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BOLTON VALLEY, Vermorn -- Bolton Valley, Vermont's hometown ski and snowboard area, will open Friday for the season with top-to-bottom skiing and night skiing and riding both Friday and Saturday nights.

Recent cold temperatures allowed Bolton to fire up its snowmaking system, and the latest storm dumped more than seven inches of snow on top of the machine-made base to give Bolton Valley up to 18 inches of base depth and terrain suitable for a...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Yesterday we received 12+ inches of snow at Mount Snow. The dreaded sleet/rain mix that was forecast early afternoon only came much later in the day and by then most of the storm had passed. The area is a winter wonderland, today the roads are clear and by Friday the conditions on the mountain are going to be delicious.

It will be a weekend not to miss. While you're here, support our Walk of the Santas by donating $10. ...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- New England Ski Museum, announced today that the organization's Cal Conniff Grant program will award $2,500 to support individuals and organizations that align with the Museum's mission to preserve the history of skiing and winter sports.

The Grant Program is named in honor of Ski Museum Board member Cal Conniff. He is a former Executive Director of the National Ski Areas Association, and while President of th...

WILMINGTON, New York -- The 52nd season of skiing and riding at Whiteface is underway and the Olympic mountain is kicking off its winter events, Sunday, Dec. 13, with its first of five Super Sundays along with an open rail jam and telemark skiing equipment demonstration day.

Adult lift tickets are just $35, teens are $30 and juniors are $25, Sunday, and the party kicks off with the "Hello my Name is...."Rail Jam, brought to you by Cunningham's...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier family snowsports destination, invites adults to join a Ski/Snowboard Clinic, the most cost effective way to learn or improve your skills with lots of attention on individual development. This is the perfect program for anyone with flexibility to take a day off during the week.

This season the Adult Ski/Snowboard Clinic offers a new option to make it easier for the adult on the go! ...

ELLICOTTVILLE, New York -- Dennis Eshbaugh, Holiday Valley's General Manager, announced today that the opening day of the 2009-2010 season will be Thursday, December 10, weather permitting. Three quad chairlifts and up to 10 slopes will be open from 9 AM to 10 PM. "Conditions have been excellent for snowmaking since last Friday and we've been making snow 24 hours per day since then", remarked Eshbaugh. He continued, "The weather from Thursday forward will ...

JAY, Vermont -- Probably the best last minute ski vacation deal west of the Rockies is being offered this year by Vermont's Jay Peak Resort, which is opening its new, slope-side Tram Haus Lodge at discounted, soft-launch rates, available for a limited time from December 25 to 31.

The introductory rates start at $225 per person (15% off regular holiday rates), per night, for a luxe mountainside studio suite, and includes lift ticket, breakfast,...

HIGHMOUNT, New York -- The Belleayre Ski Center is open for the season. Mother Nature finally sent the needed cold weather to the Northeast, along with five inches of natural snow over the weekend enabling Belleayre to begin its 60th season bringing affordable winter recreation to the residents of New York and beyond.

The old adage in the Catskill Mountains is that winter cannot start until the streams are full. Torrential rainfall last week f...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Mount Snow kicked off the 09-10 winter season by opening with top to bottom trails on two of its mountain faces. At 9am this morning the Grand Summit Express, Canyon Express and Discovery Shuttle lifts offered terrain on the main face of the mountain for a group of guests eager to carve their first turns of the season. Meanwhile at Carinthia the Nitro Express spun into action as a horde of park riders raced to be the first to put boa...

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire -- With the 2009/2010 winter season underway and a first holiday vacation period approaching quickly, Wildcat Mountain is happy to announce that there will be some new faces joining the legendary resort's team that includes a snow sports director, race coordinator, several instructors and members of mountain operations with each more than 25 years of dedication to the mountain. Among the newly hired and joining this dedication ...