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FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- The history of skiing in New Hampshire's Mount Washington Valley is the subject of a new traveling photographic exhibit unveiled recently by the New England Ski Museum. The display is located in the new Intervale Rest Area on Routes 16 and 302 several miles north of North Conway village, where there is a sweeping view of Mount Washington over the alluvial plain of the Saco River.

The skiing history of the regi...

WILMINGTON, New York -- Whiteface is ready to open for its 51st ski and ride season on Friday, November 28, at 8:30 AM.

Snow guns having been making snow around the clock since November 17, and combined with natural snow, Whiteface will have 11 trails and two lifts ready for the post-Thanksgiving Day crowd. The Cloudsplitter gondola and Mixing Bowl lift will service 47 acres, or four miles, of trails for all levels of skiers and riders. The Wh...

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- With more than a foot of snow from the latest storm, Killington Resort will be serving up a skiing and snowboarding feast with more than 40 trails and 10 lifts for the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, the most Thanksgiving terrain open in the past 10 years.
"Thanks to the fresh snow we received today, Killington Resort will continue to have the most open terrain in New England over the holiday weekend," stated Patricia Ryan, dire...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- The New England Ski Museum has issued its 2009 Museum Shop Gift Catalog, the proceeds of which support the non-profit organization's mission to collect, preserve and display aspects of the history of skiing in New England and beyond.

Designed by catalog designer Betsey Shepard of Yarmouth Maine, who works for catalog clients like LL Bean, the new catalog features more than 60 new products, of which 26 were de...

NEWRY, Maine -- Skiers and riders were greeted with their first true snow day of the season at Sunday River. Snow continues to accumulate, and in some spots on the mountain, has grown to over eight inches since the storm started. Skiing and riding is on 22 trails and over 100 acres today with more terrain expected to open thanks to Mother Nature and nonstop snowmaking over the course of the past two weeks.

"This storm is perfect timing," said...

Friday's opening will mark the earliest opening on record for the ski area.

NEW HARTFORD, Connecticut -- Ski Sundown in New Hartford will open for the 2008-09 skiing and snowboarding season this Friday, November 28, marking the start of the Connecticut ski area's 40th season. Opening day will consist of 6 of its 15 trails open for skiing and snowboarding. The Ski Sundown snow making team began operations on Tuesday, November 18 and fo...

DOVER, Vermont -- This December, the Mount Snow Valley will be celebrating Santa with a weekend full of fun activities for all ages. The main event on Saturday at noon will be a short "Pledge Walk" around the base of Mount Snow. We are asking the public to get pledges from their friends for heat assistance. Those with pledges of $10 or more will receive a Santa ID card good for discounts throughout the valley and a passport for the Scavenger Hunt. Those wi...

HUNTER, New York -- With a base up to 60" and thirteen trails open, Hunter Mountain welcomed thousands of people on opening weekend, November 22 and 23, 2008. With steady snowmaking for the past week and cold weather to match, Hunter's 50th season of operation is off to a perfect start, not only at Hunter, but throughout the northeast.

No one was present on Hunter's opening day earlie...

SNOWHOE, West Virginia -- Snowshoe Mountain Resort began its 35th winter season Friday morning with a 9 a.m. rope drop ceremony. Snowshoe announced last Tuesday that ski season would begin early this winter after the resort was hit with a powerful winter storm that dropped 31" of natural snow. The mountain was scheduled to begin winter operations on Wednesday, November 26, but moved up Opening Day due to amazing early season conditions on the mountain. Jus...

STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vermont -- Seats on the coveted first chair of the season are up for grabs as are the bragging rights that come along with it. The day before Thanksgiving, Stratton Mountain Resort will fulfill seven months of anticipation and open it's slopes for the start of the 2008/2009 ski and snowboard season. When the lifts begin to spin on Wednesday at 9a.m. sharp, the mountain expects to have up to 40 plus top-to-bottom trails of all ability lev...