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HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak announces its annual Octoberfest in conjunction with the Pats Peak Ski Club Ski and Snowboard Sale on Sunday, November 4, 2007. The Octoberfest celebration is from 11am to 6pm with the Ski and Snowboard Sales from 11am to 3pm. It's one of the biggest Octoberfest celebrations in the State of New Hampshire, which includes authentic German food, live music from King Ludwig's Bavarian Band, chairlift rides, kids' activities...

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire -- Cranmore Family Fitness Center is offering something for everyone at the Fall Open House slated for Saturday, October 27 from 8am-1pm. The Open House will offer many complimentary clinics, workshops, consultations, wellness screenings, and much more. With no admission fee, the Fall Open house is a great opportunity to sample all that Cranmore Family Fitness Center has to offer.

Clinics include climbing sessions f...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire -- Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire will honor our nation's defenders and their families through a pictorial display of patriotism and courage of New England representatives who are serving or have served our nation in The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). One hundred soldiers'* stories will be exhibited across the resort's lodges for guests to view. Guests will also be encouraged to write in individual journals that will be availa...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- Jefferson Starship, a collaboration of celebrated musicians that plays from the rich songbook of its legendary forefathers Jefferson Airplane and the original incarnation of Jefferson Starship, will take the stage of Sugarloaf??в„ўs King Pine room on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Maine??в„ўs own legendary Outerspace Band will launch the evening??в„ўs festivities to create an out of this world rock and roll event of galac...

KILLINGTON, Vermont -- Killington Resort enters the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season with more than $5.3 million in resort improvements and new programs to enhance the overall guest experience. In addition, Killington is implementing new environmental initiatives in an effort to reduce the resort's overall carbon footprint.

"This will be our first season as a new company and we're focusing on improving our overall product and the guest experie...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- The once-a-year New England Ski Museum Gift Catalog is being mailed today from Littleton, NH. The 32-page color print catalog and its associated online shop is one way the non-profit Museum supports itself, with all proceeds used to support the Museum's mission of preserving the history of skiing.

Shop Manager Linda Bradshaw developed many of the 62 new products in the catalog based on items from the Museum's ...

WAITSFIELD, Vermont -- Less than a month before the doors open at the annual Waitsfield Ski & Skate Sale, locals throughout the heart of Vermont's premier ski country start combing last year's 'quiver' to make room for the new gear of 2008.

In a town full of ski and snowboard professionals who regularly clean out their closets, the rewards of the annual Ski & Skate Sale are as predictable as the region's spectacular fall foliage.'' In other wo...

ALBANY, New York -- The 46th annual Ski & Snowboard Expo, the world's longest running consumer snow and travel show, will "turn on" the Capital Region to the first 2-in-1 ski with the introduction of the Volkl Tigershark ski series at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y., November 2 - 4, 2007.

Presented by Alpin Haus -...

VERNON, New Jersey -- The ski season officially started last week, with Arapahoe Basin in Colorado officially opening for the winter, and The Farmer's Almanac is calling for a long cold snowy winter with our region taking the brunt of Old Man Winter's fury. Expect snow to start falling in November, and save up those sick days for the powder days being forecast. If you are planning to ski or ride even once this season you've got to pick up the new Mountain ...

NEWRY, Maine -- Keith Cardoza and Julia Stoner of Boston, Mass. posted the second fastest preliminary time and topped their original effort in the final heat to become 2007 North American Wife Carrying Champions (NAWCC) against the largest field in the event??в„ўs history. They take home a trophy, Julia??в„ўs weight in Bud Light beer, and five times her weight in cash, which totaled $675. They have now qualified for the world championship, which is...