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CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Grab the kids, load up the Subaru and head to the mountain. It's February vacation, and there's no better place to spend it than Sugarloaf if you're a family who loves to ski and ride together. As always, there are tons of activities planned for the week to keep the whole family entertained Feb. 17-22.

Rangeley native Rodney "the Mad Whittler" Richard will be doing chainsaw art demos at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 at t...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- On Sunday, February 10th Jiminy Peak will host the annual St. Jude Ski Express, a fundraising event for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Guests may make a $5 donation and receive a wristband good to "cut the lift line" at the Berkshire Express. Guests must also have a Jiminy Peak lift ticket or season pass valid that day to board the lifts. St. Jude volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about the hospital and sell w...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- Okemo Mountain Resort's snowmaking and grooming teams have been working all season long to provide skiers and snowboarders with some pretty sweet conditions. To enhance all that powdered sugar goodness on the slopes, Okemo will celebrate Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, with a Sweetheart Scavenger Hunt and a Find-the Liftie-with-a-Heart contest.

Ten red hearts will be hidden along trails throughout the resort on Valentine's Day. Wh...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier family snowsports destination, announces the Re-Enlistment Ceremony of Staff Sargent Brian Shelton, from Manchester, NH, on the summit of Pats Peak on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

Re-Enlistment is a ceremony where an individual is willing to offer his life and liberty to serve others and defend our country's constitution.

Staff Sargent Shelton is currently with the US Ar...

WINTERGREEN, Virginia -- Built with a younger audience in mind, the new Adventure Dome at Wintergreen Resort's Out of Bounds Adventure Center was conceived as a place for kids to escape after skiing or to slip away from parents for a bit of "breathing room." To everyone's surprise, however, the Dome, which includes ten Xbox 360s, two Nintendo Wiis, an over-sized plasma screen television, a pool table and lots of comfortable seating, has been a hit with the...

LINCOLN, New Hampshire -- The Boston Globe Magazine recently named Loon Mountain's new South Peak to its prestigious "Best of the New" list. The "Best of the New" list awards and recognizes new restaurants, diversions, shops, and people and ideas that had an impact on the people who live, work and play in and around Boston.

"New England is an area that is constantly evolving while still maintaining its sense of history and charm," said Doug M...

NEWRY, Maine -- Sunday River and New England Telemark (NET), a group of telemark skiing instructors dedicated to teaching and sharing their love of the sport, will host the 6th Annual Maine Telemark Festival on Saturday, Feb. 23. The festival includes equipment demos, clinics, a mogul competition, costume contest, and other activities designed to bring devoted telemark skiers together and welcome newcomers.

Participation in all activities wil...

VERNON, New Jersey -- Aura360, in partnership with NYC Parks & Recreation, has announced the return of the first major pro snowboarding rail jam in Union Square, to be held on February 7, 2008; and Mountain Creek is again bringing the mountain to Manhattan for this world-class event.

The Jeep?В® Union Square Street Sessions will showcase a narrowed field of 20 world class competitors who will compete for a $30,000 purse on custom urban feat...

NEWRY, Maine -- Sugarloaf, Sunday River and Loon Mountain are pleased to announce the promotion of Jay Scambio to the newly-created role of Terrain Park Development Manager. Scambio will work closely with the resort teams and park staff at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire and in Maine at Sugarloaf and Sunday River to elevate the quality of freestyle terrain and associated events and programs.
Scambio most recently held the role of Terrain Park Manager ...

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- The Red Bull One Hit Wonder Tour is stopping at Killington Resort on Saturday February 2. The One Hit Wonder is a snowboarding best trick competition for snowboarders ages 13-18 on the custom designed Red Bull feature the Killington Parks & Pipe Crew has designed and built specifically for the event.

"All I can tell you is that our new Red Bull feature is one of the longest we've ever built, and it's designed to be recon...