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NEWRY, Maine ??” Looking for great skiing or riding, new friends and a way to help others? Maine Handicapped Skiing at Sunday River Ski Resort can offer all that and more! Volunteers are needed to teach adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing to over 250 adults and children with physical disabilities this coming winter.

Maine Handicapped Skiing (MHS), Maine's largest year-round adaptive recreation program, is enter...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire ??” Season passes for Cannon Mountain Ski Area are available for the 2005-2006 season. New Hampshire residents get a 25% discount on adult, junior, child, and senior passes purchased before December 14 (per RSA 227:14). A valid New Hampshire driver's license or state-issued ID is required to receive this discount.

Again, Cannon Mountain will team up this season with Gunstock and Mt. Sunapee Ski Resort to of...

WINDHAM, New York ??” Snow Time, Inc., owner of Ski Roundtop, Liberty Mountain Resort and Whitetail Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania and Windham Mountain in New York, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Windham Mountain to a group led by investors with connections to the Windham community.

Leaders of the group are Dan Frank, president of Windham Mountain; Dick Jordan, a successful local developer; and Stu Berelso...

KILLINGTON, Vermont ??” The earliest winter storm in more than 20 years dumped more than a foot of new snow at Killington Resort overnight and the forecast is calling for more.

"Winter has arrived and this is only a taste of what we'll see when we open for the season with top to bottom skiing and snowboarding on Nov. 11th," said Nick Polumbus, brand manager for Killington Resort.

More than 300 snow guns are ready to fire on R...

WARREN, Vermont ??” On Christmas Day in 1958, Mad River Valley locals Damon and Sara Gadd along with Jack Murphy opened Sugarbush to fulfill a dream of owning a winter resort. Almost 50 years later, Sugarbush is once again owned by a trio of Vermonters who brought the resort back into local ownership and are in the process of building the first on-mountain lodging in the Bush's history. To celebrate their birthday, Sugarbush is rolling back lift ticke...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” Mountain Creek continues to make major capital investments into resort operations most crucial to an incredible guest experience and lasting memories. This year, the resort has invested over $750,000 in on-hill improvements including $500,000 in snowmaking, and $250,000 for the Parks and Pipes program. Additionally a pedestrian ramp was built connecting the Vernon Base area parking lot to the Route 94 pedestrian overpass, improv...

LAKE PLACID, New York ??” Skiers and riders don??™t look now, but the countdown is on to the first day of snowmaking at Whiteface. Weather conditions permitting, guns and hoses will be on center stage and pumping beginning November 1.

Based on cooperation from the weather gods, Whiteface will strive for a mid to late November opening. When the Olympic mountain commences for the season, guests will find the following new developments...

CONCORD, New Hampshire ??” Due to the heavy rain and flooding over the last two weeks, selected State Parks, State trail areas and State Forests in the southwestern part of the state will remain closed. These DRED properties are closed due to the concern for public safety and to protect the natural features and resources of the parks.

The following State Parks, State Forest and State Trails will remain closed until further notice:
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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...

MOUNT WASHINGTON, New Hampshire ??” With a weekend storm dropping more than 30 inches of snow on New Hampshire's Mount Washington - and hammering that mountain with winds higher than 130 miles per hour - staff at the Mount Washington Observatory, the mountain-top weather station, are suddenly in the midst of winter. With that season comes severe weather, a busy scientific research schedule, and a return of the Observatory's "EduTrips". "EduTrips" are ...