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JAY, Vermont -- Jay Peak Resort, located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, announced today that it will open for the 2007-2008 ski and snowboard season this Saturday, Nov. 17. The decision to open earlier than scheduled comes from new natural snow this week as well as stellar snowmaking temperatures over the course of the past two weeks.

"We generally get open right after Thanksgiving but the weather gave us an earlier window this year and...

WARREN, Vermont -- It's time to get the gear out; winter is here. Sugarbush Resort announced today that it plans to spin the lifts at Lincoln Peak for skiers and riders this Saturday and Sunday for a special "Sneak Preview" weekend. The official opening of the 2007-08 winter season is still slated for Thanksgiving, but in the words of one resort official, "It's just too nice up there not to have it open this weekend."

While the quality of the ...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- Okemo Mountain Resort is slated to open for the start of its fifty-second skiing and snowboarding season on Friday, November 16 ??“ one day ahead of its targeted opening day. With snowmaking teams working diligently at every possible opportunity, the mountain is ready to welcome skiers and snowboarders with intermediate and advanced terrain on up to a dozen trails. Okemo anticipates having five lifts running on opening day: F-10 Car...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- The first chairlift ride was still an hour away when four snowboarders positioned themselves at the front of the Grand Summit Express lift line. By midday, hundreds of skiers and riders had come to Mount Snow for its earliest opening day in ten years.

Mount Snow's nine open trails featured two top-to-bottom runs for intermediate and advanced level skiers and snowboarders, a lift-serviced beginner area and more than 10 t...

BRETTON WOODS, New Hampshire -- Bretton Woods, part of Mountain Washington Resort, will open for the skiing and riding season beginning Saturday, November 10th, 2007, offering the first skiing in the State of NH for the 2007-08 season.

"We've been having snow flurries this week here at Bretton Woods, and we've been snowmaking at every opportunity" according to Chris Ellms, Director of Ski Operations for the Resort.

The plan is to ...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- Cannon Mountain has once again topped the charts in SKI magazine's annual Top 10 lists for value, terrain, scenery, challenge, and access.

In its October 2007 issue, SKI magazine named Cannon among the highest rated ski areas in the East, scoring number one for value, number two for accessibility, number four for scenery, number seven for challenge, and number nine for variety of terrain. Cannon Mountain was a...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- It's been nearly ten years since Mount Snow has been able to say the following words so early in November: "We are open for skiing and riding."

Cold temperatures and a $3.5 million upgrade in snowmaking technology have combined to give the resort its earliest opening since November 7, 1998. No other ski resort in Vermont is scheduled to open until the following week.

"Call it a renaissance," says Mount Sno...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- The beginning of snowmaking for the 2007/2008 winter season at Jiminy Peak marked an historic moment in the history of the mountain and the industry. For the first time, snowmaking efforts at a ski resort in North America were powered by wind using energy created on property by Zephyr, Jiminy's 1.5 MW GE wind turbine. Construction of Zephyr was completed during the summer of 2007 at the resort.

Snowmaking began on the...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Sugarloaf kicks off the 2007-08 winter season and welcomes skiers and riders back to the slopes on Friday, Nov. 9, more than a week ahead of schedule and with the most open vertical drop in the East. Several inches of natural snow on Tuesday combined with favorable snowmaking conditions have enabled Maine's tallest winter resort to open early.

Sluice and Lower Winters Way trails offer nearly 1,700 vertical feet o...

NEWRY, Maine -- Following a one-day special opening on Halloween to lead the eastern half of the country, Sunday River in Maine will be the first ski area in the Northeast to open for the 2007-2008 season. The Locke Mountain Triple will open for skiers and riders on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m.

Snowmaking operations are underway on T2, Sunday Punch, Cascades, Jungle Road and others. Regular operating hours will be in effect starting on Frid...