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N.H., N.M. Endured Down Seasons
SAM Magazine-North Woodstock, N.H., June 14, 2006-New Hampshire and New Mexico both saw visitor numbers drop for the 2005-06 season. Weather challenged skiers and…
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New Owner Aims to Preserve Homewood
SAM Magazine-Homewood, Calif., June 14, 2006-JMA Ventures, the company that built Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, has purchased Homewood Mountain Resort. The resort occupies…
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Tamarack Gets $250 Million Senior Credit Facility
SAM Magazine–June 1, 2006, Donnelly, Idaho–The newest four-season ski area, Tamarack in Idaho, announced the closing of a $250-million senior credit facility arranged by…
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Record Breaking Year for Skier Visits?
SAM Magazine–Marco Island, Fla., May 25, 2006–The National Ski Areas Association announced that, based on prelimary estimates, national skier visits for the 2005/06 season…
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NSAA Gets New Chairman and Elects Four New Board Members
SAM Magazine–Marco Island, Fla., May 25, 2006–The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) got a new chairman when Vail COO Bill Jensen was elected to…
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Dana Bullen to Head Sunday River Resort
Newry, Me., May 26, 2006-Dana Bullen has become president and managing director of Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine, effective immediately. He has served…
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Utah Visits Hit New Highs-Again
SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, May 16, 2006-Utah resorts achieved their third consecutive record-breaking year for skier visits in 2005-06 as they topped 4 million…
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Apparel and Accessories Paced Strong Retail Season
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., May 16, 2006-Overall sales for the winter sport market (including specialty and chain stores) rose 4 percent, to $2.3 billion for…
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Pacific Northwest Has Stellar Year
SAM Magazine–May, 15, 2006, Oregon–The Pacific Nortwest Ski Areas Association announced that Oregon is on track for a record-breaking year and Washington had its…
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Jesse Boyd New GM at Big Boulder/Jack Frost
SAM Magazine–Blakeslee, Penn., May 12, 2006–Peak Resorts announced that Jesse Boyd will take on the GM position at Big Boulder and Jack Frost ski…
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Wildcat For Sale
SAM Magazine–May 12, 2006, New Hampshire–Wildcat Ski Mountain in Pinkham Notch, N.H., is up for sale again. The area features 225 acres of sliding…
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Intrawest Releases Third Quarter Figures
SAM Magazine–May 10, 2006, Vancouver, Canada–Thanks to the sale of real estate holdings at Mammoth Mountain, Intrawest saw its total company EBITDA for the…
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Maine Skier Statute Upheld
SAM Magazine–May 8, 2006, Portland, Maine–Maine’s assumption of risk law was tested last week when a tuber brought her case all the way to…
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Bitterroot Resort Hits Another Snag
SAM Magazine–May 8, 2006, Missoula, Montana–It’s back to the drawing board for the proposed Bitterroot Resort in Montana. According to published reports, the Forest…
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Bretton Woods To Get New Owners
SAM Magazine-Bretton Woods, N.H., April 28, 2006-The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods, which includes the ski resort as well as the Mount Washington…
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DeBoer Family Becomes Sole Owner of Brundage Mountain Resort
SAM Magazine-McCall, Ida., April 28, 2006-Brown’s Industries, Inc. and Snowy Peaks, LLC, both owned by long-time Brundage Mountain Company co-owners Judd and Diane DeBoer…
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Richard Kohnstamm, Father of Timberline Skiing, Dies
SAM Magazine-Government Camp, Ore., April 25, 2006-Richard L. Kohnstamm, who transformed Timberline Lodge into a national skiing institution in the 1950s, died last Friday…
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Bitterroot Resort Submits New Plan
SAM Magazine-Missoula, Mont., April 25, 2006-Rancher and would-be resort developer Tom Maclay last week resubmitted a special-use permit application for a scaled-down resort on…