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Local Towns Honor Winter Olympians
SAM Magazine-Lake Placid, N.Y., Mar. 4, 2010-Winter resorts across America are celebrating Winter Olympians for representing the U.S. and often winning medals at the…
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Jiminy Peak Sets Presidents’ Week Record
SAM Magazine-Hancock, Mass., Mar. 4, 2010-The Presidents’ Week holiday period drew 48,924 skier visits to Jiminy Peak, the highest visitation for the week in…
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Many Chilean Resorts Unscathed by Earthquake
SAM Magazine-Santiago, Chile, Mar. 4, 2010-The earthquake that hit Chile earlier this week did little if any damage to resorts north and east of…
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SAMMY Awards — Two Weeks Left to Nominate
SAM Magazine–March 2, 2010–Woodbury, CT–Time is running out to send in nominations for the SAMMY Leadership Awards. Nominations close on March 15, 2010. Nominees…
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Intrawest Debt Auction Postponed Again; Deal Near
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 27, 2010-Fortress Investment Group and its lenders have agreed to a framework for restructuring $1.2 billion in debt for Intrawest,…
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Gold Medalist Demong to be Olympic Flag Bearer
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 26, 2010-Nordic combined gold medalist Billy Demong (Vermontville, N.Y.) will be the flag bearer for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team…
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Freeskiing Legend C.R. Johnson Dies
SAM Magazine-Squaw Valley, Calif., Feb. 25, 2010-C.R. Johnson, 26, died yesterday while skiing at his home mountain, Squaw Valley, after he fell several hundred…
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Whitefish to Limit Uphill Traffic
SAM Magazine-Whitefish, Mont., Feb. 24, 2010-In response to a large increase in after-hours uphill traffic, Whitefish Mountain Resort will restrict uphill traffic within the…
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Skiing Tops Olympics TV Ratings
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 24, 2010-For the first time, TV audience measurer The Nielsen Co. has been tracking audience ratings for individual Olympics events,…
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2010 Winter Trails Attracts 10,700 Participants
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Feb. 23, 2010-Winter Trails on Jan. 9 attracted approximately 10,700 participants, nearly all of them new to winter sports, according to…
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Maine Holiday Numbers Strong
SAM Magazine–February 23, 2010–The Ski Maine Association reports that Maine ski and snowboard areas posted good numbers over the February school vacation week. Snowmaking…
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Intrawest Debt Auction Delayed for a Week
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 18, 2010-The lenders who have threatened to auction Intrawest’s debt have postponed any such action for a week, according to…
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Destination Travel Showing Signs of Improvement
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., Feb. 17, 2010- Reservations and occupancy in mountain resorts continued to edge up in January, though they remain slightly behind last…
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Snow Plentiful Everywhere Except Cypress
SAM Magazine-Aviemore, Scotland, Feb. 17, 2010-Despite the fluctuating weather conditions in Vancouver for the Olympic Games, most of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere…
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East West Files for Bankruptcy in Tahoe Project
SAM Magazine-Truckee, Calif., Feb. 17, 2010-East West Resort Development, an affiliate of East West Partners which has built luxury resorts in the Tahoe area,…
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Intrawest to Sell Sandestin Resort
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 9, 2010-Intrawest today announced a definitive purchase agreement to sell its interests in Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to the…
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Olympic Medalist Jimmie Heuga Dies
SAM Magazine-Louisville, Colo., Feb. 8, 2010-Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga, a star of the 1964 Olympic Winter Games and one of the U.S. Ski…
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Intrawest Sells Village to Squaw Valley
SAM Magazine–Squaw Valley, Calif., February 2, 2010–Late last week, Squaw Valley USA announced that it has completed the acquisition of The Village at Squaw…