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WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- Alright, so you haven't purchased your 2012-13 skiing and riding season pass for Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y. yet. What are you waiting for- Maybe this will help you to decide. Buy your pass before Friday, May 11, and automatically qualify for a chance to win a Wilderness Systems Tsunami 120 kayak from Eastern Mountain Sports Lake Placid.

The popular Adult (ages 23-64) Non-Holiday Whiteface Only Pass is just $4...

New York Trout Fishing Season Officially Open

LAKE PLACID, N.Y., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paddling and spring fishing has begun in the Lake Placid region. The ice-out on Mirror Lake in the village of Lake Placid occurred faster in 2012 than it has in 66 years to conclude what was an unseasonably warm winter in the Northeast. Although ice melted as early as March 23, the true beginning of the spring fishing began April 1, as trout fishing ...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (April 9, 2012) - Tom Hanson began the 2011-12 ski season with a goal. The longtime Sugarloafer and Treasurer of the Ski Museum of Maine wanted to ski 3 million vertical feet to raise money for the museum. Six months and 4.2 million vertical feet later, Hanson has blown past his goal, raised over $2,500 for the museum, and this Sunday was presented with Sugarloaf's annual "Ironman Award." Named in honor of Paul Schipper, the ori...

While most ski resorts in the East are closed, Killington Resort re-opens the K-1 Express Gondola and 35 trails

KILLINGTON, Vt. (April 10, 2012) - Vermont's Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America, receives 19 inches of snow from spring snow storm and it's still snowing. While other resorts in the East are closed or preparing to close, Killington is expanding terrain. The natural snowfall has allowed Sk...

March 26, 2012 (Jay, VT)- To horribly paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of winter's death is an exaggeration. At least at Jay Peak. The resort today turned on its snow guns again as temperatures in northern Vermont are expected to be in the teens and even single digits over the next 36 hours.

In a highly unusual move, resort officials decided to restart snowmaking operations after what has been a challenging season for ski resorts throughout ...

Loon Mountain hosts Disabled Ski Hall of Fame Ceremony

Lincoln, NH, (March 27, 2012) - New England Disabled Sports (NEDS) is honored to announce that founding member Dr. Robert A. Harney was recently inducted in the National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame. To bestow this honor, the Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA, , Kirk Bauer, JD, made the induction presentation.

Dr. Harney, an Orthopedic Surgeon based in the greater Boston ...

Leg 1 - 5-mile Run: Starts in the Wachusett Parking lot, travels down the hill into lot 3
and exits out on to Rte 140. Then turns on to private dirt roads and a lakeside
community, where it crosses the lake via bridge before returning to main roads and back
up the entrance road to Wachusett.

Leg 2 - Bike Race: Get a bird's eye view of Princeton and Westminster in this 8-mile
scenic ride on a mostly paved, but part...

Henniker, NH, March 27, 2012 - Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier snowsports destination, announces that as part of Pats Peak's March Online Only Specials, SPF Days Go Sun Smart, they have donated $610 to support melanoma research.

Skiers and riders were able to purchase a lift ticket online in advance to ski/ride March 19-23 for only $25. For every online ticket sold, $10 ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- SnowEast Magazine has opened the nomination period for its annual Reader Survey. Categories range from Most Scenic to the Best Ski Resort in the East. Last year's survey generated more than 6,500 votes from the magazine's readership.

Last winter, Whiteface/Lake Placid, N.Y. won the honor as the magazine's top ski resort in the east and this season it was voted the Most Scenic.

The resort has received a numb...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Making triumph out of tragedy, more than 350 severely disabled veterans are regaining therapeutic confidence on a mountainside here at the 26th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic (NDVWSC).

Co-sponsored by DAV and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans are overcoming their disabilities as they participate in winter sports, including adaptive Alpine ...