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COLORADO ANNOUNCES SKIER VISIT TOTALS AND VAIL RELEASES THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
SAM Magazine—June 6, 2012—Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced today that its 22 member resorts hosted 6.16 million visits, an 11.4% decline from last…
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UTAH RELEASES SKIER VISIT NUMBERS
SAM Magazine—June 5, 2012—The Utah ski and snowboard industry announced 3,802,536 million skier day visits during the 2011-12 winter season, down 10 percent from…
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BANK OF AMERICA REMOVES TAMARACK DETACHABLE
SAM Magazine—Boise, Idaho, June 5, 2012—Bank of America has acted on its threat to remove the Wildwood Express chair lift at bankrupt Tamarack Resort.…
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GREENBRIER OWNER TO BUY WINTERGREEN RESORT
SAM Magazine—Charleston, W. Va., May 30, 2012—Jim Justice, owner of The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, has agreed to purchase Wintergreen Resort. The…
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ASPEN TO HOST NASTAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAM Magazine—May 30, 2012—NASTAR, the largest public grassroots ski race program in the world, announced a new partnership with Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., to serve as…
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OWNERS OF JAY PEAK BUY BURKE
SAM Magazine—May 24, 2012—QBurke Mountain Resorts, LLC, a company headed by businessman Ariel Quiros has acquired Burke Mountain Resort, Vt. Quiros, along with Bill…
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FOREST SERVICE WATER RIGHTS ISSUE TO HEAT UP SOON
SAM Magazine—Denver, May 24, 2012—The U.S. Forest Service, responding to the NSAA lawsuit regarding water rights, claimed last month that the Forest Service has…
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OVERNIGHT TRAVELERS BOOSTED WESTERN DESTINATIONS IN 2011-12
SAM Magazine—Denver, May 18, 2012—Despite a 15 percent decline in skier visits in the 2011-12 season, lodging properties at 16 western mountain destinations experienced…
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JACKSON HOLE POSTS NEAR-RECORD SEASON
SAM Magazine—Jackson Hole, Wyo., May 17, 2012—Despite receiving below-normal snowfall last season—100 inches less than average, and 200 inches less than in 2010-11—Jackson Hole…
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MOUNTAIN CREEK SUES INSURER OVER WEATHER POLICY
SAM Magazine—Vernon, N.J., May 15, 2012—Mountain Creek Resort has filed suit against Everest Indemnity Insurance Company in an attempt to force the insurer to…