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NEWRY, Maine ??” Sunday River will host the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) 2006 Masters National Alpine Championships, March 17-25, 2006. The event will include Men's and Women's Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom.

Newly expanded to include younger skiers, masters from ages 21 to over 80 compete on the same runs used for World Cup events. Masters are unique among the participants of alpine skiing. Not content t...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” Sunday, March 5th is Retro Day at Jiminy Peak. Guests who dig into their closets for their old ski outfits will receive a special $26 lift ticket retro price between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm that day - please no retro equipment. Guests must be dressed in an entire retro outfit to receive the special price. There will be a Jiminy Peak representative in the Paul Major Welcome Center from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm that day to determine whos...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” Mountain Creek's terrain parks have been named among the best in North America by 50 top professional freeskiers, according to Freeskier magazine's February Terrain Park Guide.

Ranked the #15 park in North America by fifty top professional freeskiers, Mountain Creek was also the only East Coast resort south of Vermont to make the list. And beat out Mount Snow, credited with the biggest hit in the East, Okemo and Sie...

LUDLOW, VT. ??“ "Spring Fling Bonus Bucks" are back and jam-packed with savings for skiers and snowboarders at Okemo Mountain Resort, in Vermont, and Mount Sunapee, in New Hampshire. When a skier or rider purchases an Okemo or Mount Sunapee lift ticket now through March 12, they automatically receive a Spring Fling Bonus Buck coupon valued at $15 off the price of a full-day lift ticket.

Spring Fling Bonus Bucks may be redeemed for $15 off...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” Sunday night is an E-Coupon night at Jiminy Peak. Enjoy Twilight skiing and riding, beginning after 3 PM, for just $15 on Sunday with an E-Coupon. E-Coupons may be obtained by visiting the E-Coupon page on jiminypeak.com, and filling out the requested information. The E-Coupon will then be sent by email. To receive the $15 price the E-Coupon should be printed and presented at the Crane Lodge Ticket Window on the date and tim...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” Snowboarding has become one of the most popular snowsports in the winter resort industry, and it is not just exclusive to the able bodied community anymore. Specialized equipment and instruction is now available to bring this sport to everyone, even if you have a serious disabling condition. Two snowsports organizations merged last weekend to make history in the Eastern United States, conducting the first certification exami...

LINCOLN, New Hampshire ??” The 14th annual TJX Briefcase Race will be held at Loon Mountain on Saturday, March 4, hosted byWCVB Sportscaster Mike Lynch. The race gives New Englanders a chance to get out of the office and hit the snow wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. Teams of five or individual skiers and boarders will compete on an easy dual slalom course dressed in costumes. All proceeds from the Briefcase Race goes to the Faulkner Hospital B...

GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts ??” Skiers and snowboarders from across the Northeast will once again converge on Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to compete for a top prize of $300 in the 2006 Ice Coast Open Slopestyle. With its key sponsor, Get Up Skate, Snow, Surf and Lifestyle Shop, behind the wheel, and other sponsors from around the industry participating, including, Analog, Line, Thirtytwo, Dakine, Electric, Agency, Etnies Girl...

LUDLOW, Vermont ??” On Sunday, Feb. 26, Okemo Mountain Resort will host the Okemo Series Freeride Event. This slopestyle competition is slated to take place in Okemo's premier Dew Zone Terrain Park. Registration will start at 8 a.m. in the Mezzanine of the Okemo base lodge. and the event is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The entry fee is $20 and a lift ticket or season pass is required to participate. Prizes will be awarded immediately following the co...

NORTH CREEK, New York ??” Gore Mountain, operated by the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), reported two separate skier incidents that occurred Monday morning.

The first, at approximately 9:12 AM, resulted in the death of 56 year old Michael P. FitzGibbons of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who went off the Lies trail, while the second mishap, at 11:20 AM, saw a 15 year old male suffer head trauma on the Cloud trail. Both skiers ...