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October 30, 2006
Mountains Of Advertising? Big Payoff Or Double Edged Sword
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Once upon a time we rode a single chairlift through the pine trees. We heard only the whoosh of the wind. We heard only the soft swoosh of skis against generally ungroomed snow on the way down the narrow trail. Maybe, if we listened carefully, the yodel of a 10th Mountain vet joined this cacophony of silence.
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Making A (Private) Mountain Out Of A Haystack
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Another mountain is getting fitted with slope-hugging villas, spa, posh hotel, and heli-pad for rotor-borne ski commuters. And this one, the first gated community in the area, is being built in a state with a history for sniffing at pretense - Vermont.
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Destination Skiers Book Early For Best Travel Deals
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Travel industry insiders say the rush to book tickets and rooms at the world's destination ski areas is all but over, with most ski vacationers booking early to ensure the best resorts are not sold out when they arrive with skis and family in tow.
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Ski Quote Of The Week
October 17, 2006
Intrawest Yields To Fortress, Goes Private
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Intrawest shareholders were nearly unanimous in their decision to accept an acquisition offer by New York-based Fortress Investment Group Tuesday, a $2.8 billion deal which will privatize the ski resort operator after 16 years as a publicly held company.
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October 16, 2006
What's In Your Wallet?
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Are our customers facing sticker shock once again? Every generation of writers who covers skiing and travel raises the issue: Is the mountain resort industry pricing itself out of the market for all but the wealthy? Are we, by default, segregating our mountain trails?
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No White Knights For Laurel Mountain?
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Unless a white knight appears suddenly, Pennsylvania's Laurel Mountain won't open this year, marking the second consecutive season that the troubled ski area near Ligionier has not operated.
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It's All 'Action' At Jackson
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Heading for Jackson Hole on the Web is no longer a passive activity. The resort has just announced a new addition to its re-worked Web site that includes hot action footage designed to get skiers and riders pumped and off their duffs to book their reservations. Three previews - Storm Show, TGR, and Videos of the Week are currently on the home page.
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Spy Vs. Spy - Loveland And A-Basin
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Sure, it's a friendly rivalry and, sure, the early open is largely symbolic, but we're hearing there was some last-minute "ski boots on the ground" surveillance going on at Loveland and Arapahoe Basin before both opened for the season last week.
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(Great) Ski Quotes Of The Week
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Surprise storms. A-Basin beats out Loveland. Cranky ski pioneers. It was a heckuva week...
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October 09, 2006
Mammoth Appeals Reprimand, Fine In Patroller's Deaths
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A state agency responsible for maintaining workplace safety standards in California reprimanded and fined Mammoth Mountain ski area in connection with the deaths of three ski patrollers who died trying to save a comrade from a lethal fumarole at the area last April.
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October 02, 2006
Are You Warming Up To Global Warming?
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Here's an important question for you. Actually, we want to know if it's an important question for you. Everyone and their scientist - from "Almost President" Al Gore to British gazillionaire tycoon Richard Branson, to our own industry's Pat O'Donnell of Aspen - is taking up the cause.
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Battle Of Elk Meadows Heating Up
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It'll have it all: iron gates, mega condos, a golf course blessed by Mssr. Nicklaus and your own personal ski slopes - pristine and closed to all but mega-millionaires like yourself.
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Mount Norquay Changes Hands
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A group of local investors have pooled resources to help rescue Banff's Mount Norquay and keep it from being shut down, area newspapers are reporting.
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Ski Quote Of The Week
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