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GILFORD, New Hampshire -- Gunstock Adaptive will hold its annual one day fundraising event. On Sat March 12, 2010, Ski Teams will gather at Gunstock Mountain Resort. They come in costumes for a day of fun, and to support the non-profit adaptive program Gunstock Adaptive.

Gunstock Adaptive is a non-profit organization providing quality on snow activities at Gunstock Mountain resort in Gilford N.H. People with special needs come from all over Ne...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- Okemo Mountain Resort will commemorate National Safety Awareness Week, Jan. 16-22, 2010, with a host of fun events and activities to help educate skiers and riders of all ages and promote on-mountain safety.

The National Ski Areas Association named Okemo Mountain Resort winner of the Best Helmet Safety Program in its 2009 Heads Up National Ski Area Safety Awards. Nine resorts were recognized in different safety program cate...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire -- Waterville Valley kicks off 2010 with a variety of January ski and stay deals including three Ring in 2010 with Kids Ski Free Weekends, January Midweek Snow Escapes, and Nordic Ski Getaways. Packages include access to the White Mountain Athletic Club, skating at the indoor Waterville Valley ice arena and use of the resort shuttle bus. Best of all, to maximize Sunday ski time, book any of these 09/10 Ski & Stay Deals at a...

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire -- New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has proclaimed January 2010 as Learn a Snow Sports Month recognizing that winter recreation is an important part of the state's lifestyle and rich winter sports history. In doing so, the state of New Hampshire joins several other states across the nation taking part in the snow sport industries campaign to introduce persons to winter sports. Wildcat Mountain has been introducing persons to w...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier family snowsports destination, invites skiers and snowboarders to form teams to compete in the Pats Peak Adult/Corporate Racing Series. This is the 21st season of Adult/Corporate Racing at Pats Peak! Individuals or those who don't have a complete team can easily be placed on other teams. The cost is $650 per team and includes weekly races, a lift ticket from 3pm to 9pm on race nights, prizes, ap...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Sugarloaf's real estate agency, Mountainside Real Estate, recently announced that it is on track to end the year with more than $10.3 million in sales, despite the recent downturn in the real estate market. The $10 million represents a total of 47 new sales in 2009.

"It's extremely encouraging for us to have reached that $10 million mark," said Jeff Kennedy, Mountainside Real Estate's Designated Broker. "It show...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Sugarloaf will welcome four of the nation's top touring musical acts this winter, with Little Feat, Rusted Root, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, and the Rustic Overtones set to headline four different concerts during the 2009-2010 winter season. The shows are part of the annual Bud Light Concert Series, which brings nationally renowned acts to Sugarloaf's main stage throughout the winter season, and will feature four dates th...

RENSSELAER, New York -- Disabled Sports USA, a national sport partner with the Wounded Warrior Project, recently granted $7,000 to STRIDE Adaptive Sports Wounded Warrior Winter Weekend. The non-profit organization will be hosting fifteen wounded local war heroes and their families for a weekend of learning to ski and snowboard March 5-7, 2010. The program supports local OIF and OEF service members who have sustained permanent physical injuries in conflicts...

MONTPELIER, Vermont -- A new blog dedicated to the Vermont snowboarding scene was launched by Vermont Ski Areas Association today.

RideVermont.com, a sister site to the popular SkiVermont.com, will report on the Green Mountain State's snowboarding events, news and weather and include interviews with insiders, resort reps and visitors.

"If it's happening in Vermont, and it's happening on a snowboard... RideVermont.com will probably...

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire -- Long known as the place to learn to ski, North Conway's Cranmore Mountain has now partnered with Eastern Mountain Sports to bring telemark ski instruction to its slopes this winter.

Telemark skiing, also known as "free-heel" skiing, is rapidly growing in popularity throughout the skiing community. Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the telemark binding only connects the boot to the ski at the toe which allows comfor...