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NEWRY, Maine -- Snowboarders from across the east coast will converge upon Sunday River on Saturday, Dec. 22 to win their way into the Union Square Street Sessions (USSS) to be held in New York City on Feb. 7, 2008. A prize purse of $3000 is on the line in addition to one spot in the Manhattan event to ride alongside the likes of last year's winner Eddie Wall, Lucas Magoon and Scotty Lago.

16 riders will compete in the nighttime rail jam that...

MONTPELIER, Vermont -- Ski Vermont, The Vermont Ski Areas Association will partner with the Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Beef Producers Association to spice up resort's menus with local beef; aptly named the Ski Vermont Burger.

Available in the restaurants at Bolton Valley, Jay Peak, Okemo Mountain and Stowe Mountain Resort, the Ski Vermont Burger marks the first junction of the state's beef industry with the ski resorts. The Buy Loc...

LINCOLN, New Hampshire -- New Hampshire's Loon Mountain offers exclusive programs for women skiers and riders throughout the winter. Whether a beginner or expert skier or snowboarder, Loon has a program specially designed for a girl of any age.

Starting Sunday, December 16, and running every Sunday morning through the winter, the Women's Breakthrough Workshop is designed for women skiers and snowboarders comfortable on green circle terrain and...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- The Pickle Barrel Nightclub, in association with Okemo Mountain Resort and Warren Miller Entertainment, will host the band Yukon Kornelius for an all-star benefit concert on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Yukon Kornelius is anchored by Stefan Lessard, bass guitarist from the Dave Matthews Band, who will be joined on stage by Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and Adam Gardner of Guster. Special guests, such as drummer Eric Fawcett from N.E.R....

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Two of Mount Snow's more popular events are scheduled for the weekend leading into the Christmas holiday.

Mount Snow will be teaming up with their retail partners for Demo Day on Saturday, December 15. Skiers and snowboarders can try out the latest equipment and technology from Rossignol, Head, Burton, Atomic, Nordica, Technica and Volkl, among others.

There is no charge to demo equipment, however a credit...

VERNON, New Jersey -- Thirty up-and-coming regional snowboarders have been invited to compete in the Union Square Street Sessions Qualifier at Mountain Creek on Saturday, December 14th. What better way to christen the new park, than with this presitgious event, complete with coverage by NBC.

Competition will be fierce, as only the winner of this event, and the qualifier at Sunday River, will be entered to compete with the pros at the second an...

MONTPELIER, Vermont -- Vermont's ski and ride season has not only started early, but is off to a stronger start than the last four years combined. 369 trails are primed and resorts like Bolton Valley that planned to open next week have groomed over night and joined the other 10 Vermont resorts that are already open.

"We're off to the strongest start in many years with the trail count rising daily," said Ski Vermont President, Parker Riehle. "...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- More than a foot and a half of new snow at Sugarloaf has created some of the best early December conditions in recent memory. As a direct result of the storm, the Maine resort's open terrain has more than doubled overnight.

"Excellent snowmaking weather combined with improvements to our snowmaking system had already enabled us to get significantly more terrain open compared to the same period last year," said Mark...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- Cannon Mountain was named one of "Seven Great Places to Ski with Your Kids" in the November 2007 issue of Ski magazine. In following with this note of recognition, Cannon plans to open its Tuckerbrook Family Area this weekend. The entire Tuckerbrook Family Area, which consists of twelve trails with intermediate and beginner terrain and three lifts, is accessible through the purchase of a $30 ticket daily.

"We'...

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire -- Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, NH opens for its 70th consecutive year of operations on Saturday, December 8. The resort plans on opening with top to bottom skiing on over 11 trails from the summit with terrain for all abilities.

"This will be our strongest opening in terms of terrain variety in several years," stated the resort General Manager, Ben Wilcox. "Not only have our snowmakers done an excellent job w...