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SOUTH EGREMONT, Massachusetts ??” Catamount Ski Resort in the Berkshires plans to open Catapult, the steepest trail in the Berkshires, this weekend.

"We've been taking advantage of this weeks cold temperatures to pound out snow on Catapult," said Bill Gilbert, general manager of the resort. "It's our signature trail for accomplished skiers and riders."

Gilbert said that because current cold temperatures permit maximum snowm...

WILMINGTON, New York ??” Lars Johnson, of Lake Placid, will represent Whiteface Mountain at the 2005 Sports Illustrated for Kids Next X Snow Search at Keystone, Colorado, February 10-14, the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announced Wednesday.

Over 20 competitors (between 9-13 years old) set out on the mountain Monday to ski and ride with judges. The field was judged on ability and style, as well as other criteria. ...

LAKE PLACID, New York ??” The 2005 North American Junior Championships for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined are slated for Jan. 19-22 at the MacKenzie-Intervale Ski Jumping Complex and Verizon Sports Complex, the NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announced Tuesday. The North American Junior Championships for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined brings together the premier junior (19 and under) athletes from across the United States and Canad...

BENNINGTON, New Hampshire ??” Late at night on Fridays and Saturdays, when the moon is shining, the music is playing, the bonfire blazing and the lights glowing, it can only be one thing: Midnight Madness at Crotched Mountain.

Friday, January 21st marks the first in a series of late-night/early-morning ski events at the new mountain in Bennington, NH. Crotched introduced "Midnight Madness" last season, offering skiing & snowboarding on 10...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” Waterville Valley will host the Special Olympics New Hampshire Winter Games January 30 through February 2. The 2005 Winter Games will mark the twenty-eighth year of this state-wide competition in which athletes with mental challenges enjoy alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating and unified sports floor hockey.

"Waterville Valley is a natural choice to host the Speci...

JAY, Vermont ??” Most everyone who heard about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Asia at the end of December wanted to do something to help the hundreds of thousands of victims of the disaster. The Jay Peak community is no exception. Jay Peak will be hosting a Texas Hold'em tournament on Sunday, January 30th and all proceeds (post expenses) will be donated to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Program.

"When you work in ...

JAY, Vermont ??” Jay Peak announced Monday they will be hosting the first of three women's skiing and riding clinics this weekend. The clinics will be led by Jay Peak instructor Holly LaFontaine.

Holly has been skiing for 40+ years, instructing for 30 years and has an impressive list skiing credentials ??“ she was a PSIA examiner/ course conductor for 20 years, captain of the US Women's Professional Demonstration Team for 2 years, a ...

WATERVILLE, Maine ??” Colby College All-American skier Warner Nickerson (New Hampton School/Tilton, N.H.) placed fourth in the Super G event on Sunday and was ninth in the downhill in Saturday's competition at the 2005 FIS World University Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Nickerson, a senior at Colby, is one of six male skiers competing for the United States team in downhill, slalom, giant slalom and Super-G events. Nickerson will race in the...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine ??” Sugarloaf's Seth Wescott is the 2005 World Champion in the discipline of snowboard cross after winning the FIS Snowboard World Championships being held at Whistler, British Columbia on Sunday.

In its first stop on North American soil in the championship's ten year history Wescott, who is a 1996 Carrabassett Valley Academy graduate, led every heat and made a critical pass in the round of eight in his quest an...

VERNON, New Jersey ??” The countdown is on until the best snowboarders in the world are back in New Jersey for the final stop of the 2005 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, the premier snowboard competition series and pathway to the 2006 Olympic team

The three-part series, that awards $10,000 and a Chevy truck to first place, started the 2004-05 season at Breckenridge, Colorado in December, where 2004 Grand Prix Overall winner Hannah T...