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New Deals Aim to Drive Local, Destination Visits
SAM Magazine-Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 16, 2009-In the wake of a mixed holiday season that saw both slumps and records set, resorts are still seeking…
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Montana Considers Adoption of Assumed-Risk Bill
SAM Magazine-Helena, Mont., Jan. 16, 2009-The Montana House of Representatives is considering an assumption of risk law to protect a wide range of recreation…
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Prinoth Acquires Camoplast’s Track Machines Group
SAM Magazine-Granby, Québec, Jan. 16, 2009-The Leitner Technologies Group has acquired the Camoplast Track Machine Group and will integrate the division into Prinoth, Leitner’s…
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Wyoming’s Sleeping Giant One Step Closer To Wakening
SAM Magazine-Cody, Wyo., Jan. 13, 2009-Wyoming’s Sleeping Giant ski area, which has been closed since 2004, has just received a $500,000 grant from the…
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Road Closures Plague Crystal: Washington resort may reopen on Sunday
SAM Magazine – Crystal Mountain, Wash., January 10, 2009 – With surrounding resorts reopening after warm rains caused havoc to conditions and spiked avalanche…
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Vail Resorts Bookings, Visits Down From Previous Year
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Jan. 9, 2009-Unaudited interim data for Vail Resorts (VR) show season-to-date skier visits for the company’s five mountain resorts were down…
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Aspen Occupancy Rates Tumble
SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., Jan. 9 2008-Following news of declining occupancy rates in Vail, Aspen lodging properties are reporting lower occupancy rates for the holiday…
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Red Lodge Mountain’s Robert Drake Talks About Last Summer’s Forest Fire
Robert Drake SAM: You guys had a near miss with a fire this summer, tell us about it. Robert Drake: We did. The…
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Snow Trumps Economy, Drives Visits Over Holidays
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Jan. 8 2009-Ski resorts across the U.S. have been reporting strong holiday visits as December snowfall brought out skiers and snowboarders…
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Avalanches, Road Closures Slam Washington Ski Areas
SAM Magazine-Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Jan. 8, 2009-Heavy rains and high snow levels have taken a toll on Washington ski resorts, with avalanches, mudslides and…
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Avalanches Kill Two on Closed Terrain at Whistler/Blackcomb
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Jan. 2, 2009-Two separate avalanches-in areas closed due to avalanche danger-have resulted in fatalities at Canada’s Whistler/Blackcomb resort. The incidents occurred…
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Eldora GM Dies In Shooting at Resort
SAM Magazine-Nederland, Colo., Dec. 30, 2008-Eldora Mountain Resort general manager Brian Mahon, 49, was the victim of an apparently random shooting this morning at…
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Major Avalanche Damages Jackson’s Bridger Restaurant
SAM Magazine-Jackson Hole, Wyo., Dec. 30, 2008-Routine avalanche control work at Jackson Hole on the resort’s Headwall area triggered a substantial avalanche, which damaged…
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In-Bounds Slide Claims Squaw Skier
SAM Magazine – Squaw Valley, Calif., December 27, 2008 – In the second in-bounds avalanche fatality of the year, 21-year old Randall Davis died…
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Okemo, Stratton To Offer Joint Ticket
SAM Magazine – Ludlow, Vt., December 27, 2008 – Vermont Resorts Okemo and Stratton are offering a joint lift ticket product that will enhance…
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Knee Safety Awareness Program Expands
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Dec. 24, 2008-The recent adoption of the ACL Prevention Program by Arapahoe Basin (see earlier report) is only the most recent…
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Blackcomb’s Excalibur Gondola Reopens
SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., Dec. 24, 2008-Blackcomb’s Excalibur Gondola reopened today after the BC Safety Authority reinstated the operating permit for the lower line of…
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Atomic USA Recalls Many 1998-2002 Bindings
SAM Magazine-Ogden, Utah, Dec. 24-Atomic Ski USA, Inc. is carrying out a voluntary precautionary recall of heel components of certain bindings manufactured between 1998…