Jeffersonville, VT – Vermont’s Smugglers’ Notch ski and snowboard resort has teamed with Essex, Conn.-based ridesharing incentive network NuRide to reward those who carpool with free lift tickets and a chance to win family vacation packages. NuRide estimates that thousands who share rides will result in 250,000 fewer miles driven and 100 fewer tons of … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resort Rewards Those Who Share Rides →

Henniker, NH – Ski and snowboard clinics are one of the most cost-effective ways to learn, and New Hampshire’s Pats Peak ski area is offering seven-week clinics following the New Year.nThe program is offered one day per week at 10 a.m., starting the week of January 8. The cost is $209 for a full seven-week … Continue reading Adult Ski and Snowboard Clinics at Pats Peak →

Stowe, VT – Home to countless polar bear, an ice-sculpted coastline and the Arctic’s highest mountain ranges, East Greenland is one of the Earth’s wildest reaches. Throw in fresh fish for dinner and the region’s vast reserves of unexplored mountains, and its no surprise that Moretown, Vermont skiers and photographers Brian Mohr and Emily … … Continue reading “Skiing East Greenland” at Vermont Ski Museum Saturday →

Vernon, NJ – Although mild weather has postponed Mountain Creek’s opening day, cold temperatures last week provided a perfect formula for heavy snowmaking, so Mountain Creek awarded patient season pass holders with a teaser ski and snowboard rail jam on Sunday.n

Aspen, CO – Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) announced yesterday that it will partner with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to sell 100 percent Green-e certified SkiGreen Tags to resort guests who wish to offset their travel-related global warming emissions to and from the resort with wind energy. SkiGreen Tags can be added to a season … Continue reading Aspen/Snowmass Offers Climate-Friendly SkiGreen Program to Resort Guests →

Rangeley, ME – Northwestern Maine’s Saddleback ski and snowboard area has been making snow for two weeks now, and in concert with another foot of natural will open Saturday for first tracks of the season.nFrom opening day through December 24, Saddleback will be offering lift tickets for $30. Ski area officials expect to have three … Continue reading Saddleback Opens Ski Season This Weekend with Discounted Tickets, Food Drive →

Mt. Hood, OR – With its ski and snowboard season finally underway, Mt. Hood Meadows will celebrate this weekend with “Glacial Outburst ’06 – “I Survived 35.” The resort’s opening was delayed this season due to a road washout caused by a glacial outburst. The resort opened last Saturday and is now open daily.nResort president … Continue reading Oregon Ski Area Celebrates Reopening of Highway →