Sports & Auto News
Jan 29
Visa USA and NFL Stars Drew Brees and Ronnie Brown Launch First-Ever Money Management Cell Phone Game to Help Students Tackle Their Financial Futures
Super Bowl XLI Week Kicks Off With a Game of 'Financial Football'
Visa USA today announced it is releasing a free, first-of-its-kind cell phone game that helps teens learn how to manage money wisely. Developed in conjunction with the NFL and PLAYERS INC, "Financial Football" equips parents with an innovative tool to help their children learn important financial life lessons.
"Cell phones are the screen of choice for today's teenagers and parents know all too well just how much time their children spend talking, texting and playing games on their cells," said Michael Rolnick, director, Visa USA. "Creating a financial management cell phone game allows parents and educators to harness the popularity of the cell phone and put it to good use in teaching the vital life skill of money management."
Demonstrating the connection teenagers have with their cell phones and the growing popularity of gaming on mobile devices, a new study of parents released by Visa USA shows that 38% of teenagers play a cell phone game more than once a week. The survey also showed that 10% of teenagers are "super cell gamers," playing games on their cell phone five times a day or more.
Sprint and Cingular customers can access the game by texting the word VISA to 24421. Unlike many other cell phone games, which can cost up to $20, Visa is not charging a fee to download "Financial Football." Additional information on the game is available at http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/CellFootball.
Before being developed for cell phones, "Financial Football" already scored points with parents, teachers and teenagers as a computer-based video game. At the Super Bowl XLI NFL Media Center, Visa USA was joined by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown to help coach students from Miami Beach High School in a game of "Financial Football."
"It takes the combined efforts of parents, teachers, and mentors within the community to give young adults a strong background in personal financial management," said New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. "A few months ago, I joined Visa in bringing this message to students in Louisiana. Now I have the chance to coach another game of 'Financial Football' here in Miami and to tell these students how imperative it will be for them to learn how to make good, smart, informed money decisions, as they plan for college and beyond."
"Teaching the fundamentals of money management in school gives young people a real advantage in today's financially diverse society," said Ronnie Brown of the hometown Miami Dolphins. "I'm glad for the opportunity to teach these Miami Beach students how to manage their money because it is such a vital life skill."
"Financial Football" puts students' fiscal knowledge to the test by combining the structure and rules of the NFL with financial education questions of varying difficulty. To score points, a player needs to answer various money management questions correctly. Wrong answers and penalties can cost a player yardage.
The free, computer-based version of "Financial Football" has already been downloaded and played over 100,000 times. The game and corresponding financial education curriculum are the centerpiece of a major educational initiative, now in its second season, between Visa, the NFL and PLAYERS INC, to get young people engaged and excited about their financial futures.
In addition to being a game, "Financial Football" is also part of a one- week, five-part financial literacy program designed for high school instruction. In December, Visa teamed up with West Virginia State Treasurer John D. Perdue to announce the first-ever statewide roll out of "Financial Football" that brings the computer-based game to every high school and library in the state. West Virginia is one of a growing number of states making financial education a mandatory high school graduation requirement.
"Financial Football" is part of Practical Money Skills for Life (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/), a comprehensive financial literacy program -- available in English, Spanish and Chinese -- that teaches young adults personal finance skills.
This free, educational resource provides teachers with lesson plans (kindergarten through college) mapped to their state education requirements. For students, there are interactive games and calculators designed to teach responsibility and important concepts such as earning, saving and budgeting money.
"As part of Visa's longstanding commitment to financial education, we are constantly developing new and creative ways to get students to learn how to budget, invest and save for their futures," said Rolnick. "Cell phones are the perfect way to reach teenagers and have them learn about financial responsibility."
About Visa USA
Visa USA is the nation's leading payment brand and largest payment system, enabling banks to provide their consumers and business customers with a wide variety of payment alternatives tailored to meet their evolving needs. Visa USA is committed to increasing the choice, convenience, acceptance and security of Visa payments for all stakeholders in the payment system -- members, cardholders and merchants. Through its 13,432 member financial institutions, more than 510 million Visa-branded cards have been issued to cardholders in the United States. Last year, U.S.-based financial institutions relied on Visa's processing system, VisaNet, to facilitate $1.6 trillion in transactions with unparalleled reliability.
Worldwide, cardholders in more than 150 countries carry more than 1 billion Visa-branded cards, accounting for more than $3 trillion in annual transaction volume.
Visa offers a trusted, reliable and convenient way to access and mobilize financial resources -- anytime, anywhere, anyway.
Source: Visa USA
Web site: http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
Jan 27
SnoCountry Reports Latest Skiing Conditions Information
Following are the latest skiing conditions information as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports as of Friday, Jan 26 2007, 6:27:38 PM EST.
Alpine Skiing/Riding conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions.
SNOW CONDITION DEFINITIONS & TERMS
This glossary of terms is used by all ski areas when they report to SCR. The code allows for communication with skiers in a universal language.
NOTE: The standard abbreviations next to each definition reflect the way ski reports are communicated in print (newspapers).
New Snow: Natural snowfall which has fallen in the past 24 hours or continuously for more than one day. An average accumulation from summit to base is reported.
Average Base Depth: An average of the high and low amounts of snow over the entire ski area. Machine made and natural snow amounts are combined.
Primary Surface Condition: The type of snow condition which covers at least 70 percent of the terrain open to skiers.
Secondary Surface Condition: The next most prevalent snow conditions, covering at least 20% of the skiing terrain open to skiers.
Powder-PDR: Cold, new, loose, fluffy, flaky and dry snow which has not been compacted.
Packed Powder-PP: Powder snow, either natural or machine made, that has been packed down by skier traffic or grooming machines. The snow is no longer fluffy, but is not so extremely compacted that it is hard.
Hard Pack-HP: When natural or machine made snow becomes very firmly packed. The snow has never melted and re-crystallized, but it's been tightly compressed through grooming and continuous wind exposure. You can plant a pole in hard packed snow, but it takes more effort than packed powder.
Machine Groomed Snow-MGS: Loose granular snow that has been repeatedly groomed by power tillers so that the texture is halfway between LSGR & PP. Some of the snow is granular & has been so pulverized that the crystals are like powder sugar. It's neither LSGR or PP.
Wet Snow-WETSN: Powder or packed powder snow that has become moist due to a thaw or rainfall, or snow which was moist when it fell.
Wet packed Snow-WPS: Natural or machine made snow that has been previously packed and becomes wet usually because of rainfall.
Loose Granular-LSGR: This surface results after powder or packed powder thaws, then refreezes and recrystalizes, or from an accumulation of sleet. This is also created by machine grooming of frozen or icy snow.
Frozen Granular-FRGR: This is undoubtedly the most misunderstood surface condition in ski reporting. It is defined as a hard surface of old snow formed by granules freezing together after rain or warm temperatures. Frozen granular will support a ski pole stuck into its surface while ice will chip away and not support a pole.
Wet Granular-WETGR: Loose or frozen granular snow which becomes wet after rainfall or high temperatures.
Icy-ICE: Not to be confused with frozen granular, ice is a hard, glazed surface created either by freezing rain, ground water seeping up into the snow and freezing or by the rapid freezing of snow saturated with water from rain or melting. Ice will chip away and not support a ski pole when stuck into it.
Variable Conditions-VC: When no primary surface (70%) can be determined, variable conditions describe a range of surfaces that a skier may encounter. Parts of trails can be Loose Granular, partly Packed Powder, and parts Frozen Granular, for example.
Corn Snow-CORN: Usually found in the spring, Corn Snow is characterized by large, loose granules during the day, which freeze together at night, then warm up again and loosen during the day.
Spring Conditions-SC: This is the spring version of Variable Conditions. It is used when no one surface can describe 70% or more of the terrain open for skiers.
