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HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” OP Girls Learn to Ride will return to Jiminy Peak for the second time this season on Saturday, February 12th. OP Girls Learn to Ride is a unique way for girls and women ages 8 and up to learn to snowboard together. GETSnowboarding lessons are offered in 90 minute sessions at 9 am, 11 am, and 1:30 pm. The lesson package includes snowboard equipment rental, beginner lift ticket, and a lesson and each package costs $60. A porti...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” More than 600 Special Olympic athletes from the area are competing in Floor Hockey, Alpine and Cross-Country Skiing, Figure Skating and Speed Skating as part of the Winter Games. The Alpine Skiing competition will be held at Mountain Creek today and tomorrow.

The Special Olympics mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with...

EAST BURKE, Vermont ??” This Friday, Feb. 4, Burke Mountain will again host the Montpelier-based radio station WNCS The Point as part of the station's Ski & Ride Program. With a WNCS Ski & Ride button, skiers and riders can ski at Burke Mountain for half price the day of the event. WNCS has live remote broadcasts throughout the day from the ski area and hosts an apr??s party afterward in Burke's Bear Den Lounge at the Mid-Burke Lodge. Learn more about...

HENNIKER, New Hampshire ??” Pats Peak held their first Sports Illustrated For Kids Next Snow SEARCH Event Qualifier on Sunday, January 30, 2005.

The turn out for this event was excellent with over 50 participants showing off their skills on the NASTAR course, in the Turbulence Terrain Park and in the surprise Karaoke event. It was tough competition but Sam Bateman came out the winner. Sam has won a free trip to Keystone, Colorado, to repr...

WINDHAM, New York ??” It's a long way home when you've lost a limb in a faraway land. Even when you're battling for your country. It's also the end of life as you've known it.

But it's not, by any means, the end of life.

And that's precisely why the Adaptive Sports Foundation at Windham Mountain will be teaching a group of wounded soldiers, disabled during their recent tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, to ski.
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STOWE, Vermont ??” Experience the excitement of flying across the snow at whistling speed with Green Mountain Dog Sled Adventures of Stowe, Vermont. Bred for endurance, speed and friendliness, our Alaskan "Iditarod" sled dogs will pull you on the picturesque trails at Stow Mountain Resort.

Under the glow of high-powered headlamps, you will be whisked away to a simpler time before automobiles and snow machines were a way of life. Your dog ...

FRANCONIA NOTCH, New Hampshire ??” Cannon Mountain with its amazing surroundings, varied terrain, and easy access has always been a great place to escape to. But, with new Cannon Ski and Stay Packages Cannon Mountain is an affordable overnight escape, too.

Take advantage of the Cannon Mountain packages at the Cannon and Stay Specials at the Indian Head Ski in Lincoln, including one night's lodging, free shuttle to the mountain and back, ...

BARTLETT, New Hampshire ??” With a double dose of funk, Five Day 40 packed the Grand Summit Ballroom of the Attitash Grand Summit Resort Hotel on Wednesday night, Jan. 26 kicking off both the Bud Light Concert Series and the 40 Days and 40 Nights of Attitash. Over 500 people filed in to hear and cheer as the local band put on its first show since parting ways in 2003.

"It went better than I could have hoped," said Eric Fredrickson, Attita...

CAMDEN, Maine ??” The 15th annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Feb. 4-6, at the Camden Snow Bowl.

With 400 teams going down the chute for a total of 910 runs and plenty to do and see on the slopes and at the lodge, the three-day event promises to be an exciting weekend for spectators and participants of all ages.

Chute Crew Chief Stuart Young has been busy coating the chute w...

EAST BURKE, Vermont ??” Burke Mountain's Willoughby run was recently ranked 9th by the Boston Globe' s Travel section among New England's most scenic trails. Facing northwest, the Willoughby trails (Upper and Lower) offer panoramic views of Vermont farmsteads & forest, Lake Willoughby and the glacially carved Willoughby Gap, and beyond that, Lake Memphramagog and Quebec. For more information, see