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Outdoor Industry Association Accepting Nominations For Outstanding Individuals
SAM Magazine – Boulder, Colo., December 8, 2006 – The Outdoor Industry Association is currently accepting nominations for the organization’s Industry Awards. The Industry…
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Austrian Invasion
SAM Magazine – Vail, Co, December 10, 2006 – If you want a piece of the growing international market, you could do worse than…
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Vail Resorts Net Is Flat in First Quarter
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Dec. 11, 2006-Vail Resorts reported quarterly revenues up nearly 33 percent for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, primarily on increased…
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Tenney Mountain Won’t Open in 2006-07
SAM Magazine-Plymouth, N.H., Dec. 11, 2006-The ownership of Tenney Mountain Ski Resort has decided not to open the ski operation this winter. Instead, it…
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Sterling Forest to Reopen Under New Owner
SAM Magazine–Tuxedo, N.Y., December 8, 2006–Sterling Forest ski resort, which was shut down during the 2005-06 season, was purchased by a local resident, Glenn…
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Booth Creek Restructures Ownership
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Dec. 8, 2006-CNL Income Properties, a Florida-based company, will soon own four of the six resorts currently part of Booth Creek…
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Ski Area Citizens Coalition Releases 2006-2007 Scores
SAM Magazine – Boulder, Colo., December 6, 2006 – While the methodology used remains controversial (ski areas are docked points if they have a…
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East’s Suffering Coming to An End
SAM Magazine – Vail, Co, December 5, 2006 – With western resorts opening more terrain by the day (the ropes drop on Vail’s Back…
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SIA and SnowMonsters Team Up to Dress Kids For Winter
SAM Magazine – McLean, VA, December 5, 2006 – SnowSports Industries America’s (SIA) Winter Feels Good campaign and SnowMonsters are partnering to teach children…
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Nordic Skiers Lose Trails at Wolf Creek Because of Dispute
SAM Magazine – Wolf Creek, CO, December 5, 2006 – Nordic skiers at Wolf Creek have found their groomed trail options limited as the…
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Mt. Hood Meadows to Open After Road Washes Out
SAM Magazine–December 5, 2006, Mt,. Hood, OR – Mt. Hood Meadows will open for the 2006/07 season this Saturday, December 9, after a glacial…
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World’s Newest Ski Resort Opens in Korea
SAM Magazine–December 1, 2006, Korea (SnowHunter)–Korea’s newest resort, scheduled to open today, December 1, is Land’s High 1 in Gangwon Province. The resort has…
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Foundation Stone Laid for Second European Intrawest Resort
SAM Magazine–December 1, 2006, Snowhunter–The first stone of “Les terrasses d’Eos,” the first building within the new Intrawest resort village being built at Flaine…
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Demolition of Original Parts of “Ugliest Resort In The Alps” Begins
SAM Magazine–December 1, 2006, Snowhunter–“Where to Ski and Snowboard”, one of the world’s leading guidebooks to ski resorts around the planet, is well known…
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Laurel Mountain Won’t Operate In 2007
SAM Magazine – Pennsylvania, December 1, 2006 – Laurel Mountain will not fire up the lifts this winter. The Pennsylvania resort, which has been…
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Alyeska Resort Sold
SAM Magazine – Alyeska, AK, November 29, 2006 – Alaska’s Alyeska resort has been sold. The purchaser, John Byrne III, a hardcore skier who…
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Last-Minute Deal for Mont Orford
SAM – Magog, QC, November 28, 2006 – An eleventh hour deal struck by Québec Environment Minister Claude Béchard has saved Québec’s Mont Orford’s…
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World’s Biggest Indoor Halfpipe Opens in Germany
SAM Magazine – Wittenburg, Germany, November 28, 2006 – The world’s largest indoor halfpipe is slated to open the second week of December in…