Windblown Snow-WBLN: Powder or granular snow which has been blown by wind into forming a base
NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT
Mt Southington - Thu 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 30 base
9 trails, 80% open, 6 lifts
Ski Sundown - Fri 10:22a packed powder machine groomed 35 - 45 base
15 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Woodbury - Thu 10:06p t packed powder machine groomed 15 - 30 base 12
trails, 80% open, 5 lifts
MAINE
Camden Snow Bowl - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24
base 3 trails, 40% open, 2 lifts
Eaton Mountain - Thu 2:35p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 16 base
3 trails, 16% open, 1 lift
Hermon Mtn - Fri 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 15 - 36 base 6
trails, 30% open, 1 lift
Lost Valley - Thu 6:30p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 60 base 6
trails, 33% open, 2 lifts
Mt Abram - Thu 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 19 - 36 base 24
trails, 14 miles, 115 acres, 65% open, 4 lifts
Mt Jefferson - Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Saddleback - Fri 8:10a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30 base 39
trails, 86 acres, 65% open, 5 lifts
Shawnee Peak - Fri 4:00p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 26 base
30 trails, 191 acres, 80% open, 5 lifts
Sugarloaf/USA - Fri 2:17p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
87 trails, 40 miles, 465 acres, 65% open, 14 lifts
Sunday River - Fri 3:00p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 36 base
112 trails, 42 miles, 524 acres, 80% open, 17 lifts
MASSACHUSETTS
Berkshire East - Fri 10:03a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 45
base 12 trails, 40% open, 4 lifts Jan 27: 16 trail, 4 lifts,
Blandford - Thu 2:30p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36 base 9
trails, 45% open, 4 lifts Jan 27-28: 11 trails, 5 lifts,
Blue Hills - Fri 2:50p w packed powder machine groomed 10 - 24 base 2
trails, 25% open, 3 lifts
Bousquet - Fri 2:00p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 42 base 13
trails, 55% open, 3 lifts
Bradford - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 28 base 12
trails, 95% open, 8 lifts
Catamount - Fri 4:48p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 24 base 23
trails, 60% open, 5 lifts
Jiminy Peak - Fri 6:52a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 42 base 25
trails, 7 miles, 106 acres, 62% open, 4 lifts
Nashoba Valley - Fri 5:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
14 trails, 82% open, 8 lifts
Ski Butternut - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 36 base
15 trails, 8 miles, 70% open, 6 lifts
Ski Ward Ski Area - Thu 8:20p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 36
base 4 trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
Wachusett - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 40 base 20
trails, 107 acres, 99% open, 6 lifts
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Arrowhead - Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Attitash - Fri 3:27p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 36 base 37
trails, 12 miles, 146 acres, 53% open, 9 lifts
Balsams/Wilderness - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 20
base 8 trails, 1 mile , 50% open, 3 lifts
Black Mountain - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30 base
19 trails, 50% open, 2 lifts
Bretton Woods - Fri 3:45p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36 base
66 trails, 24 miles, 342 acres, 79% open, 8 lifts
Cannon Mountain - Fri 4:15p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24
base 33 trails, 65% open, 6 lifts
Cranmore - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30 base 20
trails, 50% open, 6 lifts
Crotched Mountain - Fri 8:10a packed powder machine groomed 14 - 40
base 17 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Dartmouth Skiway - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 8 - 20
base 9 trails, 30% open, 2 lifts
Granite Gorge - Fri 2:42p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 42 base
5 trails, 40% open, 3 lifts
King Pine - Thu 11:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36 base 12
trails, 75% open, 5 lifts Jan 27: 16 trails, 5 lifts,
Loon Mountain - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 20 base
37 trails, 17 miles, 235 acres, 82% open, 9 lifts
Mount Sunapee - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
50 trails, 17 miles, 200 acres, 87% open, 9 lifts
Pats Peak - Fri 5:10p packed powder machine groomed 8 - 36 base 22
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Ragged Mountain - Thu 9:36p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36
base 2 trails, 10% open, 2 lifts
Waterville Valley - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30
base 38 trails, 175 acres, 73% open, 6 lifts
Whaleback - Fri 3:45a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 18 base 5
trails, 15% open, 4 lifts
Wildcat - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 8 - 28 base 33
trails, 70% open, 3 lifts
NEW JERSEY
Mountain Creek - Thu 10:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24
base 14 trails, 30% open, 4 lifts
NEW YORK
Belleayre - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 40 base 25
trails, 45% open, 7 lifts
Brantling Ski Slopes - Thu 7:00p powder machine groomed 17 - 36 base
7 trails, 70% open, 3 lifts
Bristol Mountain - Fri 8:45a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 44
base 26 trails, 79% open, 6 lifts
Dry Hill - Thu 8:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36 base 4
trails, 50% open, 1 lift
Gore Mountain - Fri 3:50p packed powder machine groomed 13 - 40 base
32 trails, 15 miles, 184 acres, 54% open, 8 lifts
Greek Peak - Thu 3:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 26 base 15
trails, 47% open, 4 lifts
Holiday Valley - Fri 5:30p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 12 -
36 base 37 trails, 80% open, 11 lifts
HoliMont - Fri 8:00a packed powder machine groomed 6 - 38 base 25
trails, 47% open, 7 lifts
Hunter Mountain - Fri 3:49p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 60
base 40 trails, 75% open, 9 lifts
Labrador Mountain - Thu 9:46p packed powder machine groomed 5 - 14
base 8 trails, 65% open, 2 lifts
Maple Ski Ridge - Fri 5:35p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 30
base 7 trails, 95% open, 3 lifts
McCauley - Fri 2:38p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 32 base 12
trails, 57% open, 2 lifts
Mt Peter - Thu 9:48p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 36 base 7
trails, 85% open, 2 lifts
Plattekill - Thu 11:00p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 36 base 11
trails, 30% open, 2 lifts
Royal Mountain - Fri 2:00p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 30 base
12 trails, 86% open, 3 lifts
Sawkill Family Ski Center - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 2
- 10 base 2 trails, 6 acres, 100% open, 1 lift
Swain - Thu 9:47p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 40 base 13
trails, 55% open, 2 lifts
Thunder Ridge - Fri 5:14p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 36 base
14 trails, 95% open, 3 lifts
Titus Mountain - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 18 base
25 trails, 93% open, 5 lifts
Toggenburg - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 20 base 12
trails, 25% open, 3 lifts
West Mountain - Fri 4:40p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
10 trails, 1 mile , 45% open, 5 lifts
Whiteface - Fri 5:20a packed powder machine groomed 17 - 28 base 57
trails, 15 miles, 174 acres, 78% open, 6 lifts
Willard Mountain - Thu 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 20
base 8 trails, 65% open, 4 lifts
Windham Mtn - Fri 2:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 46 base 31
trails, 13 miles, 210 acres, 80% open, 9 lifts
Woods Valley - Thu 8:00p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 40 base 12
trails, 86% open, 2 lifts
PENNSYLVANIA
Alpine Mountain - Fri 10:54a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 38
base 5 trails, 24% open, 5 lifts
Bear Creek - Fri 6:19a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 34 base 20
trails, 95% open, 5 lifts
Big Boulder - Fri 11:40a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 72
base 13 trails, 95% open, 3 lifts
Blue Knob - Fri 10:00a 5 new powder machine groomed 15 - 33 base 21
trails, 55 acres, 65% open, 3 lifts
Blue Mountain - Thu 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base
20 trails, 67% open, 7 lifts
Camelback - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 54 base 26
trails, 134 acres, 90% open, 13 lifts
Elk Mountain - Fri 9:30a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 20 - 42
base 17 trails, 70% open, 4 lifts
Hidden Valley - Fri 5:30a 2 new powder machine groomed 22 - 30 base
14 trails, 50% open, 6 lifts
Jack Frost - Thu 8:20p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 42 base 18
trails, 85% open, 6 lifts
Liberty Mountain - Fri 8:10a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 38
base 11 trails, 82% open, 8 lifts Jan 27: 13 trails, 8 lifts,
Mystic Mountain - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 24
base 9 trails, 90% open, 2 lifts
Seven Springs - Fri 5:10a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36
base 40 trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Shawnee Mountain - Fri 5:15p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48
base 19 trails, 85% open, 7 lifts
Ski Big Bear - Fri 5:30p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36 base
15 trails, 1 mile , 75% open, 4 lifts
Ski Denton - Fri 6:20a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base 12
trails, 3 lifts Jan 27: 18 trails, 4 lifts,
Ski Sawmill - Fri 10:15a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 24 base 8
trails, 80% open, 3 lifts
Spring Mountain - Thu 8:30p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 56
base 7 trails, 90% open, 5 lifts
Tanglwood - Fri 9:00a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 35
base 6 trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
Tussey Mountain - Fri 12:45p 1 new powder machine groomed 8 - 18 base
4 trails, 75% open, 2 lifts
