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  • Ski Season in Northern Europe Also Begins – Ruka Ski Resort in Finland First to Open

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    KUUSAMO, Finland, October 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruka ski resort in Finnish Lapland opened the ski season yesterday, 23 rd October 2012. Ruka has been the first resort in Northern Europe to open the ski slopes during the past 10 years - offering unmatched snow security through the season. Ruka is Finland's most popular ski resort located in Northern Finland, only 30 km from Russian border. Ruka area has 25 000 beds, 34 slopes and 21 ski lifts. FIS Wor...

  • Crested Butte Offers Ski Free on Opening Day

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    MT. CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – OCT. 23 - Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) is known for their past “ski free” promotions throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Last year, the resort resurrected the program to offer Ski Free on their 50th birthday, Opening Day 2011. With so much success and excitement built around the one day promotion, the resort has decided to bring back Ski Free on Opening Day. On November 21, 2012, all guests will ski for free at Cr...

  • Sun & Ski Opens New Location in Woburn, Massachusetts

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    Second New England Store Arrives in Time to Outfit New England for Ski Season with a November 2 Opening Woburn, MA–Outdoor adventure retailer Sun & Ski, known nationally as the “guide to the great outside,” today announces that it will open its second Massachusetts store in Woburn on November 2, 2012. Along with grand opening specials, Sun & Ski will be offering 2 weeks of tax-free shopping at the Woburn location. Customers are invited to b...

  • SKI Magazine Places Whiteface at #1 for Off-Hill Activities

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    WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- For the 20th consecutive year, readers of Ski Magazine have tabbed Whiteface/Lake Placid, N.Y. as the number-one destination for Off-Hill activities. Results from the 23rd annual reader’s survey were announced in the magazine’s October issue. In the article, the publication describes events and activities on the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) Olympic venues, such as speed skating on the Olympic oval, ...

  • K-1 Express Gondola, Now Powered by Cow Manure

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    In conjunction with Green Mountain Power and Local Vermont Farmers, Methane Gas from Cow Manure will be converted into Electricity to “Mooove” the K-1 Express Gondola KILLINGTON, Vt. (October 18, 2012) – Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America, today announced that it will power its K-1 Express Gondola during the 2012-13 season with electricity generated directly from cows on Vermont dairy farms. ...

  • Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel Debuts New Restaurant, 45 North

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    Restaurant will feature “modern Maine comfort food” and take place of the Double Diamond Steakhouse CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – 45 North, a new restaurant specializing in “Maine comfort food,” will open in the Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel this winter, moving into the former home of the Double Diamond Steakhouse. The name “45 North” is a reference to Sugarloaf’s latitude, and the restaurant’s concept will revolve around Maine. The restauran...