AlpineZone

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” The second event in the After Hours Coyote Challenge series will be Saturday, January 29th at Jiminy Peak. After Hours Coyote Challenge is a seven event ski and snowboard series that includes two rail jams, two half pipe competitions, two park competitions, and a finals event for all disciplines. Skiers and riders may pick and choose between events, or compete in all of them. Ultimately the top finishers will move on to the ...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” Monday was the federal holiday bearing his name, but on Wednesday, at Waterville Valley, 300 middle school students from around the state gathered in Waterville Valley to talk about diversity and to learn the true meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream.

In the morning, the students from Claremont Middle School, Exeter Coop Middle School, Franklin Middle School, Gorham Middle School, Newport Middle S...

WINDHAM, New York ??” Something radical's in the air. Nope, it's not the rad dudes and shred Betties flying through the Windham Mountain terrain park and halfpipe.

It's the excellent new website called SwitchWindham.com.

Switch is a hip, new magazine that covers the entire, very active freestyle scene at Windham. Actually, it's more than a magazine. Switch is a community. It's a fe...

SAN BERNARDINO, California ??” Ricoh Corporation a leader in specialized digital imaging devices today launched the Pro G3. The Pro G3 is a high-resolution digital camera that embeds captured images with GPS coordinate information received from either its on-board GPS unit or from external GPS devices.

Once these captured 'geo-images' are transferred to a PC, they are automatically converted to shape files or merged to geo-databases for i...

CONCORD, New Hampshire ??” The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation announces rate and fee increases in New Hampshire State Parks. Today the Fiscal Committee approved a comprehensive fee package for the Division.

The following is a breakdown of camping and recreation rates and fee changes:

Reserved Camping Fees

• Camping fees 20% increase.
• Increase youth group reservation fees from $...

ALBANY, New York ??” The brief taste of spring New York State experienced last week is now history, and a blast of cold, dry arctic air is providing the perfect conditions for snowmaking, promising great skiing and snowboarding across the state this weekend.

In the Adirondacks, Gore Mountain, in North Creek, holds a Master the Mountain Ski Clinic, Jan. 22-23 (and on Feb. 26-27). The clinic is designed for intermediate and advanced skiers...

JAY, Vermont ??” Jay Peak is seeking the next extreme generation of skiers and snowboarders. Next X is the first all-mountain, all equipment, all person snowsports competition. It's not just a competition - style, attitude, and personality are also factors. There is only one class, everyone competes together. Boys and girls, skiers, snowboarders and adaptive athletes are included. All contestants must be 9 through 13 years of age (born 1991-96) to com...

MOUNT SNOW, Vermont ??” Kids and teenagers will both have something in common on Sunday, January 30th - each will be 'paying their age' for a Mount Snow lift ticket during a newly unveiled lift ticket program.

"We have a great outdoor product to offer the youth of the North East," commented Kelly Pawlak, Vice President of Brand Management. "Its only appropriate that we'd want to show it off to this very important segment of our sport. We ...

NEWRY, Maine ??” Sunday River and fellow American Skiing Company resorts, Killington and Mount Snow, will team with Freeskier Magazine to host the Freeskier Magazine Trilogy Tour, a three-weekend freeride event that begins this weekend.

Each stop of the Trilogy Tour will feature Big Air, Pipe Jam, and Budweiser Rail Jam competitions with prize money for first, second, and third place winners in each event, totaling a series cash purse of ...

NEWRY, Maine ??” Sunday River will host the 2006 Masters National Alpine Championships. 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 participants in alpine skiing. Not content to rest upon past successes, masters racers seek to reach their best beyon...