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Early Storms Fuel October Business Across West
SAM Magazine–Boulder, Colo., Oct. 27, 2004–Areas have been opening at a record clip across the West as a series of storms and favorable snowmaking…
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Loveland has record opening day
Georgetown, Colo., October 15, 2004 — Loveland kicked off the 2004-05 US ski season today with record opening-day traffic. “We don’t like to talk…
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TWSnowboarding Names Top Resorts
SAM Magazine–Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 15, 2004–Whistler tops the TransWorld Snowboarding Resort Guide list as the best overall area for snowboarding in North America. The…
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Seven Springs Takes Over Laurel Mountain
SAM Magazine–Pennsylvania, October 14, 2004–Laurel Mountain Ski Area has had its fair share of problems lately. The state-owned ski area, which has lived through…
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SACC Releases Environmental Grades
SAM Magazine–Durango, Colo., Oct. 6, 2004–The Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition (SACC)’s annual Ski Area Environmental Scorecard has fingered the top and bottom 10 areas…
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Okemo, Sunapee Promote Top Managers
SAM Magazine–Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 6, 2004–Top executives Bruce Schmidt, Jay Gamble, Dave Wilcox and Jim Remy have new positions at Okemo, Vt., and Mount…
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Richards to Lead New Snowboard Mag Group
SAM Magazine–San Diego, Calif., Oct. 4, 2004–Future Network USA is launching a new Future Action Sports group that will include consumer and trade snowboard…
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Vail Resorts Performance Improved in 2004
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., Oct. 1, 2004–Vail Resorts reported improved results for fiscal 2004 compared to the previous year. VR posted a 7.4 percent rise…
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Apollo Ends Controlling Role at Vail Resorts
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., Oct. 1, 2004–Apollo Ski Partners plans to convert its Class A shares to common shares and to distribute its holdings to…
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Kids’ SnowSports Day Set For Dec. 4
SAM Magazine–McLean, Va., Sept. 15, 2004–SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and VERB, a national government-funded kid’s marketing campaign, are launching the first-ever VERB SnowSports Day…
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Booth Creek Off in Quarter, Up for Year
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo,, Sept. 13, 2004–Booth Creek Ski Holdings more than doubled its net income and boosted EBITDA by nearly 27 percent for the…
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Intrawest Reduces Debt, Increases Cash Flow in Fiscal 2004
SAM Magazine–Vancouver, Sept. 14, 2004–Thanks in part to the creation of its Leisura real-estate partnerships, Intrawest reported a strengthened balance sheet for fiscal 2004,…
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Springer-Miller Sold to ParTech
SAM Magazine–New Hartford, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2004–Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (SMS), which provides property management software, is becoming part of PAR Technology Corp., another software…
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MasterFit U. Sets Fall Schedule
SAM Magazine–Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2004–MasterFit University will bring boot fit instruction, including a course specifically intended to produce nearly instantaneous rental boot…
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Vail Again Tops SKI Resort List
SAM Magazine–Boulder, Colo., Sept. 8, 2004–For the 13th time in 17 years, Vail tops SKI Magazine’s annual Top 60 resort ranking. The list is…
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Laurel Mountain Faces Liquidation
SAM Magazine–Ligonier, Pa., Sept. 6, 2004–Star-crossed Laurel Mountain Ski Resort, which failed to operate during the 2003-04 season, has defaulted on a $1 million…
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Silverton First to Open
SAM Magazine–Silverton, Colo., Sept. 6, 2004–Silverton Mountain was the first U.S. ski area to get skiers and riders onto its slopes for the 2004-05…
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Academics, Areas Differ on Sustainable Slopes
SAM Magazine–Boulder, Colo., Aug. 30, 2004–A report critical of the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA)’s Sustainable Slopes Program has itself drawn criticism from the…