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Urban Rails Return to Denver for Second Year
SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 11, 2008-Winter Park Resort is teaming with the city of Denver and the Denver Parks and Recreation Department for the second…
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Arapaho Basin Unwraps New Terrain
SAM Magazine – Arapahoe Basin, Co., January 9, 2008 – One of Colorado’s smallest ski areas is poised to nearly double in size with…
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European Update: Survey Reveals 11% of Holidaymakers Ski When Drunk
SnowHunter–UK, January 9, 2008– A new study commissioned by travel insurance company InsureandGo has found that 11% of people have skied whilst drunk. Around…
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European Update: Company Des Alpes Increases Sales Despite Decline in Skier Visits
SnowHunter–UK, January 9, 2007– The Compagnie des Alpes Group (CDA), the world’s largest ski lift operator by visitor numbers and the operator of 18…
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European Update: World’s Second New Ski Resort In Two Weeks Opens
SnowHunter–UK, January 9, 2008–Russian President Vladimir Putin officially opened a new ski area at Krasnaya Polyana in Russia on January 2nd, less than two…
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Jensen Leaves Vail for Intrawest
SAM Magazine–Broomfield, Colo., January 8, 2008–Vail Resorts, Inc., announced today that Bill Jensen is leaving his position as president of the company’s mountain division…
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National Brotherhood Picks Breck For 2008 Annual Meeting
SAM Magazine – Breckenridge, Co., – The National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), one of the largest winter sports organizations in the United States, will…
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Game On: Revelstoke Bullwheels Start To Turn
SAM Magazine – Revelstoke, B.C. – The next big thing in Canadian skiing fired up the lifts last week. Revelstoke is now on line…
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Christmas Eve In-Bounds Avalanche Kills One, Critically Injures Second
SAM Magazine – The Canyons, Ut., December 26, 2007 – An in-bounds avalanche at The Canyons on December 23 has left one man dead…
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Vail Most Expensive In The Nation
SAM Magazine – Vail, Co., December 21, 2007 – It’s official. The most expensive adult daily lift ticket is $92 and it’s at Vail.…
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Lagging Lake Tahoe Resorts See Snow
SAM Magazine – Sugar Bowl, Ca., December 21, 2007 – With storms pounding ski areas from Utah to New Hampshire, the only part of…
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Early Season Retail Sales Decline
SAM Magazine – Denver, Co., December 20, 2007 – Three years of early season sales gains have come to an end, reports SIA in…
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End Of An Era: Taos Allows Single Plankers
SAM Magazine – Taos, NM., December 14, 2007 – Burton can take one of four areas off its poaching list-Taos’ management has decided to…
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Vail Reports Loss In First Quarter Of 2008
SAM Magazine – Broomfield, Co., December 12, 2007 -Vail Resorts has reported a net loss of $24.6 million (63 cents per share) in the…
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Vail Resorts Taps SOS Outreach To Administer Diversity Program
SAM Magazine – VAIL, Co., December 11, 2007 -Vail’s SOS Outreach, formerly known as the Snowboard Outreach Society, has been named by Vail Resorts…
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Wachusett Converts Waste Oil to Biofuel
SAM Magazine-Princeton, Mass., Dec. 6, 2007-What do french fries and snowcats have in common at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area? Cooking oil! Wachusett is one…
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Leitner Technologies Breaks Ground on New Facility
SAM Magazine-Grand Junction, Colo., Dec. 6, 2007-Leitner-Poma of America and Prinoth, both Leitner Technologies companies, today began construction on a $15-million, two-building, 90,000 square-foot…
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Vermont Resorts to Cook Up Local Beef
SAM Magazine-Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 6, 2007-Several Vermont resorts will serve up Ski Vermont Burgers this winter as the result of a partnership between the…