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LUDLOW, Vermont ??” The word "Okemo" is a Native American word meaning "all come home," and Okemo Mountain Resort invites all skiers and riders to come home to Okemo to help celebrate the resort's golden anniversary with a full slate of events and activities for the entire family Jan. 28 through Feb. 4.

Starting Saturday, Jan. 28, Okemo will get the party started with an all-day, on-mountain scavenger hunt for families who can pick up clu...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire ??” The heartfelt efforts of several kids, generosity of sponsors and hard work of The Kiwanis Club of Mount Washington Valley made for a successful day of fundraising to benefit Camp Sunshine of Casco, ME. Attitash in Bartlett, NH hosted the Kids Skiing for Kids benefit.
Kids were asked to raise pledge money to benefit Camp Sunshine, and with a minimum pledge of $25 they received a free lift ticket for the day, one for a...

LAKE PLACID, New York ??” When the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup returns to the Lake Placid Olympic region January 20-22, it will mark the final opportunity for many of the world's top moguls and aerial skiers to qualify for their respective Olympic teams.

The Whiteface / Lake Placid meet is one of the longest on the World Cup tour. The event begins and ends with the moguls competitions on the Wilderness trail at Whiteface Friday and Sunday...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire ??” Pats Peak announces that it will hold a Sports Illustrated For Kids Next Snow SEARCH Event Qualifier on Sunday, January 29, 2006.

Now in its third year, the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS Next Snow SEARCH is the only all-mountain, all equipment, snow sports championship for kids. It's not just a competition - style, attitude, and personality are also factors. There is only one class, everyone competes together in ...

HIGHMOUNT, New York ??” The third annual Taste Of The Town will be held at Belleayre Mountain on Monday, January 23rd, 2006. The Discovery Lodge is transformed from ski lodge to candle lit dining room, featuring twelve of the finest restaurants in the region. Each restaurant will showcase a dish unique to their establishment, and the result is truly a gastronomic delight. To round out the evening, a DJ will provide dinner music and dancing, and a cash...

EAST BURKE, Vermont ??” The Tamarack Grill, and Executive Chef, Steve Grimes, will be featured on the popular New England Cable Network (NECN) restaurant show, "TV Diner with Billy Costa." The weekly show features host Billy Costa reviewing the best restaurants in New England and offering cooking tips with the region's best chefs. The segment featuring Mr. Grimes will include the Tamarack Grill's chef presenting some of his favorite dishes with Mr. Co...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” On Monday, January 16, Waterville Valley Resort and the WV BBTS Ski Club will host an Olympic-size send off for its own Hannah Kearney who will compete in the mogul competition at the 2006 Torino Olympics next month. Kearney returns to Waterville Valley with fellow US Ski Team member Tim Preston. Both Kearney and Preston started their careers with the WV BBTS Ski Club under the wings of award-winning coaches Nick a...

STOWE, Vermont ??” Prime Rate Investors, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRRM) announced it has retained the services of Best Ski Weather (.com) to be the exclusive weather provider for the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Stowe TV-10.

Best Ski Weather is the leading national mountain-specific weather service provider and will provide Stowe TV-10 with live radars, graphics and short and long term weather forecasts for the Stowe based RSN affiliated ca...

NEWRY, Maine ??” Actor and Comedian Lenny Clarke will hit the trails of Sunday River on the weekend of Jan. 27-28 hosting his annual Celebrity Ski Classic benefit for The Genesis Fund, an organization that assists New England area children in need of specialized treatment and medical care.

The Lenny Clarke Celebrity Ski Classic raises about $35,000 on average for The Genesis Fund every year. Funds raised from contributions, a silent live...

STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vermont ??” Based on a suggestion from his own teen-age son, Stratton's Manager of Competition Programs Mike Racz started crafting a progressive program to teach young skiers how to be savvy in the snow park. Racz had also noticed that kids who return to Stratton every weekend during the winter were spending more and more time in the park sliding on rails, trying big jumps, and skiing in the halfpipe. This season, there are 22 kids ...