Whitetail - Fri 8:22a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 30 base 16
trails, 85% open, 6 lifts
RHODE ISLAND
Yawgoo Valley - Fri 3:22a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 30 base
11 trails, 2 miles, 33 acres, 95% open, 4 lifts
VERMONT
Bolton Valley - Fri 10:20a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 15 -
28 base 41 trails, 75% open, 4 lifts Jan 27: 64 trails, 6 lifts,
Bromley Mountain - Fri 3:10p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 27
base 24 trails, 55% open, 8 lifts
Burke Mountain - Fri 2:09p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
34 trails, 76% open, 4 lifts
Jay Peak - Fri 4:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base 66
trails, 90% open, 8 lifts
Killington - Fri 4:00p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 30 base 143
trails, 64 miles, 72% open, 27 lifts
Mad River Glen - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 16 base
45 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Magic Mountain - Fri 6:25a packed powder machine groomed 6 - 30 base
9 trails, 20% open, 1 lift
Middlebury College Snow Bowl - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine
groomed 8 - 38 base 5 trails, 29% open, 2 lifts
Mount Snow - Fri 6:20a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 40 base 56
trails, 20 miles, 318 acres, 55% open, 10 lifts
Okemo Mountain - Fri 3:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
87 trails, 74% open, 14 lifts
Pico - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 30 base 23
trails, 9 miles, 46% open, 4 lifts
Quechee Lakes - Thu 10:00p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 30 base
10 trails, 90% open, 3 lifts
Smugglers' Notch - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36
base 51 trails, 71% open, 7 lifts
Stowe - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 46 base 48
trails, 39 miles, 100% open, 12 lifts
Stratton Mountain - Fri 8:30a wet granular machine groomed 16 - 36
base 66 trails, 27 miles, 352 acres, 70% open, 7 lifts Jan 27: 72 trails,
11 lifts, 2 new terrain parks,
Sugarbush - Fri 7:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 8 - 45 base
111 trails, 53 miles, 484 acres, 100% open, 12 lifts
Suicide Six - Thu 3:30p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 16 base 6
trails, 26% open, 2 lifts
SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA
Cloudmont - Fri 9:03a packed powder machine groomed 6 - 12 base 1
trail 40% open, 1 lift
MARYLAND
Wisp - Fri 4:25a 5 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 62 base 24
trails, 75% open, 8 lifts
NORTH CAROLINA
Appalachian - Fri 3:37a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 50 base 7
trails, 78% open, 5 lifts
Cataloochee - Thu 7:00p packed powder machine groomed 30 - 60 base 9
trails, 75% open, 5 lifts
Hawksnest - Thu 9:30p packed powder machine groomed 25 - 40 base 8
trails, 80% open, 3 lifts
Sapphire Valley - Fri 3:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 32
base 2 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Ski Beech - Fri 6:45a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36
base 9 trails, 60% open, 5 lifts
Sugar Mountain - Thu 9:30p packed powder machine groomed 30 - 55 base
17 trails, 85% open, 5 lifts
Wolf Ridge - Fri 1:13p loose granular machine groomed 18 - 46 base 10
trails, 56% open, 3 lifts
TENNESSEE
Ober Gatlinburg - Fri 4:50p hard packed machine groomed 22 - 36 base
5 trails, 62% open, 3 lifts
VIRGINIA
Bryce Resort - Thu 10:51p packed powder machine groomed 25 - 40 base
7 trails, 22 acres, 90% open, 4 lifts
Massanutten - Fri 4:00p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base 10
trails, 80% open, 7 lifts
Wintergreen - Fri 8:15a frozen granular 36 - 48 base 15 trails,
60% open, 4 lifts
WEST VIRGINIA
Canaan Valley - Fri 4:00a 8 new packed powder machine groomed 20 - 44
base 28 trails, 76% open, 2 lifts
Snowshoe Mountain - Fri 8:00a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 26
- 40 base 47 trails, 82% open, 12 lifts
Timberline Four Seasons - Fri 8:55a 8 new packed powder machine
groomed 36 - 60 base 18 trails, 49% open, 2 lifts
Winterplace - Thu 7:55p 5 new packed powder machine groomed 38 - 48
base 17 trails, 63% open, 5 lifts
MIDWEST
ILLINOIS
Four Lakes Village - Not reporting
Ski Snowstar - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 64 base
13 trails, 28 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Villa Olivia - Not reporting
INDIANA
Perfect North - Fri 9:15a packed powder machine groomed 10 - 36 base
22 trails, 75 acres, 100% open, 10 lifts
IOWA
Fun Valley - Fri 12:50p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 24 base 13
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Seven Oaks - Fri 7:50a packed powder machine groomed 15 - 18 base 7
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Sundown Mountain - Fri 7:05a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 50
base 21 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
MICHIGAN
Alpine Valley - Fri 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 2 - 30 base
20 trails, 80% open, 12 lifts
Apple Mountain - Fri 9:30a 2 new powder machine groomed 16 - 28 base
10 trails, 90% open, 5 lifts
Big Powderhorn - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 42 base
28 trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Blackjack - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 42 base 20
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Boyne Highlands - Fri 3:33p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 55
base 50 trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Boyne Mountain - Fri 3:33p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 50 base
55 trails, 90% open, 11 lifts
Caberfae Peaks - Fri 11:00a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 32 -
64 base 34 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Crystal Mountain - Fri 3:00p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 2 -
50 base 45 trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Hickory Hills - Fri 12:00p 3 new packed powder machine groomed 12 -
24 base 6 trails, 75% open, 4 lifts
Indianhead - Fri 8:08a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 44 base 28
trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Marquette - Fri 4:30p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 30 base 15
trails, 60% open, 4 lifts
Mount Bohemia - Fri 5:30p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 4 - 16
base 2 trails, 5% open, 1 lift
Mount Brighton - Not reporting
Mt Holiday - Not reporting
Mt Holly - Thu 10:10p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 40 base 19
trails, 100% open, 13 lifts
Norway Mountain - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 38
base 16 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Nub's Nob - Fri 8:20a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 10 - 71
base 50 trails, 95% open, 5 lifts
Pine Mountain - Thu 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 48 base
11 trails, 65% open, 2 lifts
Shanty Creek - Thu 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36 base
39 trails, 80% open, 9 lifts
Ski Brule - Fri 3:30p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 42 base 17
trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
Snow Snake - Thu 7:00p packed powder machine groomed 4 - 30 base 10
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Swiss Valley - Fri 5:14a packed powder machine groomed 26 base 11
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
The Homestead - Fri 12:09a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 24 base
10 trails, 67% open, 5 lifts
Timber Ridge - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine groomed 26 - 26 base 8
trails, 53% open, 7 lifts
Treetops - Fri 11:28a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 20 - 34
base 12 trails, 52% open, 5 lifts
MINNESOTA
Afton Alps - Fri 8:53a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 50 base 48
trails, 100% open, 12 lifts
Buck Hill - Fri 12:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 48 base 15
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Coffee Mill - Thu 11:50p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 48 base 9
trails, 90% open, 3 lifts
Hyland Ski Snowboard - Thu 7:20p packed powder machine groomed 24 -
48 base 12 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Lutsen Mountains - Fri 11:00a hard packed 18 - 32 base 45 trails,
75% open, 8 lifts
Spirit Mountain - Fri 11:30a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24
base 22 trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Welch Village - Thu 6:30p packed powder machine groomed 26 - 58 base
46 trails, 98% open, 8 lifts
Wild Mountain - Fri 8:22a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 62 base
25 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
MISSOURI
Hidden Valley - Not reporting
Snow Creek - Thu 6:30p packed powder machine groomed 36 - 60 base 12
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
OHIO
Alpine Valley - Not reporting
Boston Mills/Brandywine - Not reporting
Mad River - Fri 9:28a 4 new packed powder machine groomed 46 - 46
base 23 trails, 144 acres, 100% open, 12 lifts
Snow Trails - Fri 12:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 48 base
12 trails, 98% open, 7 lifts
SOUTH DAKOTA
Great Bear Park - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 20 base 14
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Terry Peak - Fri 7:45a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 22 base 11
trails, 42% open, 4 lifts
WISCONSIN
Alpine Valley - Thu 9:45p packed powder machine groomed 36 - 52 base
20 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Camp 10 - Fri 7:20a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 5 - 37 base 9
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Christie Mountain - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 37
base 18 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Devil's Head - Fri 1:00a packed powder machine groomed 35 - 40 base
24 trails, 86% open, 6 lifts
Granite Peak - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 50 base
74 trails, 150 acres, 100% open, 7 lifts
Highlands of Olympia - Fri 11:00a packed powder machine groomed 20 -
44 base 7 trails, 75% open, 2 lifts Jan 27-28: 9 trails, 3 lifts, 100%,
