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| Heavenly Awards Scholarships to Local High School Graduates | 15/07, 20:55 |
| S. Lake Tahoe, CA - Heavenly Mountain Resort on Monday announced this year’s recipients of the Heavenly Resort Community Scholarship Program. For the sixth consecutive year, the South Lake Tahoe ski and snowboard resort will award $4,000 scholarships to five recent high school graduates, bringing the resort’s overall commitment to the Heavenly Resort Community Scholarship Program to $120,000. The scholarships are designed to help further the education of local area students.
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| Crested Butte Fills Management Positions | 15/07, 20:51 |
| Mt. Crested Butte, CO - Top-level officials at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) on Monday announced the hiring of three key management positions at the Colorado ski and snowboard resort. Staffers have been conducting a nationwide search since May to fill several top executive positions in the company. The Mountain Operations department along with the Resort Culinary and Corporate Communications departments will be under new leadership.
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| Delta to Launch Direct Air Service to Interior B.C. Ski Resorts | 15/07, 20:43 |
| Cranbrook (BC), Canada - Delta Air Lines will begin direct jet service to Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) in Cranbrook on December 17, 2008 from Salt Lake City International Airport(SLC). Cranbrook, which sits in the Rocky Mountain Trench between the Purcell and Columbia Mountains, is nearby Kimberley Ski Resort and an easy one-hour drive to Fernie Alpine Resort.
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| New Daily Ski Flights to Mammoth | 14/07, 20:52 |
| Los Angeles, CA - Horizon Air announced today that the airline will offer new daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Mammoth Mountain for the 2008-09 ski and snowboard season, starting Dec. 18.
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| USSA Center Of Excellence: One Year in the Making | 14/07, 20:42 |
| Park City, UT - Hundreds of steel beams, thousands of pounds of cement and countless hard worked hours later, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's (USSA) Center of Excellence will be celebrating one year since its groundbreaking this Friday.
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| Summer Ski Jumping, Aerials On Display in Lake Placid | 14/07, 20:38 |
| Lake Placid, NY - It may be summer to most of us, but this time of year is crucial for world class winter athletes as they get ready for next season. That preparation is evident at the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid where some competitors soar from the 90 meter ski jump, while others plunge into the 750,000 freestyle pool.
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| Summer Freeride Skiing Festival in Saas-Fee July 19th | 13/07, 13:00 |
| Saas-Fee, Switzerland - If you're looking for your next freeski hit and can’t wait until next winter, the Saas Fee Ride 08 is laying on a freesports festival packed with on-slope action form some of Europe's top new school freestyle skiers from various international teams. Athletes will gather in the Swiss ski resort July 19th to compete in a Big Air competition and an expression session Rail Jam.
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| Snowboarder Nate Holland Visits U.S.Troops in Afghanistan, Returns Humbled | 12/07, 13:00 |
| Tahoe City, CA - Three-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) recently embarked on one of the most adventurous trips of his life to the Middle East. Holland, along with two-time Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass (Hamburg, NJ) and two-time X Games gold medalist Grete Eliassen (Norway) spent 10 days in Qatar and Afghanistan with U.S. Troops. Upon his return home, Holland wrote the following account of his trip, the people he met and how it all affected his life.
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| New Air Access to Ski Crested Butte This Winter | 11/07, 13:00 |
| Gunnison, CO - This winter skiers and snowboarders have more choices when flying direct to Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) as the Colorado ski area and the Gunnison Valley Rural Transportation Authority have teamed up to increase the number of seats flying into nearby Gunnison/Crested Butte Regional Airport for the 2008-2009 ski season. In addition to the new flights from new destinations, CBMR is providing travelers with incentives to make traveling to the destination easier with a special “Friends & Family Fly Free” promotion and a $30 First Baggage credit offer.
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