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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the Autumn season in full swing, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, announced the 2011 "Great National Parks for Fall Foliage" list. This year's list includes some iconic parks and a few lesser-known treasures. Each national park location, however, offers unique ways in which visitors can view the colorful foliage. Whether by water, foot, bicycle or car, t...

WEST DOVER, VT (September 26, 2011) - Early discounts for season pass pricing ends after Monday, October 10 for Mount Snow's regular season pass products, including the Midweek Plus Pass and the Sunday Only Pass; both new for the 2011/2012 ski season. The addition of the two new products brings Mount Snow's total regular season pass options to nine, which is the most the resort has ever offered.

"We are so happy to be able to offer such a dive...

The resort reports seven inches of snow overnight

CBMR opens on November 23 with free skiing

MT. CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. - October 7 - With another La Nina year on-tap for Colorado the 2011-2012 season could be one for the record books. Crested Butte Mountain Resort received seven inches of snow overnight, adding a soft cast to the changing leaves. Crested Butte Mountain Resort opens for the 2011-2012 ski and snowboard season on Nove...

Roughly 1,500 skiers and snowboarders made the trip for opening day at Wolf Creek today. Excitement was in the air as the people amassed early, vying for the first lift tickets with hopes of the first lift ride in Colorado, on possibly the earliest opening date in Colorado history. Some even slept in their vehicles in the parking lot to gain that extra edge. The atmosphere continued throughout the day with hooting, hollering and various exclamations of how...

PITTSBURG, NH- With chainsaw, clippers, branch loppers, mattock, shovel, and other trail tools in hand, five Granite Staters recently emerged from the forest around a bend on NH Route 3 six miles from the Canadian border and cut the last remaining brush and sapling trees to complete the 165-mile hiking pathway known as the Cohos Trail. The long-distance foot trail, twelve years in the making, is now complete end-to-end, from southern Crawford Notch at Hart...

Storm-impacted areas receive spotlight in statewide promotion

New York, NY - I LOVE NEW YORK has launched a statewide tourism media campaign to encourage travelers to experience New York State and its spectacular foliage this fall, particularly in areas recovering from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The print and digital campaign features inspiring fall images from the Adirondacks, Catskills and Central New York regions of the state a...

Bridgton, ME (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

Shawnee Peak, a family ski resort located in Bridgton, Maine, announces the recent hire of its new Marketing Director, Rachael Wilkinson. In her new position, Wilkinson will lead the strategic and day-to-day marketing operations of the ski resort.

Prior to Shawnee Peak, Rachael was Director of Client Services at Glen Group where she was responsible for many of the agencies larger clients. Wi...

LINCOLN, NH - After investing $20 million in the past five years to add more terrain, uphill capacity and state-of-the-art snowmaking and grooming technology, Loon Mountain continues its commitment to providing a great guest experience in 2011-2012 with a $1.4 million investment to add four new trails (an additional 17.5 acres), and an additional 170 of the latest technology Low-E tower snow guns.

In the past two seasons, Loon has added 600 hi...

Wildcat Mountain: Wildcat Mountain continues to operate the gondola and ZipRider daily, weather & wind permitting, through the Columbus Day weekend and will do so right up until Sunday, October 16.

This Saturday, October 8, the Appalachian Mountain Club will host this fall's final summit guided tour & hike. It looks like it's going to be a perfect weekend to join a naturalist from our neighboring Appalachian Mountain Club Pinkham Notch Visito...

NORTH WOODSTOCK, NH, OCTOBER 2011 - The Friends of New Hampshire Skiing grant program helps New Hampshire's young competitive skiers and snowboarders become Olympians and international champions. Operated by Ski NH member resorts, the program offers financial assistance to individual skiers and snowboarders to help offset the costs of race training and traveling. College athletes and post-graduate athletes training for international competition are eligibl...