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MOUNT SNOW, Vermont -- Mount Snow has a host of activities planned for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, as well as a free lift ticket offer for skiers and riders who visit the mountain on Monday, January 15.

Anyone purchasing a single day lift ticket for that Monday, or a multi-day lift ticket that includes Monday, will receive a voucher for a free lift ticket in March. The voucher will be of equal value to the lift ticket purchased. F...

VERNON, New Jersey -- Mountain Creek will dedicate the week of January 13-19 to reinforcing the importance of ski and snowboard safety, as part of the National Ski Areas Association's National Safety Awareness Week. Ski resorts nationwide will promote safety with the goal of increasing the quality of the resort experience and reducing the frequency of accidents on the slopes.

Safety Week activities are centered on the seven points of the Your...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire -- Cannon Mountain is throwing its traditional winter beach party on January 13 in the Lift Pub.

Cannon Mountain will host a beach party for the kids and for the adults. The kid's party will be outdoors with games and "beach" like activities on the slopes. The adult beach party will offer such festivities as Ski Boot Limbo, hula-hooping, and more. So while the slopes outside stay frosty, the tone indoors will be...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire -- Waterville Valley is turning its mountain pink for a second year to raise funds for Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4. Hoping to better last year's $8,000 contribution, the Pink Mountain will feature a Pink Rail Jam sponsored by Oakley and friends, a Pink Raffle and a Pink Payoll Pledge organized by resort employees.

Waterville Valley's terrain park crew will host the Oakley Rail...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire -- Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire continues its Bud Light Concert Series over the Martin Luther King Weekend with music from Amorphous on Saturday, January 13. The Amorphous Band has shared the stage with many musical talents including Robert Cray, Johnny A and John Hiatt. The Bud Light Concert Series represents efforts being made at Attitash to enhance the musical experience on the resort.

"We have booked a divers...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire -- The ATP Slopestyle Freeride event at Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire originally slated for January 20 has been rescheduled for February 18, 2007. This will be the second event of the four event ATP freeride series consisting of a Rail Jam, Slopestyle, Superpipe Jam and Skiercross/Ridercross taking place throughout the season.

The Slopestyle will take place at 11:00 AM in the ATP Fly Zone, Attitash's large terrai...

LUDLOW, Vermont -- Kids between the ages of 9 and 13 from all over the East flocked to Okemo Mountain Resort on Saturday, January 6, to take part in the Sports Illustrated for Kids' Next Snow Search Qualifier. Morning showers let up just in time for the event and the competition went off without a hitch.

Skiers and snowboarders were judged in two events. The Slopestyle run, which included a 20-foot kicker at the top of the slope and multiple r...

WINTERGREEN, Virginia -- With the return of cold temperatures, Wintergreen's fully computerized York?В® snowmaking system and expert snowmakers are hard at work blanketing the resort's slopes with fresh snow. Mother Nature even pitched in with a dusting of natural snow this afternoon.

Wintergreen's slopes will remain closed on Wednesday to concentrate on intense snowmaking. While closed, the resort can run its snow guns harder and position t...

WILMINGTON, New York -- Upon the departure of recent spring-like conditions, snowmakers were back at work Monday night at Whiteface, the Olympic and Winter Goodwill Games mountain, in anticipation of three solid months of skiing and riding on the greatest vertical drop in the east.

Guns and hoses have been pumping the white gold since Monday night on trails such as Easy Street, Broadway, Lower Valley, Mixing Bowl and Mountain Run. Kids Kampus ...

WILMINGTON, New York -- Whiteface Willy is going make special appearances around the mountain as part of the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) National Safety Awareness Week January 13-19.

Whiteface Willy, the wily Whitetail, is visiting the mountain to remind everyone to be safe and have fun while skiing, riding and working at Whiteface. Last year safety messages were posted around the mountain and base lodge by Willy, but this year a pos...