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WATERVILLE, Maine ??” Colby College All-American skier Warner Nickerson (New Hampton School/Tilton, N.H.) is in Innsbruck, Austria to ski for the United States at the 2005 FIS World University Games from January 13-22.

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

"It will be such a great experience going to Europe and competing for yo...

WARREN, Vermont ??” Something wicked this way comes...to Sugarbush. Every Wednesday from January 12 to February 16, Sugarbush Resort will be offering a "Wicked Wednesday" lift ticket to Mount Ellen. For just $25 skiers and riders will be able to access all of the big mountain's 42 trails, 6 lifts, 4 terrain parks, and 40 acres of new gladed terrain.

This is the first season in recent memory that the Resort has offered Mount Ellen-specific...

MOUNT SNOW, Vermont ??” Following two action packed races in Telluride, Colo., and Snowbird, Utah, highlighted by open qualifier upsets and successful finishes by top American professionals, the Jeep King of the Mountain Series will bring the world's finest ski and snowboard racers and a record prize purse to Vermont's Mount Snow Resort on January 22-23 for the next leg of the Skiing and Snowboarding World Championships.

Now in its 12th s...

NEWBURY, New Hampshire ??” Mount Sunapee Resort will once again host a qualifier for the Sports Illustrated for Kids Next Snow Search. Next Snow Search is a quest to find the neXtreme generation of skiers and riders. Now in its second season, this incredible event for kids ages 9-13 (born between 1991-1996) is the first of its kind to offer an all-mountain, all-equipment, all-person snowsports competition where style, attitude and personality are as i...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine ??” Sugarloaf/USA will host the 35th Annual Special Olympic Maine Winter Games Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2005. This will be the 23rd year of Special Olympics competition at Sugarloaf/USA.

More than 500 athletes from more than 70 Maine communities will compete in: speed skating and figure skating, several Nordic events, three alpine events, downhill, slalom, and giant slalom; plus two snow shoe events and a sit-down ski c...

NEWRY, ME ??” Sunday River will participate in the National Ski Areas Association's sixth annual National Safety Awareness Week January 15 - 21, 2005 by continuing to highlight the Go With the Flow safety campaign and by offering other means of interactive safety education for guests.

"We will be observing National Safety Awareness Week at Sunday River as part of our year-round effort to educate guests and employees on slope safety featur...

NEWRY, ME ??” The Women's Turn clinics focus on improving technical skills and confidence and are designed with a supportive and fun-filled agenda. They are open to Green-Blue and above skiers. Two-day clinics are available Jan. 22-23 and Feb. 26-27. Clinic is $175 and includes two days of on-snow coaching with lunch and welcome cocktail party Friday evening. Space is limited to the fist 30 women to register. For more information or to register, call ...

LAKE PLACID, NY ??” The U.S. Ski Team blasts into Lake Placid for the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup after sweeping both of the men's podiums in aerials and moguls last weekend at Mont Tremblant, Quebec.

World and Olympic champions will compete at the 2005 Nature Valley Freestyle Cup, a stop on the international World Cup tour, over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Aerial competitions are slated for Friday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 16...

TANNERSVILLE, PA ??” Camelback Ski Area and Subaru of America announce that the National Subaru "Master the Mountain" event will visit Camelback Ski Area on Saturday and Sunday, January 22-23, 2005. The weekend event features a great lineup of guest-oriented events, including the ability to receive complimentary ski & snowboard tips, mini-lessons, on-mountain tours and to view the entire lineup of 2005 Subaru vehicles.

While Subaru is the...

BENNINGTON, NH ??” When Bethann Fultz was unloading from the top of the West Double Chair at Crotched Mountain on Friday evening, a proposal to be married was the furthest thing from her mind.

When then boyfriend Christopher Clauss, now fianc?В©, fell to his knees to help Bethann adjust her boots, he popped the question. She was surprised of course, but a moment later, an engagement ring appeared from Christopher's jacket pocket and fou...