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Vail Resorts Buys Hoigaard’s
SAM Magazine—Minneapolis, Minn., April 25, 2013—Vail Resorts has purchased longtime Twin Cities retailer Hoigaard’s, complementing it purchase last fall of Afton Alps. Hoigaard’s will…
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Manning Park Resort Gets New Owners
SAM Magazine—Hope, B.C., April 22, 2013—Sunshine Valley RV Resorts has purchased The Manning Park resort, which went into receivership four years ago. Manning Park…
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Vail Releases Some Season-to-Date Numbers
SAM Magazine–April 22, 2013–Vail Resorts, Inc., reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through April…
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Sun Valley and Snowbasin Owner Dies
SAM Magazine–April 22, 2013–Earl Holding, the owner of Sun Valley, Idaho, and Snowbasin, Utah, died on April 19 at the age of 86. Holding,…
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Hunter Mourns the Loss of Co-Founder Orville Slutzky
SAM Magazine–April 19, 2013–Orville A. Slutzky, age 96, the beloved co-founder of Hunter Mountain, N.Y., passed away peacefully on April 18, 2013, in the…
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COLORADO AREAS EXTEND THE SEASON
SAM Magazine—Vail, Colo., April 18, 2013—It’s a season for extended seasons. Following the postponed closing dates at many Northeastern areas this April, several Colorado…
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BELLEAYRE EXPANSION COULD DOUBLE VISITS
SAM Magazine—Catskill, N.Y., April 18, 2013—The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has proposed a five-year, $74 million expansion of the Belleayre ski center that…
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FOREST SERVICE APPROVES LOVELAND PLAN
SAM Magazine—Georgetown, Colo., April 16, 2013—The U.S. Forest Service has accepted the master development plan for Loveland Ski Area, setting the outline for expansion…
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U.S. Forest Service Announces Public Meetings on Ski Area Water Rights
SAM Magazine–April 11, 2013–U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell today announced a series of meetings in Colorado, Utah and California that will focus on…
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Mt. Bachelor and Crested Butte Get Green Lights for Master Development Plans
SAM Magazine–April 10, 2013–Mt. Bachelor, Ore.'s Ski Area Improvement Project was given the green light after no appeals were filed with the Deschutes National…