SAM Coverage
Category: SAM Headline News
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Vail Arsonists To Plead Guilty
SAM Magazine-Eugene, Ore., Sept. 29, 2006-Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas Meyerhoff, accused of involvement in arson that destroyed Vail’s Two Elk lodge in 1998, have…
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Sugarloaf Beefs Up Park, Racing, and Village, Adopts Biodiesel
SAM Magazine-Sugarloaf, Me., Sept. 28, 2006-As part of a $1 million summer makeover, Sugarloaf is enhancing its terrain parks, recreational racing facilities, and base…
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Wachusett Revives Ski Train from Boston
SAM Magazine-Princeton, Mass., Sept. 26, 2006-Wachusett Mountain, the most accessible ski area in the eastern USA according to SKI Magazine, is becoming more so.…
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Snow Ridge, N.Y., Has New Owner
SAM Magazine-Turin, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2006-Pennsylvanian Russell Horn is purchasing Snow Ridge ski area from Peter Harris, who also owns Song Mountain Resort in…
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Keystone Adds Snowcat Terrain for Experts
SAM Magazine-Keystone, Colo., Sept. 26, 2006-Keystone will open Independence Bowl, almost 300 acres of expert-only hiking and snowcat terrain south of the summit of…
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Hemlock Valley, B.C., Rises from the Dead
SAM Magazine-Hemlock Valley, B.C., Sept. 25, 2006-Ice hockey entrepreneur Ralf Berezan, owner of the Junior A Surrey Eagles ice hockey team, has purchased British…
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Alta Nixes Terrain Park
SAM Magazine-Alta, Utah, Sept. 25, 2006-It is one of the very few areas in the U.S. that don’t allow snowboarding, and, it appears, doesn’t…
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Silverton Opens First
SAM Magazine-Silverton, Colo., Sept. 23, 2006-Silverton Mountain Ski Area hosted the first skiers of the year yesterday after receiving two major storms Thursday and…
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Powder Ridge Closes, Threat of Development Looms
SAM Magazine-September 22, 2006–Powder Ridge, located in Middlefield, Connecticut, will remain closed this winter pending sale of the ski resort. The 500-vertical-foot mountain featured…
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Loveland Fires Up Its Gun in the Snowmaking Battle
SAM Magazine-Georgetown, Colo., Sept. 21, 2006-Over the past twenty-four hours, a cold front has moved through Colorado, dropping snow across the state and allowing…