Ski Vermont - Skiing in Vermont

Just-Drinks.com reports that "The Heineken-owned beer brand Amstel Light is, for the third year running, to sponsor the US Freeskiing Tour.

As part of its sponsorship, Amstel Light will also become event title sponsor of the Green Mountain Skiercross Classic at Stowe, Vermont and the Spring Skiercross Open at Boyne, Michigan. Amstel Light also titles the Skiercross and Big Mountain Freeskiing Tour Finale, which constitute the North American Freeskiing Championships." Read the complete story here.

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The Randolph Herald reports that Tunbridge-bred Olympic skier Evan Dybvig announced this week that he will purchase Whaleback Mountain Ski Area in Enfield, N.H.

Dybvig, now a resident of Bethel, plans to re-open Whaleback next year both as a ski area and as a four-season resort specializing in serious training for various freestyle sports.

The 154-acre Whaleback has been dormant since 2001, after nearly 30 years as a neighborhood ski area. For 11 years it has been owned by Timothy Herbert, who found that he didn’t have the time and energy to run it and closed it three years ago. However, he wanted it to continue as a ski area and sold it to Dybvig Dec. 8.

Dybvig had a career as one of the United States’ most dazzling and recognizable champions in freestyle skiing. He was the U.S. National Mogul Champion in 1994 and 2000, and won the Jonny Moseley Invitational in 1998. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in both 1998 and 2002.

He hopes to use his expertise and contacts to create an exciting center for freestylers in many sports.

Presently, he is a freestyle coach at Stratton Mountain." Read the complete story here.

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OnTheSnow.com reports that the Mad River Valley's interchangeable Ski the Valley is good at downhill ski resorts Sugarbush Resort and Mad River Glen, and also at Ole's Cross Country Ski ...

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Vermont ski area is a beloved anachronism, with a single-chair lift and no snowboards.

Check out this story at News-Leader.com describing hoe "skiers driving from I-89 to Route 100, between Burlington and Montpelier, Vt., are faced with two key forks in the road. One route leads to Sugarbush, a modern ski area with high-speed quad lifts, major snowmaking, groomed trails and condos." Read the story here.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has a good article about Bolton Valley's development. They say that "getting on to four o'clock, our last run of the day, with the sun poised above Lake Champlain 20 miles westward. Before kicking off from the summit down Hard Luck chute - a swift, steep diamond - one glimpse shows New York State's Whiteface Mountain at Lake Placid, a good 60 miles to the west.

We make a sharp right onto Sherman's Pass, a wraparound cruiser, going swiftly past black diamonds named Vermont 200, TNT and Schuss, then, bearing sharply left back across the mountain, we drop into the Upper Glades, an old favorite, reminiscent of tree-skiing Mad River Glen. The rhythm of the turns has us rolling over smooth bumps swelled upward by the roots of birches and maples; dodging the trees, with a twist left, a twist right, spirits racing in tandem with each lift and drop. Then we settle onto Beach Seal, the wide-open green leading to the base lodge."

Read the complete story here.

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Ascutney Mountain - Plan to Open 12/10 w/4 trails, 1 lift
Bear Creek - Plan to Open 12/18
Bolton Valley - Wed 10:33p loose granular machine groomed 11 - 17 base 4 trails, 6% open, 2 lifts
Bromley Mountain - Plan to Open 12/10
Burke Mountain - Plan to Open 12/17
Haystack - Plan to Open 12/25
Jay Peak - Thu 4:00p loose granular machine groomed 12 - 30 base 23 trails, 30% open, 3 lifts

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In today's edition of the Rutland Herald you can find some really amazing deals that make skiing in Vermont affordable for any budget. It goes on to state that "even if you don’t expect to get out to the slopes for another month or more, however, now is the time to think about some of the deals that can make skiing more affordable to Vermonters."

Here are some really awesome examples of deals on Vermont Skiing:

"Killington has a series of "VT/NH/Quebec Days, about two per month, when residents of those three places can ski for half price. They’re scheduled for Nov. 23, Dec. 1 and 13, Jan. 19 and 28, Feb. 3 and 14, March 4 and 15, and April 1 and 12."

"Mad River Glen, on the next mountain over, also has a $3.50 day (Jan. 25), together with a whole slew of special discounts. Sunday afternoons (except holiday weeks) are always just $25, there are $25 specials on St. Patrick’s Day and April Fools Day, and Vermonters ski for $25 every non-holiday Wednesday. On Town Meeting Day, kids ski for $5. Mad River also has a $99 Mad Card that is transferable and can be used any day."

Read the whole article here.

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CNN.com has a great feature in the Travel section of it's online edition which outlines the key differences between two of Vermont's most popular, yet so very different Ski Resorts - Mad River Glen & Sugarbush. The article goes on to mention that Mad River Glen has little snowmaking. No snowboarding. No condos. In fact, one of the attractions is the single-chair lift, the longest in the country at 1 1/4 miles and the second-oldest, built in 1949.

In contrast to Mad River Glen there is Sugarbush, a modern ski area with high-speed quad lifts, major snowmaking, groomed trails and condos.

Read the whole story at here.

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The New Jersey Star-Ledger is reporting that it was Nov. 14 of 1954, "and the new Mount Snow ski resort was a month shy of its official grand opening. Owner Horace Walt Schoenknecht and a friend were at the bottom of a slope when a stranger suddenly came skiing down the hill."

"Schoenknecht, a successful businessman, asked the skier who he was and where he was from. Pat Danahy, from Boston, was the man's reply. He had heard about a new ski area opening in Vermont and decided to hike to the top of a mountain and give it a try." Read the whole story here.

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Vermont Life Magazine has an absolutely wonderful article that combines two seemingly diametrically opposing subject matters - cross-country skiing and dining - and combines them into a wonderful story of discovery. It states that "Vermont is a playground for cross-country skiers. Trails meander from its southern border all the way to Canada, and Nordic skiers of all abilities can glide through forests and slide across meadows through pristine terrain and charming villages." Read the whole story here.

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The Washington Post has a wonderful little story giving details about Stowe, Vermont - including how to get there, where to stay and what to eat. Curious? Have a look here.

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