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WATERFORD, Connecticut ??” Every Monday Night from June through August from 6pm to 8pm at Bluff Point State Park, Eastern Mountain Sports Waterford will sponsor a free Paddling Night. Interested parties should contact the store at (860)447-8448 to sign-up. This event is totally free of charge and open to all ages and paddling abilities. There are Rental Boats available free of charge (pick up and drop off are customer responsibility; call early to res...

LINCOLN, New Hampshire ??” Loon Mountain embarks on another summer of family fun and adventure starting June 25. Loon's Gondola Skyride, the longest aerial lift in New Hampshire, travels 7,000 feet for breathtaking scenery and mountaintop outdoor discovery for all ages. At the base of the mountain, 35-kilometers of paved paths and well-marked trails welcome mountain bikers to explore the landscape at their own pace. At the Loon Mountain Adventure Cent...

PARK CITY, Utah ??” American Skiing Company (OTC Bulletin Board: AESK) today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2005. Highlights include an increase in resort revenues of approximately $16 million (7%) and an increase in skier visitation for the 40 weeks ended May 1, 2005 as compared to the comparable prior fiscal year period. The improved results were due to an increase in season pass visitation as a result of the success...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” Mountain Creek resort has announced the appointment of several key members to the management team, who will usher the resort into its next phase as New Jersey's premier village-centered four-season mountain resort. With the opening of the first true village property, The Appalachian hotel later this summer, the resort is also beginning to recruit for many newly created positions in the rapidly growing hotel division. Interested ...

STOWE, Vermont ??” Two weeks ago Tristar Pictures released 'Lords of Dogtown' in theaters nationwide. The film, which has received critical acclaim and a three star rating, has grossed approximately ten million dollars to date. Some of the commercial success of the film can be attributed to a grass roots marketing and merchandising effort that took place at nearly 30 winter resorts this past season.

The Splinter Group, a youth marketing a...

LAKE PLACID, New York ??” Roy Hurd's music is a breath of fresh mountain air. On Saturday, July 2nd at 8:00 PM Hurd will perform songs new and old in the High Peaks Information Center, located at the end of Adirondack Loj Road. Hurd's listeners leave with the feeling they have just experienced an evening in the mountains listening to a real backwoods, but well-traveled story-telling songman. Don't miss this special opportunity to hear this world class...

CARRABASSETT, Maine ??” Bill Swain, Communications Manager for Sugarloaf/USA in Carrabassett, Maine, took the AlpineZone Ski Area Challenge and provided his responses today. The AlpineZone Ski Area Challenge was designed to provide a method for Internet-savvy skiing enthusiasts to directly ask specific questions of Northeast ski area representatives.

The program has been effective in dispelling rumors and myths that plague the industry am...

HIGHMOUNT, New York ??” The second annual Catskill Mountain Outdoor Adventure Expo will be a huge happening at Belleayre this Saturday, June 18 from 10 to 5; rain or shine with free parking and admission.

Exhibitors and vendors inside the Overlook Lodge and the Big White Tent will be out in full force to showcase merchandise and activities perfectly suited for Catskills' life. They include: a shooting simulator, birds of prey exhibition, ...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” Sally Johnstone, Director of Sales and Marketing for Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, Massachusetts, took the AlpineZone Ski Area Challenge and provided her responses Sunday. The AlpineZone Ski Area Challenge was designed to provide a method for Internet-savvy skiing enthusiasts to directly ask specific questions of Northeast ski area representatives.

The program has been effective in dispelling rumors an...