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NORTH CREEK, New York -- Just two short weeks after the end of a banner 2007/2008 winter season, components of a new quad chairlift have already arrived and Gore Mountain is in full swing preparing for this fall's opening of the Burnt Ridge Mountain Expansion.

The new development will feature the debut of the high-speed Burnt Ridge Quad, servicing five new trails plus glades. The new terrain, with 1,436' vertical, will increase Gore Mountain'...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire -- New Hampshire's Waterville Valley Resort has scheduled another line-up of special event weekends for summer 2008. Just eleven miles off Interstate -93, the resort also serves up golf, tennis, mountain biking, hiking and kids day camp on a daily basis. Get the full scoop about summer in Waterville Valley at waterville.com.

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PERU, Vermont -- John Cueman, President of Bromley Mountain announced that he would be changing roles at Bromley and turning over the reins of President to Richard Wiseman formally General Manager of Camelback Ski Area in Pennsylvania. John will assume a new position as Vice President of Real Estate Planning for Bromley.

John started at Bromley in 1970 as an accounting supervisor and quickly moved up the ranks to Vice President, which was his ...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- An historic winter continued at Maine's largest ski resort today, after eight inches of new snow blanketed Sugarloaf last night. The new snow brings the season's total snowfall at the resort to 224 inches.

Sugarloaf is currently the only ski resort still open in the east, and the fresh snow ensures excellent conditions into the month of May.

"We've been extremely fortunate with natural snowfall this ...

BRETTON WOODS, New Hampshire -- Mount Washington Resort's Bretton Woods ski area closed for the 2007-08 season on Monday, April 21, 2008, offering free skiing for skiers and riders wearing patriotic attire. Alongside Patriot's Day, Bretton Woods has much to celebrate, adding another record ski season to its continued growth.

According to Chris Ellms, Bretton Woods Director of Ski Operations, "This marks the second record ski season in a row fo...

JAY, Vermont -- The only Vermont resort to announce skiing and riding into May, Jay Peak, today, makes it official; there will be lift serviced skiing and riding in Vermont into May.

"We've seen what we need to see", offered Bill Stenger, president of the Resort, "We're going for it". Stenger refers to the heavy natural snow falling at the Resort during the first part of the week which added emphasis to the nearly 420" that fell at Jay during ...

SELKIRK, New York, STOWE, Vermont -- Spruce Peak at Stowe, Stowe Mountain Resort's new base village, has earned the Audubon Planning Award from Audubon International, a non-profit environmental organization headquartered in New York State.

Members of Audubon International's Sustainable Communities Program are eligible for the award, which recognizes sustainable comprehensive planning, and is an intermediate milestone en route to earning rigoro...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Mount Snow announced today that it will install more than 150 additional fan guns this summer, investing over $5 million in energy-efficient snowmaking. Combined with last summer's installation of 101 of the machines, Mount Snow will have the most new-technology fan guns in North America when it opens for the 2008-09 ski season.

The project is part of an expansive snowmaking investment by Mount Snow's new owners, Peak R...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Expanding a program launched last year, Sugarloaf, Maine's premier ski and golf resort, has purchased 500 gallons of biodiesel from Bean's Commercial Grease in Vassalboro, and plans to run all of its off-road diesel engines on a biodiesel blend.

The 500 gallons of biodiesel were made from waste vegetable oil from Sugarloaf's many restaurants, and will be mixed with 10,000 gallons of standard off-road diesel, creat...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Sugarloaf, Maine's premier ski and golf resort, has teamed up with Northern Outdoors to offer skiers and paddlers a unique opportunity to experience two seasons in the same weekend with the first ever "Raft and Ski" weekend, May 3-4.

Adventure seekers eager for spring but still embracing this year's extraordinary winter snowfall can have the best of both worlds for one weekend in May, with both resorts offering d...