Mountain Top at Grand Geneva - Fri 11:00a packed powder machine
groomed 22 - 36 base 18 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Sunburst - Fri 7:30a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base 11
trails, 95% open, 6 lifts
Tyrol Basin - Fri 9:30a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36 base 13
trails, 75% open, 4 lifts Jan 27: 16 trails, 5 lifts,
Whitecap Mountain - Not reporting
Wilmot Mountain - Fri 9:30a packed powder machine groomed 20 - 40
base 25 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
ROCKIES
COLORADO
Arapahoe Basin - Fri 5:16a packed powder machine groomed 42 - 42 base
58 trails, 488 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Aspen Highlands - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 45 - 55
base 121 trails, 92% open, 5 lifts
Aspen Mountain - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 37 - 39
base 76 trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Beaver Creek - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 39 - 39 base
148 trails, 1785 acres, 99% open, 16 lifts
Breckenridge - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 41 - 51 base
147 trails, 2211 acres, 94% open, 29 lifts
Buttermilk - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 37 - 37 base 36
trails, 82% open, 4 lifts
Copper Mountain - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 45 - 50
base 127 trails, 2433 acres, 100% open, 21 lifts
Crested Butte - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 37 base
100 trails, 1065 acres, 91% open, 16 lifts
Echo Mountain Park - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 36 - 46
base 10 trails, 100% open, 1 lift
Eldora - Fri 8:15a packed powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 51
trails, 95% open, 12 lifts
Keystone - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 41 - 41 base 113
trails, 3077 acres, 98% open, 19 lifts
Loveland - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 46 - 49 base 77
trails, 1285 acres, 94% open, 8 lifts
Monarch - Fri 12:25p packed powder machine groomed 44 - 47 base 55
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Powderhorn - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 38 - 38 base 35
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Purgatory at Durango - Fri 7:13a packed powder machine groomed 43 -
47 base 85 trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Silverton Mountain - Thu 8:21p powder 63 - 78 base 100% open, 1
lift
Ski Cooper - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 41 - 43 base 26
trails, 400 acres, 100% open, 4 lifts
Snowmass - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 37 - 52 base 85
trails, 97% open, 21 lifts
SolVista Basin - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 40 - 40
base 30 trails, 79% open, 5 lifts
Steamboat - Fri 8:05a packed powder machine groomed 44 - 44 base 162
trails, 2923 acres, 99% open, 19 lifts
Sunlight - Fri 6a csr packed powder machine groomed 34 - 34 base 67
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Telluride - Fri 5:05a packed powder machine groomed 38 - 43 base 84
trails, 99% open, 16 lifts
Vail - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 31 - 31 base 195
trails, 5159 acres, 98% open, 33 lifts
Winter Park - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 47 - 53 base
126 trails, 2411 acres, 80% open, 18 lifts
Wolf Creek - Fri 6:30a powder machine groomed 74 - 80 base 77 trails,
1600 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
MONTANA
Big Mountain - Fri 6:48a packed powder machine groomed 52 - 83 base
93 trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Big Sky - Fri 8:00a frozen granular machine groomed 38 - 57 base 150
trails, 3600 acres, 100% open, 18 lifts
Blacktail Mountain - Fri 6a msr packed powder machine groomed 46 - 68
base 24 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Bridger Bowl - Fri 5:20a hard packed 31 - 31 base 71 trails, 100%
open, 7 lifts
Discovery - Fri 5:57a packed powder machine groomed 32 - 52 base 60
trails, 95% open, 5 lifts
Great Divide - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 25 - 35 base
60 trails, 75% open, 4 lifts
Lost Trail - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 59 - 65 base 40
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Maverick - Thu 6a msr packed powder machine groomed 33 - 47 base 24
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Montana Snowbowl - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 32 - 61
base 39 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Moonlight Basin - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 41 - 42
base 70 trails, 88% open, 5 lifts
Red Lodge - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 36 base 38
trails, 54% open, 7 lifts
Showdown - Fri 6a msr packed powder machine groomed 27 - 36 base 34
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Teton Pass - Sun 6a msr packed powder machine groomed 34 - 45 base 26
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Turner Mountain - Sun 6a msr packed powder machine groomed 30 - 50
base 20 trails, 100% open, 1 lift
NEW MEXICO
Angel Fire - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 56 - 56 base 71
trails, 99% open, 7 lifts
Pajarito - Sun 7a nmsr packed powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 29
trails, 72% open, 5 lifts
Red River - Fri 6:56a packed powder machine groomed 51 - 51 base 50
trails, 95% open, 7 lifts
Sandia Peak - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 42 - 42 base 31
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Sipapu - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 34 - 43 base 38
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Ski Apache - Fri 6:13a packed powder machine groomed 48 - 51 base 47
trails, 98% open, 6 lifts
Taos - Fri 3:20a packed powder machine groomed 53 - 55 base 86
trails, 90% open, 12 lifts
UTAH
Alta - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 56 - 56 base 114
trails, 98% open, 7 lifts
Beaver Mountain - Fri 6a usr packed powder machine groomed 41 - 41
base 30 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Brian Head - Fri 6a usr packed powder machine groomed 54 - 54 base 54
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Brighton - Fri 5:28a packed powder machine groomed 55 - 55 base 66
trails, 26 miles, 1050 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Deer Valley - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 48 - 48 base 88
trails, 96% open, 21 lifts
Park City - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 29 - 49 base 104
trails, 100% open, 15 lifts
Powder Mountain - Fri 6a usr packed powder machine groomed 47 - 49
base 83 trails, 73% open, 6 lifts
Snowbasin - Fri 6:50a loose granular machine groomed 43 - 47 base 82
trails, 98% open, 10 lifts
Snowbird - Fri 4:30a packed powder machine groomed 51 - 51 base 83
trails, 93% open, 12 lifts
Solitude - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine groomed 50 - 56 base 61
trails, 95% open, 8 lifts
Sundance - Fri 9:48a packed powder machine groomed 32 - 33 base 38
trails, 95% open, 4 lifts
The Canyons - Fri 6:25a packed powder machine groomed 37 - 59 base
143 trails, 100% open, 16 lifts
Wolf Mountain - Fri 6a usr packed powder machine groomed 35 - 35 base
17 trails, 85% open, 3 lifts
WYOMING
Grand Targhee - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 77 - 77 base
72 trails, 2000 acres, 100% open, 5 lifts
Hogadon - Fri 8:00a packed powder machine groomed 27 - 29 base 18
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Jackson Hole - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 21 - 56 base
115 trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
Snow King - Not reporting
White Pine - Fri 5:54a packed powder machine groomed 34 - 34 base 23
trails, 92% open, 2 lifts
PACIFIC SOUTH
ARIZONA
Arizona Snowbowl - Fri 6:15a packed powder machine groomed 10 - 35
base 29 trails, 90% open, 4 lifts
Elk Ridge - Opening Soon for Snow Sports
CALIFORNIA
Alpine Meadows - Fri 5:50a packed powder machine groomed 33 - 65 base
100 trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
Bear Mountain - Fri 8:28a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base
25 trails, 99% open, 12 lifts
Bear Valley - Fri 5:18a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 34 base 48
trails, 60% open, 6 lifts
Boreal - Fri 5:50a packed powder machine groomed 40 - 60 base 42
trails, 90% open, 7 lifts
Dodge Ridge - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 34 base 58
trails, 90% open, 8 lifts
Donner Ski Ranch - Fri 7:15a packed powder machine groomed 28 - 48
base 42 trails, 80% open, 4 lifts
Heavenly - Fri 6:00a wet snow machine groomed 36 - 52 base 60 trails,
1500 acres, 50% open, 29 lifts
Homewood - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 50 base 55
trails, 92% open, 7 lifts
June - Fri 8:55a packed powder machine groomed 4 - 20 base 25 trails,
50% open, 6 lifts
Mammoth - Fri 8:45a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 48 base 100
trails, 60% open, 22 lifts
Mountain High - Fri 6:30a hard packed machine groomed 12 - 30 base 18
trails, 75% open, 10 lifts
Northstar at Tahoe - Fri 5:40a packed powder machine groomed 21 - 47
base 78 trails, 99% open, 14 lifts
Royal Gorge - Fri 8:20a packed powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 62
trails, 69% open, 1 lift
Sierra at Tahoe - Fri 5:55a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 54
base 38 trails, 90% open, 8 lifts
Sierra Summit - Fri 8:22a hard packed 22 - 22 base 30 trails, 75%
open, 9 lifts
Snow Summit - Fri 8:24a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base 26
trails, 99% open, 14 lifts
Snow Valley - Fri 6:15a hard packed machine groomed 12 - 36 base 11
trails, 100 acres, 40% open, 6 lifts
Soda Springs - Fri 6:52a packed powder machine groomed 40 - 60 base
35 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Squaw Valley USA - Fri 5:40a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 70
base 130 trails, 85% open, 22 lifts
NEVADA
Diamond Peak - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 29 - 51 base
19 trails, 80% open, 5 lifts
Mt Rose - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine groomed 22 - 36 base 20
trails, 45% open, 6 lifts
PACIFIC NORTH
IDAHO
