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  • Kingdom Kids Benefit Concert Features Tammy Fletcher at Burke Mountain

    By AlpineZone News |
    Oct 04 2006 - 09:01 PM
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    EAST BURKE, Vermont -- Tammy Fletcher headlines the 4th Annual Kingdom Kids Benefit at the Mid Burke Lodge at Burke Mountain on Saturday, October 21st. Cocktail hour will be from 8pm ??“ 9pm with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and cash bar from 9pm until midnight. Admission is $20 per person and all proceeds benefit Kingdom Kids. Great prizes have been provided by Burke Mountain, Kingdom Trails and The Pub Outback. Tickets are available through Catamoun...

  • Grappone Ford Official Vehicle and Dealership of Pats Peak Ski Area

    By AlpineZone News |
    Oct 04 2006 - 03:25 PM
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    HENNIKER, New Hampshire -- Pats Peak announces a new partnership with Grappone Ford, making Grappone Ford the official vehicle and dealership for the ski area.

    "We are excited to partner with a local family-owned business. The partnership offers Grappone Ford another channel to highlight their vehicles with consumers who visit Pats Peak," comments Kris Blomback, General Manager of Pats Peak. Further, he added, "Pats Peak and Grappone Ford sha...

  • Jiminy Peak Season Pass Price Break Deadline October 15

    By AlpineZone News |
    Oct 03 2006 - 11:39 AM
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    HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- The season pass price break deadline is fast approaching, as is the winter season. Now is the time to buy to get a good deal on season passes. Full cost will go into affect on October 16th. Current pricing is:

    Anytime Adult Pass: $699

    Anytime Teen Pass (13- 19): $599

    Anytime Junior Pass (7-12): $459

    Anytime Toddler Pass (...

  • Peak Foliage Season has Arrived in the Sussex Skylands

    By AlpineZone News |
    Oct 03 2006 - 11:38 AM
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    VERNON, New Jersey -- It's that time of year again, when New Jersey's unique rural landscape is draped in vivid shades of crimson and gold. Nature's fall palette awakens the artist in each of us as we search for the perfect spot to view the explosion of colorful foliage.

    This year, with the need to protect the environment on the global conscious, leaf peepers are getting out of the car and exploring nature first hand. Here at Mountain Creek, ...

  • Ski Northeast Mountains for One Low Price with the New Powder Passport

    By AlpineZone News |
    Oct 03 2006 - 10:13 AM
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    BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Smart Destinations, creators of the all-inclusive Go Visitor Card multi-attraction products, have re-launched their Northeast skiing and snowboard product, the Go Ski Card, under the new name PowderPassport.com. The new Powder Passport now offers tickets and full day pre-paid ski lift passes to 18 mountains in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Ne...

  • Seven Springs Mountain Resort to Open New Terrain Park and ‘Superpipe’

    By AlpineZone News |
    Sep 29 2006 - 12:28 PM
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    CHAMPION, Pennsylvania -- Seven Springs Mountain Resort announced today that it will open a new terrain park and "Superpipe" for the upcoming ski and snowboarding season. Excavating has already begun on the new attraction that will further enhance the experience of the mid-Atlantic's number one ranked ski resort and help attract even more visitors to the region.

    The Superpipe at Seven Springs will be much larger than the resort's current halfp...

  • Jiminy Peak Fall Festival Columbus Day Weekend, October 7-9

    By AlpineZone News |
    Sep 28 2006 - 04:09 PM
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    HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- The Annual Jiminy Peak Fall Festival will take place on Columbus Day weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday October 7, 8 and 9, 2006. The Fall Festival features a Craft Fair, the Hancock Fire Department ski and snowboard swap sale, an outdoor barbeque and job fair. Mountain Sports by Potter Brother's will have great sales on apparel and equipment throughout the weekend. The Just Jiminy logo store will also be open throughout the wee...

  • SKI Magazine Readers Rate Okemo in East’s Top Ten

    By AlpineZone News |
    Sep 28 2006 - 12:49 PM
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    LUDLOW, Vermont -- In its annual Top 50 Reader Resort Survey, SKI magazine named Okemo Mountain Resort one of the top ten resorts in the East, and one of the best in North America for Grooming, Family Programs and Terrain Parks. Ranked eighth in the East, the popular southern Vermont resort also made the top-ten list in ten of the Reader Resort Survey's categories: Grooming, Snow, Family Programs, Service, Lifts, Terrain Parks, Weather, Lodging, On-Mountai...

  • Mountain Biking at Whiteface Features Season Ending Deals

    By AlpineZone News |
    Sep 28 2006 - 11:32 AM
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    LAKE PLACID, New York -- The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has announced that the Whiteface Mountain Downhill Park operated by High Peaks Cyclery has three more weekends of trail riding at Whiteface. Value-added "specials" will also be offered.

    All riders who purchase a trail pass Oktoberfest weekend, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, will receive free admission to the festival.

    For Columbus Day weekend, riding will be ava...

  • Jiminy Peak Ranks Nationally in SKI Magazines Top Resorts Issue

    By AlpineZone News |
    Sep 28 2006 - 11:32 AM
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    HANCOCK, Massachusetts -- Jiminy Peak is proud to announce that the resort was rated #8 in the nation for Family Programs by Ski Magazine readers. This was the first ever national ranking for the resort. Readers also ranked Jiminy #17 overall in the East and in the Top 10 in the East in 5 other categories, unprecedented in Jiminy Peak's history.

    Jiminy's rankings compared to approximately 115 other Eastern resorts are:

    • Lifts: #10
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