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LINCOLN, New Hampshire -- New Hampshire's Loon Mountain wrapped up its 41st ski season Monday, and announced it had a record year for snowfall and skier visits. This season, Loon received 127.5 more inches of snow, and hosted 30% more visits than last season.

Loon opened the $13 million first phase of its new South Peak terrain last December, adding 50 acres of new terrain that included three trails and two new lifts. Construction is already i...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- With the 2007/2008 ski and snowboard season officially concluded, Okemo Mountain Resort is reporting its best season on record. Skier visits were ahead of last winter by nearly 25 percent, and six percent ahead of 2002/2003 ??“ the best season on record prior to the one that just ended April 20.

"Although early snowfall motivated skiers and riders at the start of the season and bolstered their enthusiasm throughout the ...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- The 2007/2008 winter season was a record-setting year for Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. The resort saw a record 255,387 skier visits, beating the previous record set in 1992/1993 of 241,520. Seven other records were also set throughout the season including a new day skier visit record on Sunday, February 17th and a new SkiWee record.

Jiminy Peak President and CEO Brian Fairbank said, "The 2007/2008 winter was a phenome...

WILMINGTON, New York -- Whiteface, the Olympic Mountain, recently completed another outstanding NASTAR season by ranking first in the mid-Atlantic region, first overall in the east and seventh nationally in racer days by season's end.

A total of 123 resorts hosted NASTAR activity during the 2007-08 winter season. Whiteface's performance was an improvement from last winter when the mountain, burdened with a late start due to weather issues, pla...

WARREN, Vermont -- Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Not at Sugarbush. A week after announcing that they would keep the resort's Lincoln Peak open through April 27th, Sugarbush officials sweetened the extended season. Starting Monday April 21st, all lift tickets will be only $29.

As originally scheduled, the resort closed its Mt. Ellen operations on March 31st and had planned to keep Lincoln Peak open through April 20th. On that...

JAY, Vermont -- Jay Peak is no stranger to the 400-inch natural snowfall category. With accumulating natural snow this past weekend, the northern Vermont resort surpassed the 400-inch mark again, for the fifth time in the past 10 years. As a result, resort officials have extended the already stellar ski and snowboard season until Sunday, April 27. The resort's original closing date was April 20.

"In true Jay Peak fashion the snow just keeps co...

NEWRY, Maine -- On the morning of Friday, April 11 skiing prodigy and X Games star Simon Dumont of Bethel, Maine broke the world record for highest air on a quarterpipe at his home resort of Sunday River by executing a corked 900 tail grab and peaking at a height of 35 feet above the top of the quarterpipe. The 38-foot quarterpipe built by Snow Park Technologies with support from the Sunday River Park Crew is the largest quarterpipe ever constructed. Norwe...

WARREN, Vermont -- "Because there's just too much snow."

That was Sugarbush Resort president Win Smith's response when asked why Sugarbush on Monday decided to keep Lincoln Peak open for seven-days-a-week operations through Sunday April 27th. As originally scheduled, the resort closed its Mt. Ellen operations on March 31st and had planned to keep Lincoln Peak open through April 20th. On that day, resort officials had planned to close, evaluate...

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in the Northeast, continues to expand upon its on-going environmental initiatives by announcing today it will offset 100 percent of its electric use through renewable energy sources beginning in June 2008.

Killington Resort will purchase 26,199,909 kWh of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) annually, which will eliminate more than 17,800 tons of carbon dioxide emissions...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- Jiminy Peak is now closed for the 2007/2008 winter season. Jiminy's summer Mountain Adventure Park opens Memorial Day weekend featuring the Alpine Super Slide, Mountain Coaster, Euro-Bungy Trampolines, Climbing Wall and much more. More information on Mountain Adventure Park and summer at Jiminy Peak coming soon.

Jiminy Peak is the largest ski and snowboard resort in southern New England and the summer home of Mountain...