Brundage - Fri 4:40a packed powder machine groomed 48 - 63 base 43
trails, 1300 acres, 100% open, 4 lifts
Lookout Pass - Fri 5a insa packed powder machine groomed 99 - 144
base 24 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Magic Mountain - Not reporting
Pebble Creek - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 42 base
90% open, 3 lifts
Pomerelle - Fri 1:30a packed powder machine groomed 57 - 88 base 24
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Schweitzer Mountain - Fri 5:23a packed powder machine groomed 61 -
110 base 80 trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Silver Mountain - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 70 - 97
base 67 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Sun Valley - Fri 5:30a hard packed 37 - 51 base 79 trails, 90%
open, 13 lifts
Tamarack - Fri 6:15a packed powder machine groomed 30 - 45 base 36
trails, 98% open, 5 lifts
OREGON
Cooper Spur - Sat 8:36a w packed powder machine groomed 34 - 34 base
10 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Mt Ashland - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 48 - 77 base 23
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Mt Hood Meadows - Fri 4:57a packed powder machine groomed 96 - 108
base 87 trails, 100% open, 12 lifts
Mt Hood Skibowl - Fri 5:30a packed powder machine groomed 60 - 62
base 65 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Ski Anthony Lakes - Fri 5:25a packed powder machine groomed 44 - 53
base 21 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Willamette Pass - Fri 7:20a hard packed 51 - 90 base 29 trails,
100% open, 5 lifts
WASHINGTON
49 Degrees North - Tue 2p insa powder machine groomed 102 - 147 base
68 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Badger Mountain - Wed 4:31p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 30
base 5 trails, 2 miles, 100% open, 3 lifts
Bluewood - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 65 - 66 base 24
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Crystal Mountain - Fri 5:15a packed powder machine groomed 78 - 108
base 50 trails, 1600 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Loup Loup Ski Bowl - Fri 6:31a packed powder machine groomed 52 - 53
base 10 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Mission Ridge - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 47 - 61 base
36 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Mt Baker - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 160 - 172 base 38
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Mt Spokane - Fri 5a insa packed powder machine groomed 62 - 89 base
45 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Stevens Pass - Fri 7:50a hard packed machine groomed 99 - 112 base 37
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Summit at Snoqualmie-Alpental - Fri 6a insa variable 95 - 133 base
24 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Summit at Snoqualmie-Central - Fri 5a insa variable 86 - 87 base
22 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Summit at Snoqualmie-East - Fri 5a insa variable 92 - 93 base 14
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Summit at Snoqualmie-West - Fri 5a insa variable 87 - 87 base 12
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Apex Mountain - Fri 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 65 - 65 base
67 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Big White - Fri 5:40a packed powder machine groomed 71 - 83 base 118
trails, 100% open, 16 lifts
Crystal Mountain - Fri 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 55 - 57
base 24 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Fairmont Hot Springs - Fri 2:00a packed powder machine groomed 22 -
31 base 14 trails, 95% open, 2 lifts
Fernie Alpine - Fri 8:00a variable machine groomed 105 - 107 base 104
trails, 95% open, 9 lifts
Kicking Horse - Fri 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 73 - 73 base
106 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Kimberley - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 55 base 80
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Mt Baldy - Fri 5:44a hard packed 43 - 67 base 25 trails, 100%
open, 3 lifts
Mt Timothy - Fri 6:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 47 - 47
base 28 trails, 90% open, 2 lifts
Mt Washington Alpine Resort - Fri 5:19a 1 new hard packed 119 -
122 base 60 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Panorama Mountain - Fri 8:23a packed powder machine groomed 33 - 49
base 120 trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Red Resort - Fri 5:00a hard packed 43 - 82 base 83 trails, 100%
open, 6 lifts
Silver Star - Fri 8:00a packed powder machine groomed 73 - 73 base
115 trails, 100% open, 12 lifts
Sun Peaks - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 121
trails, 100% open, 12 lifts
Whistler/Blackcomb - Fri 6:00a hard packed machine groomed 108 - 112
base 200 trails, 8171 acres, 100% open, 37 lifts
Whitewater - Fri 4:55a packed powder machine groomed 107 - 107 base
47 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
MANITOBA
Falcon Ridge - Tue 12:00p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 10 base
11 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
QUEBEC
Camp Fortune - Fri 6a oesr 1 - 2 new packed powder machine groomed 18
- 20 base 9 trails, 45% open, 3 lifts
Edelweiss Valley - Fri 6a oesr packed powder machine groomed 18 - 22
base 8 trails, 44% open, 2 lifts
Gray Rocks - Fri 8:46a w hard packed machine groomed 4 - 18 base 16
trails, 73% open, 3 lifts
Le Massif - Fri 5:00p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 16 base 37
trails, 86% open, 4 lifts
Mont Avila - Fri 8:26a w hard packed machine groomed 9 trails, 82%
open, 2 lifts
Mont Belu - Fri 8:12a w hard packed machine groomed 9 trails, 90%
open, 1 lift
Mont Blanc - Fri 8:48a hard packed machine groomed 22 trails, 55%
open, 5 lifts
Mont Gabriel - Fri 7:51a w hard packed machine groomed 11 trails, 61%
open, 3 lifts
Mont Gleason - Fri 4:34a hard packed machine groomed 6 - 12 base 14
trails, 67% open, 2 lifts
Mont Habitant - Fri 8:37a w hard packed machine groomed 10 trails,
91% open, 2 lifts
Mont Olympia - Fri 7:50a w hard packed machine groomed 14 trails, 58%
open, 4 lifts
Mont Orford - Thu 3:30p hard packed machine groomed 4 - 10 base 26
trails, 46% open, 3 lifts
Mont Rigaud - Thu 8:22p w hard packed machine groomed 8 trails, 89%
open, 1 lift
Mont Sainte-Anne - Fri 8:38a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 20
base 50 trails, 70% open, 6 lifts
Mont Saint-Sauveur - Fri 8:26a w hard packed machine groomed 4 - 8
base 30 trails, 79% open, 6 lifts
Mont Ste-Marie - Fri 6a oesr loose granular machine groomed 24 - 28
base 14 trails, 58% open, 2 lifts
Mont Sutton - Fri 5:55a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 6 - 20
base 40 trails, 18 miles, 142 acres, 83% open, 3 lifts
Owl's Head - Fri 7:16a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 20 base 21
trails, 70% open, 4 lifts
Ski Bromont - Thu 10:11p hard packed machine groomed 14 - 16 base 48
trails, 46% open, 7 lifts
Ski La Reserve - Fri 5:00a hard packed machine groomed 20 - 24 base
19 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Ski Morin Heights - Fri 7:52a w hard packed machine groomed 6 - 8
base 15 trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
Stoneham - Fri 12:25a frozen granular machine groomed 12 - 12 base 26
trails, 75% open, 7 lifts
Tremblant - Fri 6:06a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 22 base 69
trails, 36 miles, 480 acres, 75% open, 11 lifts
Val D'Irene - Fri 6a qsr 6 new powder 18 trails, 69% open, 4 lifts
Vorlage - Fri 6a oesr 1 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 18
base 8 trails, 53% open, 3 lifts
ONTARIO
Calabogie Peaks - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 20 - 20
base 9 trails, 45% open, 2 lifts
Centennial Park - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 8 - 10
base 3 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Chicopee - Fri 6a osr 1 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 12
base 12 trails, 86% open, 6 lifts
Dagmar Ski Resort - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 22 - 22
base 13 trails, 93% open, 4 lifts
Devils Elbow - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base
10 trails, 91% open, 3 lifts
Glen Eden - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 8 - 9 base 12
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Hidden Valley - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 12 - 12 base
6 trails, 46% open, 4 lifts
Hockley Valley - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 16 - 16
base 11 trails, 79% open, 4 lifts
Horseshoe Resort - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 12 - 20
base 23 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Lakeridge Ski Resort - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 22 -
24 base 11 trails, 50% open, 3 lifts
Loch Lomond - Fri 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 31 base 14
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
London Ski Club - Fri 6a osr 1 - 2 new packed powder machine groomed
12 - 16 base 7 trails, 78% open, 4 lifts
Mansfield Ski Club - Reopen TBA
Mt Pakenham - Fri 6a oesr loose granular machine groomed 15 - 24 base
10 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Mt St Louis-Moonstone - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 16 -
30 base 34 trails, 94% open, 6 lifts
North York - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 16 - 18 base 4
trails, 100% open, 1 lift
Oshawa Ski Club - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 10 - 11
base 10 trails, 50% open, 4 lifts
Searchmont Resort - Fri 7:30a packed powder machine groomed 11 - 24
base 12 trails, 70% open, 3 lifts
Sir Sam's - Fri 6a osr packed powder machine groomed 12 - 16 base 12
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Skyloft Ski Club - Fri 6a osr 1 new loose granular machine groomed 14
- 14 base 8 trails, 44% open, 2 lifts
Snow Valley - Fri 6a osr 2 new packed powder machine groomed 18 - 22
base 17 trails, 94% open, 7 lifts
Talisman Mountain - Fri 6a osr 4 new packed powder machine groomed 14
- 24 base 13 trails, 72% open, 4 lifts
NOVA SCOTIA
Ski Martock - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base 4
