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SNOWSHOE, West Virginia -- With Snowshoe Mountain's expert snowmakers planning a 9am Monday start for the season's snowmaking efforts, they were greeted by a sign from Mother Nature that it is indeed time for the white stuff to fly. The first natural flakes of the season began falling very early Monday morning, with consistent flurries leaving the edges of parking lots and many trees and bushes covered.

With temperatures expected to drop into ...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- With temperatures dipping into the lower 20s, snowmakers reported for duty at Mount Snow Saturday night, firing up the fan gun snowmaking machines on Launch Pad, a learning hill near the base area. By daybreak on Sunday, about three inches of snow had piled up and the terrain park crew moved in, setting up a small park with half a dozen features. The park opened to the public at 10 a.m. EST.

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- Vermont's Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in the East, debuts $8.4 million in on-mountain improvements and environmental programs to kick off its 50th birthday season.

"By reinvesting in our mountain, we're proud to offer a much-improved experience for our guests in the Skye Peak area," said Chris Nyberg, Killington's president and general manager. "From the Skye Peak Express, to The Stash, the ma...

HIGHMOUNT, New York -- Belleayre Mountain will be open for riding and skiing seven days a week for the 2008-2009 season, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today. Weather and conditions permitting, Belleayre will open the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 28, and run through March 2009, operating six lifts and 41 trails and glades.

Located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains in Highmount, NY, Belleayre ...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier snowsports destination, announces that registration is going on now for the Weekday Learn To Ski & Snowboard Program. The Pats Peak Ski and Snowboard School prides itself in being called "a teaching mountain", where it bases its instruction on the American Teaching System, a method used by the PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) and AASI (American Association of Snowboard Instructors)...

LAKE PLACID, New York -- In a time when destination resorts are wondering about the current economic climate and what it will bring in the future, now there is word that Forbes Traveler website has included Lake Placid on a list of America's Prettiest Towns.

Authors Sarah Tuff Dunn and Greg Melville, writing for ForbesTraveler.com, placed the two-time Winter Olympic host on their independent lists based on "natural grandeur and small-town char...

RAY BROOK, New York -- During its deliberations on Friday, October 10, 2008 the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) approved a significant economic and recreational expansion for the Olympic Regional Development (ORDA) run Gore Mountain Ski Center. The Agency approved a shoreline variance to allow the Town of Wells in Hamilton County to construct a scenic overview and fishing access platform along the shores of Lake Algonquin. The Agency also found the Department...

ALBANY, New York -- As the warmth of summer and early fall begins to "trail" off, Hannaford Supermarkets will help winter sports fans gear up for the return of the Northeast's longest-running consumer snow and travel expo with advance discount tickets sold exclusively at Hannaford store locations.

Advance discount tickets for the 47th annual Times Union Ski & Snowboard Expo will go on sale at Hannaford Supermarkets on Sunday, October 26 at st...

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire -- With the leaves changing colors and fall in the air, Cranmore Mountain is looking forward to another great season of skiing and riding this winter. To prepare its guests for a winter of hitting the steeps and bumps, Cranmore Family Fitness Center is offering a special winter sports conditioning class starting Tues., October 14, 2008.

The Winter Sports Conditioning class, running from October 14 to December 11, i...

Smugglers' Notch Resort in northern Vermont, recently selected for the 10th year as North America's top resort for family programs by SKI Magazine readers, offers a value-laden package for skiers and snowboarders who visit during Winter 2008/2009. The Club Smugglers' Advantage Package includes lodging, lift tickets, instruction for all ages and abilities, and off-slope entertainment and programs for children and adults, plus additional money-saving deals.<...