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WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” Waterville Valley's Town Square will host their seventeenth annual Chowderfest Saturday, September 30 and Fall Carnival October 7 - 9.

Chowderfest, on September 30, will witness Waterville Valley area restaurants competing for the "Valley's Best Chowder" bragging rights. The event will take place in Town Square and guests will have the opportunity to sample all of the participating restaurants' chowde...

ALBANY, New York ??” The world's longest running consumer snow and travel show casts an early frost over Albany, N.Y., as the 45th annual Ski & Snowboard Expo prepares to return to the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, November 3 - 5, 2006.

Presented by Alpin Haus, the Ski & Snowboard Expo will showcase hundreds of exhibitor booths featuring a host of products and services including sportswear, sporting goods, vacation destinations a...

GLENS FALLS, New York ??” The author of an important and colorful new history of skiing will be at Inside Edge Ski & Bike on Saturday September 30th to sign copies of his book.

John Fry is the author of "The Story of Modern Skiing," the most definitive account ever written about the revolution in ski equipment, technique, resorts and competition that took place over 60 years after World War II, a period when the sport changed more rapidly...

LAKE PLACID, New York ??” The survey is complete and the numbers are in for the 2005-06 winter season.

According to a record-setting 6,000 readers of SKI Magazine, Whiteface, with nearby Lake Placid, ranks second among resorts in the eastern United States and third in eastern North America. The survey was conducted by an independent research firm. On average, the respondents skied 23 days last winter.

This Northeastern vacat...

HIGHMOUNT, New York ??” The 26th Annual Fall Festival and Craft Fair at Belleayre Mountain is scheduled for October 7 & 8, 2006, from 10 am - 5 pm both days. This Columbus Day weekend event is a highlight of the autumn season in the Catskills and visitors from all over New York flock to Belleayre Mountain for the festivities. With free parking and admission to the Festival, this is the perfect fall weekend event.

In addition to the 100+ a...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” Mountain Creek his pleased to announce the best deal available on all 2006-2007 Winter Season Passes. Guests who take advantage of the lowest prices of the season can save up to $250 per person. A Mountain Creek season pass will be guest's insider ticket to a full season of skiing and riding paired with exclusive pass-holder privileges.

Mountain Creek's 4Buy4 season pass sale features the most affordable rates of t...

LINCOLN, New Hampshire ??” The New Hampshire Highland Games is returning home to Loon Mountain on September 22 - 24, 2006. The Games are presented by The New Hampshire Gathering of the Scottish Clans, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the furtherance of the music, dance, athletics and customs of the Scottish people and to the continuance of the Gaelic culture.

The NHHG is one of the largest Scottish Games in North America ...

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire ??” Wildcat Mountain Ski Area announces the addition of two brand new season passes to its 2006/07 season pass program, including a special season pass for seniors aged 65 and over and a new pass for Kitten Club Nursery regulars, aged 2 months to 5 years old. The program is simple, and according to Jennifer Patry, Wildcat's Director of Guest Services, "We are hoping to satisfy our customers' needs based on feedback we have...

DUNBARTON, New Hampsahire ??” A self-published book is now sitting among the top-selling ski books on Amazon.com. Released in August 2005, Everything the Instructors Never Told You about Mogul Skiing (ISBN: 1-4208-6159-X) was written, produced and published by a New Hampshire skier named Dan DiPiro. Among the hundreds of skiing-related books on Amazon.com, "Everything" has been ranked as high as number two in sales and has been sitting among the top t...

WHITE MOUNTAINS, New Hampshire ??” On Sept. 9, 2006, the 5th annual "Flags on the 48" memorial hike to the summit of each of the 48 - 4,000 foot summits in New Hampshire, will take place in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

The first hike was an informal and spontaneous memorial by a group of six hikers moved by the horrific and detailed images of the attacks. They raised a large American flag on the first Saturd...