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Vail Details Year-Long Business Decline
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., April 17, 2009-Vail Resorts today reported that visits to its five resorts were off by 6.2 percent and lift ticket revenue…
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2009 SAMMY Winners Announced
SAM Magazine–Woodbury, Conn., April 16, 2009–SAM Magazine is proud to announce the recipients of the 12th annual 2009 SAMMY Leadership Awards and the third…
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Snow Sports Retail Sales Fell Sharply in February
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., April 13, 2009-Snow sports market sales declined 16 percent overall in February 2009 compared to February 2008, the largest year-over-year decline…
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Vail Resorts Makes Helmets Mandatory for Employees in 2009-10
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., April 13, 2009-Vail Resorts, Inc. (VR) will require all employees to wear helmets when skiing or riding on the job at…
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Eldora Names Jim Spenst as GM
SAM Magazine-Nederland, Colo., April 3, 2009-Jim Spenst is the new general manager at Eldora Mountain Resort. Spenst was vice president of operations at Tamarack…
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Grand Targhee Resort Joins Climate Registry
SAM Magazine- Alta, Wyo., April 1, 2009-Grand Targhee Resort has become the first winter resort to register its complete emissions inventory with the Climate…
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Mittersill, Cannon Linked in State Lands System
SAM Magazine-Concord, N.H., April 1, 2009-After extended contemplation and study, 100 acres of the upper portion of the dormant Mittersill ski area has joined…
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PRINOTH Unveils New Groomer
SAM Magazine-Innsbruck, Austria, March 27, 2009-With great fanfare, PRINOTH unveiled its new European groomer, the Beast, on a clear night in the Austrian Alps…
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Federle Named Group Publisher for Ski, Skiing, Warren Miller
SAM Magazine-Boulder, Colo., March 31, 2009-Mike Federle is the new group publisher of the Bonnier Mountain Group where he will head up SKI and…
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Deadline Nears for the SAMMY and Diversity Leadership Awards
Time is running out to send in nominations for two important industry awards: the SAMMY Leadership Award and the Diversity Leadership Award. Both awards…
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SIA Changes Trade Show Moniker
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., March 28, 2009-Not only is Snowsports Industry America’s annual trade show moving to Denver after 37 years in Las Vegas, the…
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Winter Park, Copper Slash Price Of Super Pass
SAM Magazine-Winter Park, Colo., March 28, 2009-Winter Park and Copper Mountain have slashed the price of the areas’ joint Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus.…
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Shane McConkey Plunges to Death in Italy
SAM Magazine-Corvara, Italy, March 26, 2009-World-renowned big-mountain freeskier Shane McConkey died today while ski-BASE jumping in the Dolomites. He was working on a new…
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Camelback Set to Record Its Longest Season Ever
SAM Magazine-Tannersville, Pa., March 23, 2009-Camelback Mountain Resort, in its 46th year, will set a new mark for length of season on Wednesday, its…
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Squaw Slashes Season Pass Rates for 60th Anniversary
SAM Magazine-Squaw Valley, Calif., March 19, 2009- Squaw Valley is cutting season pass prices for the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season by up to…
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Resorts Extending the Season
SAM Magazine-Telluride, Colo., March 19, 2009-In the wake of additional spring snowfall, several resorts, among them Telluride, Mount Washington, B.C., and Belleayre, N.Y., are…
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Destination Visits Continue Season-Long Decline
SAM Magazine-Denver, Colo., March 18, 2009-Western destination lodging reservations were down 16.3 percent through February, according to the latest data from the Mountain Travel…