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HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort is teaming with Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires for a food drive at the Resort on Friday, February 27th. The event will be held from 9 am ??“ 4 pm at Corey's in the Paul Major Welcome Center. All guests who bring at least 2 non-perishable food items to donate will receive $15 off the price of their lift ticket for the day.

Jiminy Peak is the largest ski and snowboard resort in s...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- Jiminy Peak will host a Slopestyle event in Coyote Ridge terrain park on Saturday, February 28th at 12 pm. The competition is presented by Potter Brothers and is open to everyone. A slopestyle is a competition in the terrain park consisting of rails, boxes and jumps. Entrants should have the ability to ski or ride in a large terrain park. Registration will be held 10 am ??“ 11:30 am in Crane Lodge and the cost to enter is $20...

STOWE, Vermont -- Stowe Mountain Club is pleased to announce the opening of their Alpine Club building, a wonderfully intimate facility centrally located within Spruce Plaza at Stowe Mountain Resort. The new amenity features a member's locker room, bar, restaurant, lounge, game room, reading areas, indoor & outdoor fireplaces, ski valet, concierge services and valet parking. The Spruce Plaza and Alpine Club are also directly connected to Mt. Mansfield, Ver...

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- Vermont's Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in the East, is offering a limited number of $42 lift tickets for skiers and riders to enjoy the outstanding snow conditions for the first week of March.

"We're having a fantastic snow year!" said Patricia Ryan, Killington's director of sales, marketing and reservations. "We received 14 inches of snow in the past 48 hours and have already received more tha...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Sugarloaf is making preparations to welcome the nation's top up-and-coming snowboarders when the 2009 US Snowboarding Revolution Tour makes its final stop of the season at the mountain, March 9-11. The United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) tour will makes its only east coast stop at Sugarloaf, and will crown its overall champions for the season. Riders will compete for more than $5000 in cash, and to qualify for t...

SNOWSHOE, West Virginia -- Snowshoe Mountain is pleased to welcome the Wounded Warriors Project to the mountain for the second year is a row. Snowshoe will welcome 17 soldiers and their families to the mountain for a weekend ski camp, March 6-8, with Snowshoe's Adaptive Ski Program. These special guests will be treated to free adaptive ski lessons, free lift tickets and rentals, as well as special programming including a Saturday evening reception.
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HUNTER, New York -- Hunter's Latitude 42 Winter Jam freestyle competition & concert will continue into year #5 with many welcomed changes, and pre-registration is now open. This year's two-day competition, kicking off on February 28th & March 1st, features day-long rail jam & quarterpipe competitions, along with music & live entertainment provided in partnership with WDST Radio Woodstock. Saturday will feature the rail jam competition, and the quarterpipe ...

HUNTER, New York -- Hunter Mountain's March Into Spring pass is available for its second year for $149. The season pass is valid March 1 through the end of the 08/09 season (potentially allowing for up to 6 weeks of skiing & riding for $149). March Into Spring passes are on sale now at shop.huntermtn.com.

The pass pays for itself in less than three visits. Hunter has a base exceeding 6 feet in many areas throughout its 55 trails, and expects t...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- President's Day weekend at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort brought out a record of 17,401 skiers over the three day period. The new record beat the previous best President's weekend record set in 2007 of 15,153 skier visits. Monday, February 16th set a single day and night record for President's Day with 5,667 skier visits.

Jiminy Peak's President and CEO Brian Fairbank stated, "we are thrilled with the success of the hol...

NEWRY, Maine -- Sunday River is working overtime to prepare for one of the largest events of the season. The Visa U.S. World Snowboarding Cup is scheduled at the resort February 26 ??“ 28 and brings with it internationally acclaimed Olympic athletes and coaches, national news coverage, and a sponsor village.

Olympic and World Cup contenders will compete in Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS), Snowboardcross (SBX), and Team Snowboardcross (TEAM SB...