trails, 57% open, 3 lifts
NEW BRUNSWICK
Crabbe Mountain - Fri 7:05a packed powder machine groomed 16 - 24
base 16 trails, 89% open, 2 lifts
Poley Mountain - Fri 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 22 - 24 base
10 trails, 43% open, 4 lifts
ALBERTA
Canada Olympic Park - Fri 6a alb packed powder machine groomed 40 -
40 base 3 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Castle Mountain - Fri 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 25 - 122
base 65 trails, 95% open, 4 lifts
Lake Louise - Fri 5:54a packed powder machine groomed 59 - 71 base
139 trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Marmot Basin - Fri 6a alb packed powder machine groomed 46 - 46 base
84 trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Nakiska Ski Area - Fri 6a alb packed powder machine groomed 18 - 33
base 24 trails, 86% open, 5 lifts
Silver Summit - Wed 2:20a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 17 base
13 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Ski Banff @ Norquay - Fri 6a alb packed powder machine groomed 54 -
54 base 28 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Sunshine Village - Fri 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 69 - 69
base 107 trails, 100% open, 12 lifts
ALASKA
ALASKA
Alyeska Resort - Fri 8:00a 36 new wet snow machine groomed 76 - 130
base 69 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Eaglecrest - Fri 7:00a packed powder machine groomed 66 - 168 base 35
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
NORTHEAST
MAINE
10th Mountain Center XC Fri 7:30a packed powder grmg4--6 base 21 km,
Bethel Inn XC Fri 8:15a hard packed grmg4--6 base 6 trails, 20 km,
Carters Bethel XC Fri 12:00p packed powder grmg4--6 base 50 km,
Carters Oxford XC Fri 12:38p powder grmg2--4 base 25 km,
Coast Trail Center XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Countryside XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Five Fields Farm XC Plan to Open 01/26 /w 7 km; Dog sled race Feb 10-11
Harris Farm XC Fri 3:50p packed powder grmg3--5 base 40 km,
Nordic Heritage XC Fri 11:40a packed powder grmg4--6 base 6 trails, 20
km,
Pineland Farms XC Fri 8:30a packed powder grmg3--4 base 8 trails, 22
km,
Rangeley Lakes XC Fri 3:00p hard packed grmg2--6 base 20 km,
Smiling Hill Farm XC Plan to Open 01/27
The Birches XC Fri 9:00a hard packed grmg8--8 base 30 km,
MASSACHUSETTS
Canterbury Farm XC Plan to Open TBA
Great Brook XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Northfield Mtn XC Operating hiking only
Notchview Reservation XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Ski Butternut XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Stump Sprouts XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Weston Ski Track XC Fri 5:20p frozen granular grmg6--30 base 2 trails,
2 km,
NEW HAMPSHIRE
BrettonWoods XC Fri 8:45a packed powder grmg4--8 base 29 trails, 45 km,
Dexters Inn Norsk XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Eastman XC Fri 8:05a packed powder grmg2--2 base 6 trails, 5 km,
Great Glen Trails XC Fri 6:30a packed powder grmg4--8 base 40 km,
Gunstock XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Jackson XC Fri 6:00a packed powder grmg6--10 base 20 trails, 66 km,
Mt Washington Valley XC Plan to Open TBA
Nordic Skier XC Fri 9:30a packed powder grmg3--5 base 21 trails, 15 km,
The Balsams Wilderness XC Fri 4:00p packed powder grmg3--12 base 38
trails, 76 km,
Waterville Valley XC Fri 8:30a packed powder grmg4--5 base 16 trails,
29 km,
NEW JERSEY
High Point XC Plan to Open TBA
NEW YORK
Black River XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Cascade XC Fri 5:59a packed powder grmg7--9 base 15 km,
Fahnestock Winter Park XC Plan to Open TBA
Garnet Hill Lodge XC Fri 1:30p packed powder grmg2--3 base 12 trails,
25 km,
Lapland Lake XC Fri 5:30p powder grmg1--3 base 6 trails, 20 km,
Mohonk Mt House XC Plan to Open TBA
Mountain Trails XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Oak Hill Farms XC Plan to Open TBA
Olympic Sports Complex XC Thu 8:15a packed powder grmg6--6 base 15
trails, 50 km,
Osceola Tug Hill XC Fri 6:29a packed powder grmg10--14 base 8 trails,
40 km,
Pineridge XC Fri 12:00p variable -2 base 6 trails, 10 km,
Salmon Hills XC Fri 6:00a packed powder grmg7--10 base 15 trails, 35
km,
PENNSYLVANIA
Crystal Lake XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Starlight Lake XC Plan to Open TBA
VERMONT
Blueberry Hill Inn XC Fri 9:55a hard packed grmg3--5 base 6 trails, 50
km,
Blueberry Lake XC Fri 8:00a packed powder grmg4--10 base 10 trails, 30
km,
Bolton Valley XC Fri 12:30p powder 14--20 base 100 km,
Craftsbury Outdoor Center XC Fri 3:25p 1-newPP grmg2--5 base 15 trails,
75 km,
Highland Lodge XC Wed 8:00p packed powder grmg8--12 base 6 trails, 52
km,
Kingdom Trails XC Thu 9:00a powder grmg7--9 base 40 km,
Millstone XC Thu 9:15a packed powder grmg6--10 base 10 trails, 25 km,
Mountain Top XC Fri 4:30p packed powder grmg6--20 base 3 trails, 10 km,
Okemo Valley XC Closed for Snow Sports
Prospect Mountain XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Rikert Middlebury XC Fri 11:35a packed powder grmg4--5 base 5 trails,
14 km,
Smugglers' Notch XC Fri 8:15a packed powder grmg4--6 base 29 km,
Stowe Mountain XC Fri 4:00p packed powder grmg8--12 base 24 trails, 45
km,
Timber Creek XC Fri 8:30a packed powder grmg2--2 base 5 trails, 5 km,
Trapp Family Lodge XC Fri 4:00p packed powder grmg8--20 base 23 trails,
55 km,
Wild Wings XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Woodstock XC Wed 2:35p windblown 3--5 base 10 km,
SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA
White Grass XC Fri 8:00a 6-newPDR grmg5--8 base 44 trails, 50 km,
MIDWEST
MICHIGAN
Champion Hill XC Fri 9:50a packed powder grmg3--4 base 13 trails, 23
km,
Cross Country Ski HQ Fri 6:34a powder grmg5--10 base 8 trails, 18 km,
Crystal Mountain XC Thu 8:56a packed powder grmg6--14 base 14 trails,
40 km,
Hickory Hills XC Fri 12:00p 3-newPP grmg6--8 base 2 trails, 2 km,
Nordic Nights XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Corsair XC Wed 9:50p packed powder grmg4--4 base 56 km,
OHIO
Chapin Forest Pine Lodge XC Reopen TBA; Registration for Ohio
championship nordic flurry XC ski race open until Jan 26
ROCKIES
COLORADO
Ashcroft XC Thu 9:30a packed powder grmg22--32 base 16 trails, 35 km,
Aspen/Snowmass XC Fri 6:40a hard packed grmg16--20 base 14 trails, 88
km,
Crested Butte XC Wed 6:45p hard packed grmg15--45 base 15 trails, 40
km,
Snow Mountain XC Fri 8:17a hard packed grmg16--26 base 105 km,
MONTANA
Big Mountain XC Fri 6:48a packed powder grmg43--43 base 7 trails, 16
km,
Bohart Ranch XC Fri 6:13a packed powder grmg10--10 base 25 km,
Lone Mountain Ranch XC Wed 4:30p packed powder grmg18--35 base 24
trails, 77 km,
Rendezvous Ski Trails XC Fri 8:00a packed powder grmg25--25 base 8
trails, 35 km,
Stillwater XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
NEW MEXICO
Valles Caldera XC Sun 7a nmsr powder 36--36 base 35 km,
UTAH
Homestead Resort XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
WYOMING
Grand Targhee XC Fri 5:00a packed powder grmg39--42 base 5 trails, 15
km,
Pinedale XC Fri 11:40a packed powder grmg30--30 base 30 km,
PACIFIC SOUTH
CALIFORNIA
Bear Valley XC Fri 7:00a packed powder grmg24--26 base 27 trails, 35
km,
Green Valley XC Not Open 2006-2007 season
Royal Gorge XC Fri 8:20a packed powder grmg58--58 base 62 trails, 259
km,
Yosemite XC Fri 8:27a w packed powder grmg18--30 base 39 km,
PACIFIC NORTH
IDAHO
Teton Ridge Ranch XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Whistler XC Fri 8:00a hard packed grmg39--47 base 32 km,
QUEBEC
Camp Mercier XC Fri 5:00p packed powder grmg13--22 base 5 trails, 80
km,
Parc National Gaspesie XC Fri 8:00a packed powder grmg29--41 base 24 km,
Parc National Mont Orford XC Fri 8:23a hard packed 6--8 base 50 km,
Parc National Mont-Tremblant XC Thu 8:00a packed powder grmg14--14 base
10 trails, 53 km,
Station Duchesnay XC Thu 7:36a variable 17--22 base 13 trails, 65 km,
Station Mont Sainte Anne XC Fri 8:40a packed powder grmg12--20 base 18
trails, 139 km,
Gatineau Park XC Fri 3:30p packed powder grmg6--13 base 108 km,
ONTARIO
Haliburton XC Fri 6a osr packed powder grmg8--9 base 92 km,
Hardwood Hills XC Fri 6:15a packed powder grmg6--8 base 10 trails, 30
km,
Hiawatha Highlands XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Highland's XC Fri 6a osr 2-newPP grmg7--8 base 22 km,
Horseshoe Resort XC Fri 6a osr packed powder grmg5--5 base 35 km,
Mansfield Outdoor Centre XC Fri 6a osr 1-newPP grmg2--2 base 30 km,
Scenic Caves Nordic Fri 6a osr 6-newPP grmg9--10 base 18 km,
Skyloft XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Stokely Creek XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Wasaga Beach XC Fri 6a osr 1-newPP grmg3--4 base 30 km,
Wye Marsh Wildlife XC Fri 6a osr packed powder grmg5--6 base 22 km,
NOVA SCOTIA
Ski Martock XC Opening Soon for Snow Sports
Source: SnoCountry Worldwide
Web site: http://www.snocountry.com/
The Vegas Lights Will Shine With Star Power When Alonzo Mourning, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, Queen Latifah and Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges Join Together to Host 'Boost Mobile Zo & Magic's 8-Ball Challenge'
Athletes and Entertainers Will Showcase Their Billiard Skills at a Competitive Celebrity Pool Tournament Benefiting Alonzo Mourning Charities & The Magic Johnson Foundation
On Thursday, February 15, 2007, Boost Mobile will present the most highly anticipated celebrity fundraiser taking place during the All-Star weekend. The 2007 Boost Mobile Zo & Magic's 8-Ball Challenge, in conjunction with NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning of the Miami Heat and NBA legend, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, will converge on the city of lights and showcase the billiard skills of some of the most recognizable faces in sports, film, television and music. Hosted by Academy Award nominee and Grammy award winner Queen Latifah and SAG Award winner and four-time Grammy nominee, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, this celebrity pool tournament will be held at the famous Wynn Las Vegas Resort & Casino with owners, Steve and Elaine Wynn lending their time and support to this great cause.
