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Mt. Hutt Closes This Weekend After Best Season In A Decade
Snow Hunter – New Zealand, November 1, 2008 – Snow was still falling last week as New Zealand’s Mt. Hutt prepares for its final…
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Brundage Upgrades Groomers, Parks
SAM Magazine-McCall, Idaho, Oct. 21, 2008-Brundage Mountain has upgraded the ski area’s grooming fleet, adding new terrain parks and enhancing food and beverage operations…
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Aspen Experiments With “Snow Blanket” to Preserve Park Features
SAM Magazine -Aspen, Oct. 21, 2008-Mountain operations crews at Snowmass have been experimenting with a product called Ice Protector Optiforce, a “snow blanket” which…
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Copper Mountain To Open Early
SAM Magazine-Copper Mountain, Colo., Oct. 17, 2008-Copper Mountain will open Nov. 7, one week ahead of its scheduled opening date. Traditionally, the mountain has…
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Longtime Ski Journalist Michael Strauss Dies
SAM Magazine-Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2008-Michael Strauss, who was the voice of skiing in The New York Times for two decades, died Oct.…
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National Ski Hall of Fame Names 2008 Inductees
SAM Magazine-Ishpeming, Mich., Oct. 16, 2008-American ski mountaineering pioneer and famed instructor Bill Briggs joins the U.S. Ski Team’s Liz McIntyre, Nelson Carmichael, and…
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Utah Valley University and Deer Valley To Offer Ski Instructor Courses
SAM Magazine – Heber, Utah, October 14, 2008 – Deer Valley ski resort has teamed up with Utah Valley University’s Heber campus to offer…
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Tunnel Collapses At Mammoth
SAM Magazine – Mammoth Lakes, Calif., October 15, 2008 – A 200-foot-long tunnel under Mammoth’s Lupine ski run and the Eagle Express chairlift collapsed…
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Rice Named VP and Managing Director of CNL
SAM Magazine-Orlando, Fla., Oct. 15, 2008-Stephen Rice has been named vice president and managing director at CNL Lifestyle Company, LLC. In his new role,…
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Intrawest and Coca-Cola Expand Partnership
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 14, 2008-Intrawest and The Coca-Cola Company have entered into a new multi-year strategic partnership to expand upon their existing relationship.…
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Loveland to Match Arapahoe’s Oct. 15 Opening
SAM Magazine – Boulder, Colo., Oct. 14, 2008-Arapahoe Basin and Loveland have agreed to a truce in the first-to-open war this year, as both…
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Squaw Offers Automated Ticket Scanning, Backcountry Tours For 2008 – 2009
SAM Magazine – Squaw Valley, Calif., October 13, 2008 – Skiers and snowboarders at Squaw won’t have to fumble for lift tickets or passes…
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Boyne/CNL Deal Values Big Sky at $74 Million
SAM Magazine-Big Sky, Mt., October 12, 2008-Boyne Resorts’ recent financing agreement with CNL Lifestyle Properties (see earlier report) could lead to the sale of…
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Arapahoe Basin To Open October 15
SAM Magazine-Arapahoe Basin, Colo., Oct. 13, 2008-Arapahoe Basin will open Oct. 15, 2008, joining Timberline, Ore., which currently offers glacier skiing from Friday to…
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Mountain High Doubles Park Investment
SAM Magazine-Wrightwood, Calif., Oct. 10, 2008-Mountain High has doubled the ski area’s investment in its Faultline terrain park offerings for 2009. The investment will…
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Vail Resorts Stock Price Tumbles
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Oct. 10, 2008-Vail Resorts stock price is tumbling along with the market. The stock lost more than 10 percent of its…
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Gore Mountain, North Creek Interconnect Approved
SAM Magazine-Ray Brook, NY., Oct. 10, 2008-Plans to link New Yorks’s Gore Mountain Ski Center with nearby North Creek Ski Bowl were given the…
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Ski Utah Launches Online Job Board
SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, Oct. 8, 2008-Ski Utah is launching a new online job board, SkiUtahJobs.com to help the state’s ski and snowboard resorts…