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LINCOLN, New Hampshire ??” In honor of the New Hampshire Highland Games (NHHG) returning to Loon Mountain in September, the resort will kick-off the celebrations six months early with a Half-Way to Highland Games celebration on Friday, March 24. All members of the NHHG will be able to purchase a lift ticket for $30 that day and all guests can enjoy an apr??s ski party featuring traditional live Celtic music and Redhook Brewery's very own Piper Ale- ma...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” For a second consecutive year, Waterville Valley Resort and the Waterville Valley Adaptive Ski Program will host disabled soldiers, who recently lost limbs in the war in Iraq, on March 17-19, 2006 as part of the Disabled Sports USA sports rehabilitation program. The soldiers and their families will fly to Manchester, NH, and be escorted to Waterville Valley Resort. Upon their arrival to Waterville Valley, the soldi...

NEWRY, Maine ??” Jimmy Buffet fans and mogul skiers return to Sunday River on March 31 for the start of the Parrot Head Weekend and 19th annual Bust ???n' Burn Mogul Competition presented by Bud Light. The weekend-long festival will include live entertainment from several Jimmy Buffet cover bands, contests, pond skimming and more. A full schedule of Parrot Head Weekend events is available at www.sundayri...

WILMINGTON, New York ??” Through rainy weather, the State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup, part of the Nokia World Cup tour kicked off with a battle between the Schoch brothers of Switzerland in the parallel giant slalom competition Thursday at Whiteface.

The State Farm opener featured all six Olympic medal winners from Torino.

The race between Philipp and his brother Simon on Draper's Drop was a rematch from the Olympic Games last ...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire ??” The Pats Peak Educational Foundation is holding their annual fundraiser, The Golden Snowball, an evening of fine food and wine. Enjoy a selection of savory favorites created by award winning chefs from local area restaurants, while you sample from a selection of skillfully chosen fine wines and talk with the experts from several New Hampshire wine distributors.

Participate in a silent auction offering a wide va...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire ??” Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier family snowsports destination, will host an Intermountain Challenge ski race between Pats Peak and Gunstock Adult/Corporate Racing Programs on Friday, March 17, 2006. This race starts at 7pm on FIS Race Trail. This is an invitational race between the top 50 racers from each resort's Adult/Corporate Racing Programs. It will be a Dual GS course with a NASTAR team format. Medal points will be...

WILMINGTON, New York ??” The Torino Winter Games showcased a U.S. Snowboard Team that turned bodies upside-down and heads inside-out with their medal-winning efforts and stylish form. Now many of those same athletes, joined by their international snowboard brethren, will do the same at Whiteface from March 9-12 during the State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup, part of the Nokia World Cup tour.

One highlight will be the snowboardcross rematch betw...

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire ??” On Monday, March 6, 2006, 26 challengers, including 24 men and 2 women (26 skiers, one telemarker, and one snowblader) participated in Wildcat's Third Annual 100K Day Challenge for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. This day-long event was a test to see who was tough enough to tackle 100,000 vertical feet in one day of skiing or riding --- that is at least 48 runs down the Lynx trail, 2,112 feet of vertical per run, all in on...

HIGHMOUNT, New York ??” March 11 & 12, 2006 is packed with fun for skiers and snowboarders of all ages. Kicking it off is Skier Appreciation Day on Friday, March 10, with all lift tickets only $15.

Saturday, March 11, the entertainment begins with the third annual Cardboard Classic. Belleayre will provide anyone who wants to join with the cardboard and duct tape needed to make a sled, or you can make one at home and bring it in. At 1 pm, ...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” For the past five years, Mountain Creek and the Vernon PAL have joined forces in active fundraising efforts to help fund youth and family programs, and are proud to announce the 2005 Season Pass Sale raised over $31,000 for the PAL.

The annual Season Pass Sale offers reduced prices on Season Passes to the local community and the Ski and Snowboard Club. The Vernon PAL has the largest after-school ski program among an...