With the gracious help of title sponsor Boost Mobile and the support of automotive luxury leader Lincoln, ESPN and Remy, this annual event will boast a who's who list of celebrities and sports stars including Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat), Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards), the legendary Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Michael Vick (Atlanta Falcons), Terrell Owens (Dallas Cowboys), actor Nick Cannon and actress Regina King competing for a grand prize package that includes Boost Mobile phones and service, luxury trips, Tiffany & Company custom made gifts, X-Box's and much, much more.
"The fact that this event has continued to grow in every facet is very encouraging. Last year it helped AMC, in part, grant more than $700,000 to several charities. This year, with our focus of building youth centers, the funds generated will help us meet this goal. Again, I challenge everyone to take part in this great event that Magic and I support whole-heartedly and ultimately benefits our youth," said Mourning.
The inaugural 8-Ball Challenge was held in 2005 during Denver, Colorado's All Star festivities and hosted by famed comedian, Cedric The Entertainer. Broadcast live on TNT's Post-Game show, "Inside the NBA," the event raised over $100,000 for two of the NBA's most popular and philanthropic players, Alonzo Mourning and Carmelo Anthony. Household names such as Julius "Dr. J." Erving, Ludacris, Terrell Owens, Dwyane Wade and the TNT trio of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith & Charles Barkley were on hand to watch NBA All-Star Paul Pierce take home the grand prize.
In 2006, Mourning hooked up with the legendary Magic Johnson to invade Houston and take over Jillians. Atlanta-based radio personalities, The Two Stews, were crowned the kings of the 2006 8-Ball Challenge and joined Shaquille O'Neal (Miami Heat), Sam Cassell (LA Clippers), Curtis Martin (NJ Jets), Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics) and the legendary Michael Jordan to raise more than $250,000 for Alonzo and Magic's Foundations.
Like the past two years, thirty-two (32) two-person teams will compete round-robin style with winning teams advancing until a final round of play. The Wynn's "LaFite" Ballroom will be completely transformed for the Boost Mobile Zo & Magic 8-Ball Challenge. And new to the event this year, ESPN will produce a one-hour special that showcases Alonzo and Magic's Foundations with the pool tournament and All-Star as the backdrop. Highlights from the competition as well as the final round of play will also be included in the show. This special broadcast will air during Black History Month in February.
"It's sexy, it's hot, it's entertainment at its best and it's for charity. No matter what Alonzo and I do, it's going to be fun," says Earvin "Magic" Johnson. "So, instead of us going up against each other at NBA All-Star, we decided to come together once again for Boost Mobile's Zo and Magic's 8-Ball Challenge."
Key highlights of the night will be a silent auction that features an All-Star list of items from Alonzo and Magic as well as NBA superstars Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and more. Other items up for bid include a Boost Mobile i885 phone with one year of free service and a Wynn Las Vegas package that includes a stay in the resort's Tower Suite, show tickets, golf, dinner and more.
Over the past three years, Boost Mobile has become an integral partner in making sure the mission of Alonzo Mourning Charities and the Magic Johnson Foundation achieve their goals by supporting the Boost Mobile Zo & Magic's 8-Ball Challenge. "Partnering on this event is one of the highlights of the year for Boost," explains Daryl Butler, marketing director -- strategic alliances, Boost Mobile. "We are able to support the important work that Alonzo and Magic's foundations do on a daily basis and understand their impact on young people through their programs. Boost is proud to be a part of this event and work with Alonzo and Magic in boosting the lives of young people in meaningful ways."
All of the net proceeds raised will benefit charities supported by Alonzo Mourning Charities, Inc. and the Magic Johnson Foundation.
A limited number of tickets for Boost Mobile Zo & Magic's 8-Ball Challenge are still available. For more information, log onto www.amcharities.org or www.magicjohnson.org
About Alonzo Mourning & Alonzo Mourning Charities
Alonzo Mourning is best known as an NBA superstar, but it's his off-the-court charitable efforts that he considers his crowning achievement. When he founded Alonzo Mourning Charities in 1997, his mission was to improve the lives of underprivileged kids in various communities. Alonzo Mourning Charities (AMC) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) public fundraising foundation. AMC's mission is to provide support and services that enhance the lives of 'youth of promise'. Since 1997, AMC has raised more than $6 million for various organizations that aid in the development of children and families living in at-risk situations. In addition to supporting other non-profit organizations, Mourning has focused his attention to building youth centers. With the help of donors, Mourning opened the first center in 2003 in the historic city of Overtown, in South Florida, known as the Overtown Youth Center. For more information, please visit www.amcharities.org
Source: Alonzo Mourning Charities; The Magic Johnson Foundation
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Jan 23
PASSION FOR COLLECTOR CARS DRIVES SALES TO OVER $110 MILLION AT SCOTTSDALE BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION
Record Sales and Attendance Reaffirms Popularity of Car Collecting
Collectors spent nearly US$112,000,000 at the 36th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz., from Monday, January 15 - 21, 2007. Continued, strong demand made the event the most successful collector car auction in American history as bidders snapped up 1,271 total cars sold at No Reserve, as well as rock and pop culture memorabilia in spite of a soggy WestWorld facility. "The World's Greatest Collector Car Event™" attracted over 250,000 visitors and was featured on SPEED with 40 hours of live coverage during 2007.
"The collector car hobby continues to grow and demand was exceptionally strong for a variety of vehicles ranging from vintage Shelbys to superb customs, top notch muscle cars, obscure makes and even timeless Woodies," said Craig Jackson, CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "And as our team predicted, collectors rediscovered the 'golden era of fins' as they pushed the values of many 1950s classics to over $100,000. The spectacular vehicles sold this week were some of the most desirable automobiles in the world and the prices they fetched demonstrated the incredible strength of the market."
The highlight of the auction was the sale of Carroll Shelby's 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra for a world record $5,500,000, including buyer's premium. The "Warrior One" Hummer that was "overhauled" by Chip Foose following a CNN tour of duty in Iraq hit $1,000,000. Proceeds from the sale of the CNN Hummer were donated to The Fisher House Foundation, which builds "comfort homes" for families of hospitalized military personnel; bidder Dave Ressler donated another $250,000 to the charity during the bidding.
"In addition to Shelby's Cobra and the CNN Hummer topping the million dollar mark, two 1954 Dodge Firearrow convertible 'Dream' cars hit $1,100,000 each," explained Steve Davis, President of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "Another Shelby Cobra knocked on the door by selling for $935,000 and we broke records for cars like the stunning Boss 429 Mustang that sold for $605,000."
Barrett-Jackson continues to set the standard for the collector car market by elevating consignment standards, challenging records and serving as the barometer for market trends. The selection of cars this year was the broadest ever in the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company's rich history, ranging from a vintage stagecoach to an Amphicar, a Russian rescue craft, 1950's classics, contemporary cars and exotics. Results from the week uncovered interesting new trends that will be analyzed by collectors worldwide
"One of the key trends is that the number of new bidders continues to be very strong," added Jackson. "Many of these buyers aren't afraid to buy something a bit offbeat like a Kaiser Henry, De Soto Firesweep or Pro Stock Chevy Vega race car. For traditional collectors, B-Body Chryslers and HEMI's continue to command premium prices, Shelbys of every year are in demand and the custom, resto-mods are still hot. Austin Healeys increased in value and the rarest Corvettes are still very good purchases."
