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Kirby Brown To Head Panorama
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 5, 2007-Kirby Brown has been named president and COO for Intrawest’s Panorama Mountain Village, B.C., effective Dec. 17. Brown will…
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Mixed Bag of Weather Clouds December Outlook
SAM Magazine-Denver, Dec. 5, 2007-Unsettled weather across North America has the season looking up in the East, but on the West Coast, areas are…
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NSAA Hires New Education Director
SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo.,, December 4, 2007–NSAA announced today that it has hired Ann George to serve as the association’s education director. George hails most…
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East Reports Great Start
SAM Magazine–Vermont and Maine, December 4, 2007–Both the Vermont Ski Areas Association and the Ski Maine Association are reporting strong early season business thanks…
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Ski Free, Fight Global Warming
SAM Magazine-Blowing Rock, N.C., Nov. 29, 2007-Appalachian Ski Mtn. is offering free skiing to encourage guests to support efforts to fight global warming. On…
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From Ticket Checkers to Trash Collectors
SAM Magazine-Vail, Nov. 27, 2007-When Vail Resorts delayed Vail’s opening by a few days earlier this month, the resort sent idle workers out on…
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Red Mountain to Build Ski/Snowboard Cross Course
SAM Magazine-Rossland B.C., Nov. 27, 2007-While terrain parks are common in resorts across the globe, dedicated skier and boarder cross courses are few and…
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Cold Temperatures Bolster Resort Openings
SAM Magazine-Vail, Nov. 23, 2007-After a warm November in many parts of North America, resorts from coast to coast are swinging into action, thanks…
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Crested Butte Slashes Ticket Prices For Competitor’s Pass Holders
SAM Magazine – Mt. Crested Butte, Colo., November 19, 2007- Crested Butte sees an opportunity in November’s Rocky Mountain dry spell. With many Colorado…
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Warm Weather Delays Rocky Mountain Openings
SAM Magazine – Vail, Co., November 15, 2007 – It’s hot! Too hot, actually. In a mirror image of last year’s slow start for…
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RCR Eliminates Manmade Hits from Its Parks
SAM Magazine-Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 12, 2007-Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), is giving big air a big kiss-off. “All man-made snow jumps will be…
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Night Skiing and Big Eastern Vertical Highlight Latest Openings
SAM Magazine-Mammoth Mountain, Calif., Nov. 9, 2007-More ski resorts are announcing openings by the day, if not the hour. In the Midwest, Ski Brule…
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Game On! Resorts Opening Across North America
SAM Magazine-Breckenridge, Colo., Nov. 7, 200 -Skiers will have plenty to celebrate this weekend as the ski season kicks off in earnest, with resorts…
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Grand Targhee Adds Employee Housing
SAM Magazine-Driggs, Id., Nov. 7, 2007-Grand Targhee Resort has purchased new employee housing just north of town here, in the Buffalo Valley Condominiums. The…
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Build Your Own Park at Grouse Mountain
SAM Magazine-North Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 7, 2007-Grouse Mountain is launching a groundbreaking-or at least snow-moving-program called Build Your Own Park. This gives passholders and…
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Windham and Hunter Offer Joint Ticket Option
SAM Magazine-Windham, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2007-A mere eight miles apart, Hunter Mountain and Windham are offering visitors an inexpensive way to sample the disparate…
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Keystone Opens Ahead of Schedule
SAM Magazine-Keystone, Colo., Nov. 2, 2007-Keystone’s 2007-2008 season started today at 9 a.m., a week earlier than planned, thanks to more than two feet…
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East West, Morgan Stanley Partner on Canadian Village
SAM Magazine-Canmore, Alberta, Nov. 1, 2007-Colorado-based East West Partners and Morgan Stanley Real Estate have acquired Three Sisters Mountain Village, a 1,800-acre partially completed…