit Reveals Shifting Markets
SAM Magazine–McLean, Va., Dec.17, 2004–Retail sales for skiing and snowboarding for the August through October period were up 3 percent in dollars to $323.3…
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Mount Washington Cog Railway Skiing Started Up
SAM Magazine–Bretton Woods, N.H., December 22, 2004–The Mount Washington Cog Railway fired up its engines this past weekend and transported the first sliders part…
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Snow Monsters Battle Monster Cable Over Trademark
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., Dec. 22, 2004–Sirdar, the company that created the Snow Monsters skier/rider development program, is seeking a declaratory judgment action for non-infringement…
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Bank Reclaims Elk Meadows
SAM Magazine–Beaver, Utah, Dec. 28, 2004–The Nimbus Loan Fund has repossessed Elk Meadows ski area in southwestern Utah from former owner Wayne Case for…
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Christmas Holiday Starts Strong for Many Resorts
SAM Magazine–Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31, 2004–Winter resorts nationwide report strong visitation for the Christmas holiday week. The only exception to this cheery news is…
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Monster Companies Resolve Trademark Spat
SAM Magazine–Durango, Colo., Jan. 8, 2005–Snow Monsters and Monster Cable have amicably resolved their dispute over any possible trademark infringement over the two companies’…
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Holiday Period Leaves Most Resorts Merry
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., Jan. 8, 2005–In spite of up-and-down weather in the East and Midwest, massive snows in California, and a snow drought in…
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California Storms Fuel Enthusiasm at Areas
SAM Magazine–South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Jan 12, 2005–Snowfall of up to 19 feet in the past two-plus weeks has left many Sierra resorts stocked…
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Winter Sports Retail Sales Flat in Fall 2004
SAM Magazine–McLean, Va., Jan. 17, 2005–Overall sales for the winter sports market were flat at $651 million for August through November 2004 compared to…
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Early-Season Visits Rise in Colorado
SAM Magazine–Denver, Colo., Jan. 17, 2005–Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reports 2,928,353 skier visits for the period from Oct. 15 through Dec. 31, 2004,…
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And Then There Were Two
SAM Magazine–Salt Lake City, Utah, January 25, 2005–The lift supplier field just got smaller as Doppelmayr CTEC announced its acquisition of certain assets of…
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Playing it Safe
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 1998, 1.7 million injuries and illnesses resulted in lost work time for businesses. Wrist and knee…
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A Woman’s Place Is On The Hill
A man’s home is his castle, but Gabrielle Cyr could rewrite the adage to read “a woman’s home is her hill,” in her case.…
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Bearings Keep You In Business
A double chairlift in one of North America’s largest ski areas has a length of 5,600 feet and operates at 500 feet a minute.…