The auction is a lifestyle event, featuring fashion shows and a pavilion where patrons were pampered with spa treatments, shopped for high-end jewelry and clothing and had access to some of Arizona's most prestigious resort communities. Two evening galas were held during the week; one for bidders and VIPs and another benefiting Childhelp, the auction's charitable beneficiary. For the first time, a rock-n-roll memorabilia auction was added to the week long event. This mixture of automobiles and lifestyle also attracted a host of new sponsors including General Motors and Ford Motor Company; the first 2007 Shelby GT was sold at the auction for $660,000 and several GM show cars crossed the block.
"We selected an amazing diversity of vehicles to offer this year, including contemporary icons like the first Shelby GT and recent GM show cars," noted Davis. "Then we wove quality 'driver' cars into the docket of vintage muscle cars, customs and classics. This presentation of all makes, models, years and levels of cars makes it possible for even more people to enjoy car collecting. The world responded to our approach and the resulting strong sales in Scottsdale shows the market for car collecting is very, very healthy."
About Barrett-Jackson
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Barrett-Jackson specializes in providing products and services to classic and collector car owners, astute collectors and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces the "World's Greatest Collector Car Events™" in Scottsdale and Palm Beach, Fla. For more information about Barrett-Jackson, visit www.barrett-jackson.com
OVERHAULED CNN MILITARY HUMMER TO TAKE 36TH ANNUAL BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION BY STORM
Proceeds From The Battle-Tested SUV Will Benefit The Fisher House Foundation
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - November 20, 2006 - Following a brave tour of duty in the Iraq War and a wild "Overhaulin'" by Chip Foose and his partners on The Learning Channel, a one-off CNN Hummer will be sold for charity at No Reserve during the 36th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event from Jan. 13-21, 2007, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Nicknamed "Warrior One," the custom SUV was unveiled before a host of CNN employees on October 12, 2006.
Proceeds from the sale of the Hummer will be donated to The Fisher House Foundation, a group that builds "comfort homes" for families of hospitalized military personnel. Hailed as "The World's Greatest Collector Car Events™", the auction will feature more than 1,100 of the world's finest collector automobiles, attract over 225,000 visitors and be featured on SPEED with 40 hours of live coverage.
"The CNN Hummer will be one of the most historic, inspiring vehicles to ever cross the block at a Barrett-Jackson auction," said Craig Jackson, president of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "This machine served with America's brave soldiers in Iraq, and now it will help fund an amazing organization that supports the families of wounded soldiers. The future owner of this Hummer will capture a commemorative gem to add to their automotive collection."
CNN officials purchased the Hummer in Kuwait prior to the war. Correspondents, producers and photojournalists depended on "Warrior One" to report stories while embedded with the First Battalion, 7th Marines. In addition to basic transportation, the Hummer served as living quarters and a storage facility for the CNN crew.
This past summer "Overhaulin'" took the Hummer to the show's workshop in Irvine, Calif. Crews revamped the Hummer's engine and made numerous upgrades including a 6-inch suspension lift, custom leather interior, 37-inch BFGoodrich tires and one-off Foose wheels.
Stereo system upgrades include 7,500 watts of Kicker audio, 250-pound subwoofers, a DVD player and six LCD monitors. Airbrush artists Dru Blaier, Mickey Harris and Mike Lavallee spent 240 hours painting images of journalists and military personnel onto the vehicle as a tribute to those who served during the war in Iraq and to the brave journalists who covered the war.
Since its unveiling, the Hummer has visited various U.S. military bases and automotive events, including the SEMA Show in Las Vegas from October 31-November 3, 2006. The "Overhaulin'" episode featuring the Hummer aired on November 14, 2006, on TLC.
"In addition to its sentimental value, Chip Foose transformed this military beast into one of the best looking SUVs on the planet," added Steve Davis, executive vice president of Barrett-Jackson. "CNN wanted to personalize this Hummer to honor the brave men and women of our armed forces and the journalists who risk their lives alongside them. I believe Chip and his team delivered."
Barrett-Jackson continually reaffirms its leadership position in the collector car market by elevating consignment standards, challenging annual records and serving as the barometer for market trends. Last year, more than 300,000 attendees and millions of television viewers from around the world witnessed over 1,600 cars being auctioned off for approximately $135 million at the two 2006 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Events held in Scottsdale and Palm Beach, Fla.
About The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Barrett
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Jan 22
Imation to Sponsor Memorex-Branded No. 41 Dodge in NASCAR Busch Series
Signs on With Chip Ganassi Racing With Felix Sabates; Car to Debut August 24 at Bristol
Imation Corp (NYSE:IMN) , a worldwide leader in removable data storage, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) to become a primary sponsor of the No. 41 Memorex Dodge in the NASCAR Busch Series starting in August 2007. Imation and CGRFS made the announcement at the team's Concord, N.C., race shop.
"Imation made a significant investment when we acquired Memorex in 2006. This sponsorship is an excellent opportunity for us to connect our Memorex brand, the number one brand of recordable CDs and DVDs in the U.S., with NASCAR, the fastest-growing sport in America," said Frank Russomanno, President, Chief Operating Officer and Acting CEO of Imation. "Our Memorex portfolio of products helps people capture, save, and share life's fun moments -- like a day at the race track -- and we are glad to have this opportunity to be front and center with the No. 41 Memorex Dodge as a part of the Busch Series action."
Imation's Memorex brand will be an associate team sponsor of the No. 41 Wrigley's Dodge during the first 25 Busch Series races, starting with the season-opening run at Daytona International Speedway in February. In August, Imation will become the car's primary sponsor with its Memorex-branded No. 41 Dodge, which will make its debut at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on August 24. The car will be driven by young racing phenomenon Bryan Clauson for the majority of the remaining races.
"Memorex is one of the most well-known brands in the world," said team owner Chip Ganassi. "We are elated to have a partnership with Memorex, one of Imation's powerhouse brands. What makes this partnership even more special is that Memorex will be aligned with Bryan Clauson, one of the talented, young drivers in our development program. Bryan has had success at every level of racing that he has participated in, and we couldn't be more excited about his and Memorex's debut in NASCAR."
At just 16 years of age, Clauson (now 17) became the youngest driver in United States Auto Club (USAC) history to win both a National Sprint Car Series and National feature Midget race, topping a list of USAC's all-time greats including Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
After an injury last September in Wheatland, Mo., sidelined him for the remainder of the 2006 season, Clauson still finished in the Top 10 in both Sprint and Midget points. He also won selected USAC Regional Midget Car Series events throughout the year.
"I never expected everything to happen this fast, and I couldn't be more thankful. Everything that has transpired since Chip's call a little more than one year ago has just seemed to fall into place," Clauson said. "To get to drive for a team like Ganassi is a huge honor, and then to represent an innovative and well-known brand like Memorex is a unique opportunity in itself. I know there are thousands of racers out there who are working to get where I am right now. I am sincerely grateful to everyone involved. The next step is for me to get the job done in the No. 41 Memorex Dodge later this year."
Is it live or is it Memorex?(R)
Memorex, a portfolio brand of Imation Corp (NYSE:IMN) , is the U.S. market-share leader in optical media and media accessories at retail. Since the early 1970s, Memorex has been one of the most widely recognized and respected names in the consumer electronics industry. Today, it is an influential brand in CD and DVD media, optical drives, USB flash drives and flash card media. For more information on Memorex products, please call 562-653-2800, or visit the Memorex Web site at www.memorex.com.
For more information on the #41 Memorex Dodge for the NASCAR Busch series, visit: racing.memorex.com.
About Imation
Imation Corp is the only company in the world solely focused on the development, manufacture and supply of removable data storage products spanning the four pillars of magnetic, optical, flash and removable hard disk storage. With more than 50 years of data storage leadership beginning with the development of the world's first computer tape, in 2006 Imation proudly marked its tenth anniversary as an independent company. In addition to the Imation brand, Imation Corp's global brand portfolio includes the Memorex brand, one of the most widely recognized names in the consumer electronics industry, famous for the slogan, "Is it live or is it Memorex?" Additional information about Imation is available at www.imation.com or by calling 1-888-466-3456.
About Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Following a strong career as a driver, Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with a new sponsor, Target Stores. Today, his teams include two IRL IndyCars, two Indy Pro Series cars, and along with Felix Sabates he has three cars in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, a Daytona Prototype in the world of Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series racing and two entries in the NASCAR Busch Series. Ganassi's IndyCar teams have amassed five Championships and 50 wins since 1994; his NASCAR teams have nine wins and a Rookie-of-the-Year title; and the Grand American team has won two of the last three Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Championships and the 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing operates out of state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, Ind., and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Imation, Memorex, the Memorex logo and "Is it live or is it Memorex?" are trademarks of Imation Corp and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Web site: http://www.imation.com/
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