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PORTLAND, Ore., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring 2012 marks the 55th anniversary of the U.S. Outdoor Store, Oregon's premier Ski and Snowboard shop. The same Portland family has owned the business since its inception, with Rob Solomon, the fourth generation currently at the helm. Entering U.S. Outdoor you immediately see what has made this a northwest staple for all these years. Rows upon rows of the best name brands in outdoor clothing from floor to c...

Free concerts scheduled every Friday evening LUDLOW, Vt. - Okemo Mountain Resort kicks off summer with the return of the Jackson Gore Outdoor Music Series. Free concerts are scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday night from June 15 through August 31. On Friday nights throughout the summer season, the lawn in the courtyard at Okemo's Jackson Gore Inn is transformed into an outdoor concert venue featuring popular local and regional bands. Admission to the...

June 2, 2012: The Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center is excited to announce its Act II Summer and Fall 2012 event calendar. The season kicks off Saturday, July 14 and features a wide variety of internationally-acclaimed artists ranging from classical violin and piano, rock, bluegrass, folk music, blues and comedy, with more artists to be added in the upcoming months. The line-up includes: Performers Date Rachel Barton Pine Saturday, July 14 David Grisma...

June 4, 2012 (Jay, VT)- Jay Peak Resort today announced an additional $30 million in resort-wide improvements for the coming season. Upgrades include a new Mountain Learning Center at the State Side area of the resort, two new lifts, a transformation of its Sky Haus summit tram station, and a Vermont-styled country store. The announcement comes of the heels of Jay Peak acquiring neighboring Burke Mountain Resort. "The enhancements we will be undergoing th...

Leader in online and mobile fitness applications poised to accelerate growth through latest round of funding and new strategic business partnerships with Competitor Group, Inc. and run.com, the e-commerce platform for The Running Specialty Group, LLC AUSTIN, Texas, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MapMyFITNESS, a health and fitness technology company powering the Internet's largest and fastest growing community of fitness enthusiasts, today announced $9 milli...

Lincoln, NH, June 5: Andrew Noyes, vice president of sales at Loon Mountain Resort, received the 2012 award for Business Excellence presented by the N.H. Travel Council at the recent New Hampshire Governor's Conference on Tourism. The Council presents awards to leading travel professionals each year at the annual Governor's Conference on Tourism. This year's event, which took place at Manchester's Radisson Hotel, is the largest gathering of N.H. travel an...

The Nation's Largest Independent Cycling Retailer Hosts Contest to the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under in South Australia CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Performance Bicycle , the nation's largest independent cycling retailer, is offering consumers the chance to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary with a trip to the "Tour Down Under" in South Australia. In partnership with South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC), Performance Bicycle will award ...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three state parks across Pennsylvania have been selected to host a series of special events on Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10, in a nationwide Get Outdoors Day celebration, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan said today. "This fourth annual Get Outdoors Day celebration gives our Bureau of State Parks a chance to showcase what is offered across the state," Allan s...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- From road to mountain bikes, and BMX to unicycles, they'll all be in Wilmington, N.Y., June 14-17, for what's being called "a party on two wheels," the third annual Wilmington Whiteface Bike Fest. The four-day festival bike fest begins, Thursday, June 14, on...

JAY PEAK, VT (June 6, 2012) - The Vermont Ski Areas Association announced at its annual meeting at Jay Peak Resort that Vermont ski resorts recorded 3,903,171 skier & rider visits, just 5% off of the ten-year average. Once again, Vermont proved to be a bright spot in the Northeast and compared favorably to other regions in the country where the overall national skier visit tally was down 16%. Despite low natural snowfall during the 2011-12 ski season,...