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Miller's World Cup season starts slowly

By Jim Litke

Any list of the most memorable quotes by a U.S. skier begins with Billy Johnson. Two decades ago at the Sarajevo Games, soon after he became the first American man in Olympic history to win an alpine event, someone asked Johnson what his gold medal was worth.

"Millions," he replied without hesitation. "We’re talking millions."...read the story

Snow Country's Skiing Report for November 28, 2005

Acadia park visitors urged to take care
Monday, November 28, 2005 - Bangor Daily News

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - Despite the recent cold snap that has left some of the park's ponds glazed with a layer of ice, would-be skaters should use extreme caution before venturing out for some wintertime fun, park officials said.

"Every lake has a different flow rate," Park Ranger Neal Labrie said Saturday. "Some of them have currents, some of them don't. [Skaters] really need to keep an eye, measure it and check it and ask around before they go out, because every lake is going to be different."...read the story

Snow brings out the kid in all of us

Sunday River's Santa Sunday this weekend

Tim Jones

November 28. 2005 8:00AM

mpatience n 1: The quality or condition of being impatient. 2: Skiers or snowboarders waiting in a lift line for their first run of the day or, especially, the season. It's true. Once you see snow on the slopes, there's no such thing as patience among skiers and snowboarders. Impatience personified. Politeness still reigns, of course, and nobody is pushing or shoving (unless you're in Europe or New York), but the signs are all there: the restlessness, the nervous energy, the laughing and joking. People just can't wait to feel the snow sliding by under their feet as they float and fly down a hill....read the story

Ski in a Torchlight Parade and Carry the Torch for the Cure

Released 11/27/05

Join a New Sugarloaf Holiday Tradition and Ski in a Torchlight Parade and Carry the Torch for the Cure

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine Sugarloaf/USA is once again opening one of the cherished torchlight parades to guests to support the Sugarloaf Charity Summit and the Martha B. Webber Breast Cancer Center. Participants will take to the slopes after the sun goes down and be part of one of the longest nighttime parades on skis in skiing history....read the story

Snow Country's Skiing Report for November 26, 2005

ATV use a big issue at rail trail meeting

Written by Nat Worman

Wednesday, 23 November 2005

FAIRFIELD: Hidden frictions in what have seemed to be smooth-running plans to change abandoned rail corridors to recreation trails popped into view here last week when spokespersons for snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV), landowners, bikers, runners, and officialdom collided....read the story

Join the fight against cancer with the Sugarloaf Charity Summit

Released 11/23/05 by MaineToday.com

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine With the winter season just a few weeks away, you may be thinking about a new pair of skis or snowboard. Why not join the fight against cancer and get a free pair of Rossignol skis or snowboard and guarantee your place at Sugarloaf/USA’s most anticipated social event of the year....read the story

Snow Country's XC Ski Report for November 23, 2005

Ski foundation helps children's confidence

Posted: Tuesday, Nov 22, 2005 - 04:28:59 pm PST
By ERIC PERO
for the Bigfork Eagle
Downhill ski racing was once a part of the school program in Whitefish, but that ended in the 1960s, leaving children with no organized way to learn the sport. A group of parents got together to form the Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation in 1973. Their main goal was to support ski racing on Big Mountain....read the story

Jeep King of the Mountain to Make Only Eastern Stop at Sunday River
November 22, 2005 - 3:56 PM

By AlpineZone News

NEWRY, Maine — The Jeep® King of the Mountain Series, now in its 13th season as professional snow sports most prestigious event, recently announced Sunday River as the only eastern site for the 2005-2006 Series. The Sunday River stop is the only snowboard event in the Series....read the story

Winter Volunteers Still Needed at Maine Handicapped Skiing in 2006

Released 11/21/05 - MaineToday.com

There is still time to join hundreds of fellow skiers and riders in one of the most exciting challenges you will ever take on. Use your on-slope or trail skills that you’ve worked hard to develop over the years and take your love of skiing or riding and do something really important—become a volunteer at Maine Handicapped Skiing and teach a person with a physical disability to ski, snowboard or snowshoe and help them take on new challenges of their own!...Read the story

Maine, No Pain
Published November 2005 by Ski Magazine

By Edie Thys

As a general rule, memory supersizes reality. With that in mind, my expectations for a family weekend trip to Sunday River were fairly low. I hadn’t been there in more than 20 years, and my hazy memories of the place could be summed up in one word: dinky. Friday evening, as we pull up to Sunday River’s Jordan Grand Hotel, I realize just how wrong I was....read the story

Snowmobiling clubs on the brink of collapse

Last Updated Oct 26 2005 08:41 AM CDT
CBC News

The sledding season hasn't even begun, but already snowmobile clubs in rural Manitoba say they're on the verge of folding – and if that happens, they warn, snowmobile safety in the province will be compromised....read the story

New Ski Areas' WinterKids Program Promotes Learning, Health

Lakewood, CO (Sunday, November 20, 2005) - In an ongoing effort to combat the rising rate of obesity among U.S. youth, the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) is promoting a new WinterKids program designed to bring fifth through eighth grade students to ski slopes for a one-day learning experience. The WinterKids SnowSchool program invites students and teachers to their local ski areas for a half-day on-hill math or science lesson and an afternoon of skiing, snowboarding or other healthy outdoor activity....read the story

Hundreds of Santas Hit the Slopes at Sunday River Ski Resort

Bethel, ME (Sunday, November 20, 2005) - Sunday River ski resort’s popular Santa Sunday is expected to bring hundreds of skiing and riding Santas to the slopes Dec. 4. The 6th annual event is a fundraiser for the Bethel (Maine) Rotary Club and is part of Santa Weekend at the resort....read the story

Let It Snow

Published Sunday, November 20, 2005 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

By John Hilferty

Ski-resort operators in the Northeast have their eyes on long-range forecasts that seem to bode well for the season....read the story

Snow Country Reports Latest Skiing Conditions - Nov 19, 2005

Gift of Gas: A Holiday Season Promotion at Maine Winter Resort

(PRWEB) November 16, 2005 -- From Thanksgiving through Christmas, Bethel, Maine, a winter vacation destination for alpine and Nordic skiers, snowshoers and snowmobilers, is offering a gift of gas -- $10 of fuel per day for guests staying two or more nights in the resort community....read the story

Santa Weekend is a Jolly Time at Sunday River
November 17, 2005 - 11:28 AM
NEWRY, Maine — Sunday River's popular Santa Sunday is expected to bring hundreds of skiing and riding Santas to the slopes Dec. 4. The 6th annual event is a fundraiser for the Bethel Rotary Club and is part of Santa Weekend at the resort....read the story

Sunday River Opens November 17, 2005

NEWRY, Maine — Sunday River will be opening for the season at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17. Top-to-bottom skiing and riding will be available at Barker Mountain Thursday afternoon and Friday, with the South Ridge area to be added by Saturday, Nov. 19....read the story

November 15, 2005 Snow Conditions Report

Sunday River Expected to Open by November 18, 2005 - 11/12/2005

American Ski Company Announces All For One Pass -3/29/2005

Spring Festival at Sunday River - 3/21/05

Telemark Festival Features Clinics/Competitions - 2/12/05

Second Stop of Freeskier Trilogy - 2/03/05

Kids Pay Their Age to Ski - 2/3/05

Parrothead Festival Returns to Sunday River - 1/24/05

Ski Marathon Comes to Sugarloaf - 1/19/05

Sunday River to Host Masters Nationals - 1/14/05

Freeskier Trilogy Tour - 1/7/05

New Base Lodge at Saddleback - 12/15/04