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PARK CITY, Utah -- Four U.S. resorts will host 23 World Cup ski or snowboard competitions for the 2008 season, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced. The lineup includes the American debut of a World Cup event with the newest Olympic ski discipline, ski cross, at Deer Valley Resort in Utah and the return of women's downhill racing to Colorado's Aspen Mountain.

"USSA is excited to add ski cross to the U.S. portion of the World Cup s...

WARREN, Vermont -- Vermont ski areas recorded 3,820,431 skier visits for the 2006-07 season, a 7 percent decline from last year, according to the Vermont Ski Areas Association at its June 6 Annual Meeting at Sugarbush Resort. This represents a slight decrease from Vermont's 10-year average of 4.1 million skier visits. Total skier visits for the country are estimated to have declined by 7 percent while the Northeast region also suffered a 7 percent decrease...

PARK CITY, Utah -- American Skiing Company (OTCBB: AESK) announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA resorts, both located in Maine, to Boyne USA, Inc. for $77.0 million in cash. Boyne will also assume $2.0 million in debt and other liabilities. The announced sale follows the review of strategic options for both resorts announced in March.

"The longstanding relationship between ASC...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire -- Under the new ownership of Peak Resorts, Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire announced the appointment of new members to the management team. Kent Graham has come on board as the Vice President and General Manager, Robin Graham as Vice President of Administration and Kevin Kasten as Director of Mountain Operations.

Kent and Robin Graham are part owners of Peak Resorts and have relocated from Peak Resorts owned, Bost...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire -- Under the new ownership and leadership of Peak Resorts Inc., a $2.5 million snowmaking enhancement will be added to what is already one of the most powerful snowmaking systems in New Hampshire. One hundred of the latest technology fan guns have been ordered and will be installed top to bottom on Illusion at Bear Peak as well as several of the primary trails on Attitash.

"Skiers are demanding quality and expansive te...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Following the completion of its purchase from American Skiing Company, Peak Resorts wasted little time assessing Mount Snow's base area facilities, and have pledged to invest in significant upgrades before the start of the 2007-08 season.

Every building in the base area will be impacted by the upgrades, according to Peak Resorts president, Tim Boyd. This includes the Main Base Lodge and its restaurants, the Clocktower a...

WEST DOVER, Vermont -- Mount Snow announced it will upgrade its snowmaking capabilities for the 2007-08 season by investing approximately $2.5 million in fan gun technology.

Senior management and the ski area's new owners, Peak Resorts, are working with Snow Machines, Inc. (SMI?’) to plan the most effective use of existing resources with an array of products from SMI's Polecat product line.

"This is going to have a signific...

BRETTON WOODS, New Hampshire -- Despite the slow start to the winter that many Eastern ski resorts reported for the 2006-07 ski season, Bretton Woods Mountain Resort is happy to announce that it posted a record year in skier visits for the season.

Beating out the previous record year of 2001-02, Bretton Woods hosted over 187,000 skiers this past season, a 9.5% increase in the skier visit number for 2005-06. Resort President and CEO, Pat Corso...

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire -- On May 7, 2007, the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) presented Stan Judge, former president and general manager of New Hampshire's Wildcat Mountain, with this year's Sherman Adams Award. The award, named after the former governor of New Hampshire and founder of Loon Mountain, is presented annually to an individual from an Eastern ski area who has significantly influenced the ski industry. The award was officially presen...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- The public is invited to the Grand Opening of the Alpine Super Slide at 10:45 am Saturday morning, May 26th at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. The Ribbon Cutting will be attended by State Senator Benjamin Downing. Stig Albertson, President of Alpine Slide and other senior executives from the company will be in attendance marking the 31st anniversary of the ride.

Jiminy Peak's Mountain Adventure Park opens for the season ...