Vermont is the home to many great skiing resorts such as Stowe Mountain Resort, Stratton Mountain Resort, Sugarbush Resort, and Smugglers’ Notch Resort. However, in this article, I am going to focus on the Killington Mountain Resort & Ski Area that is the largest ski area in the eastern North America with its 17000 skiers per day. Located near Killington in Vermont, Killington offers maximum number of trails – 141 and the greatest vertical drop – 3,050 feet (930 m) along with maximum most skiing on its varied terrain operated by the highest capacity lift system of the East. Explore the six linked mountains and the Pico Mountain where you can experience the matchless range of skiing. Snowboarders find themselves in a challenge as they get ready to cover the longest terrain  [...] 

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Bobsled is a sport in which two or four people sit together in a sled and race down an iced pathway. This sled runs through narrow pathways that banks and twists. This gets the sleds to go down at speeds that reach up to one hundred and fifty kilo meters per hour. Caspar Badrutt had come up with the concept of making pathways; which were designed for bobsleds for the entertainment of his guests. His more affluent guests were bored in their hotel suite, so they made sleds that attached to each other and raced it on roadways, narrow passageways that was dangerous to the public. So Badrutt constructed a track made completely out of ice. It was the first track made which requires no artificial refrigeration. This track is still operational today. The sleds were later modified with steering and  [...] 

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Figure skating has quite the glamor. Specialized; champion skaters come during the end of the skating games to display their skills and dances. Figure skating is well known Olympic sport in which people either individually, in pairs or even groups perform difficult spins, jumps and other challenging feats in an ice rink. Figure skating has people of different ages participating on different levels. You have state level, national level, and intentional level. In the Olympics, the some of the types of figure skating are: Single : In this type, there is only one man or woman who performs a compilation of spins, jumps and spirals to gain points. Pair skating : This team consists of a man and a woman performing in unison. In this type there are beautifully choreographed jumps , spins and such steps  [...] 

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If you are planning for a winter vacation in West Virginia, then Timberline Ski Resort is the place you must choose. Timberline Ski Area presides over the central Canaan Valley and provides stunning views of the surrounding area. The small town of Davis, where Timberline Ski Resort is located, exudes great appeal. The top elevation of the ski resort is 4,268 feet while the base elevation is 3,268 feet and vertical rise is 1,000 feet. The resort has a total skiable area of 100 acres and features 37 slopes and trails (equally distributed among the all levels of skiers). The resort has 3 lifts (1 double, 2 triple and 1 surface) and Salamander is the longest run at the resort. Timberline experiences an annual average snowfall of over 200 inches. Season: September- October. Night skiing begins  [...] 

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Mountain high ski resort is the most popular winter resort in southern California in the US. The picturesque resort features three distinctly different mountains and a wide variety of lifts and trails.While the East Resort runs for 1.6 miles up into the mountains offering cruising trails and powder runs in the region, the West Resort features a mountain loaded with terrain and wide-open beginner areas. Besides, Mountain High North lies across from Mountain High’s West Resort. Each base area at Mountain High ski resort has ticket windows, restaurants, rentals, sport shops, ski and snowboard lessons and many other similar features. Wrightwood is the nearest city. Ever since its ownership changed in 1997, Mountain High Resort made big improvements on the hill. The authorities imported the  [...] 

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More than 20 Pennsylvania ski resorts make for some of the best skiing in the US Ski areas in the Poconos, near New York, are world renown. PA Ski Resorts and Skiing Area Ski resorts in Pennsylvania (PA) are mainly concentrated in three main geographical locations, namely, Poconos in eastern PA, Alleghenies in western PA and South Mountain region near Gettysburg and Harrisburg. The prevalence of so many ski resorts in PA presses each to strive for perfection, which ultimately makes all superb tourist destinations. The ski resorts at Poconos are located close to some of the largest cities in the US, namely New York City and Philadelphia. The ski resorts in western Pennsylvania are accessible from Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area and Ohio and West Virginia. Resorts in south-central Pennsylvania  [...] 

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Peek and Peak ski Resort and Spa is a superb family skiing destination located at Chautauqua County in New York in the USA. The resort is at the western end of the ski country snowbelt. Set up in 1964-5, the ski resort is known for Snow Sports School and innovative instruction and it has been voted as the region’s best ski resort for three consecutive years.  Peek’n Peak has 27 skiing and snowboarding trails besides 36 hole golf course. In 2007 Peek’n Peak opened ‘The Spa at Peek N Peak’. Reaching Peek and Peak ski resort: From Canada and Buffalo (90 miles) From Cleveland (110 miles) From Pittsburgh (150 miles) From Binghamton (250 miles) Resort features: Peek and Peak ski resort features 27 ski slopes and trails, 10 miles of cross country terrain, two golf courses, a  [...] 

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Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort is located in the heart of Wasatch National Forest in Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah in the United States. Snowbird ski resort shares the canyon with Alta Ski Area in the east. Both the resorts receive over 500 inches of annual snowfall per year, which makes it the greatest area of snowfall in the continental United States outside the Cascades. However, unlike the humid and wet snow of the Cascades, Snowbird experiences an unusually dry and powdery snow. Snowbird, along with Alta were ranked number one in the list of ski resorts in North America in 2008 by Outside Magazine. Snowbird ski resort was opened in 1971. In 1991, by means of purchasing the Canyon Racquet & Fitness Club on Wasatch Boulevard at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird expanded  [...] 

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Mt. Baker ski resort is located in Whatcom County in Washington in the US. The base elevation of Mt. Baker is 1,070 metres while the summit elevation is 1,551 metres. The resort has a vertical drop of 1,589 metres. Mt. Baker ski resort enjoys the highest average annual snowfall (641 inches). In 1998-99 season, it witnessed the biggest snowfall ever recorded in the world (1,140 inches). Mt. Baker is part of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Bellingham, located about 89 km due west, is the nearest city to Mt Baker. Mt. Baker has a terrain area of 4 square kilometres featuring 31 runs and is served by lift service. While 24 percent of the terrain is suitable for beginners’ skiing, 45 per cent is meant for the intermediates and 31 per cent for the experts. The ski resort has a single  [...] 

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Holiday Valley is a splendid skiing and snowboarding resort located in western New York. The resort, which has stepped into its 52nd season, features fifty-six slopes spread over four different faces and has a 750 foot vertical drop. Holiday Valley is reputed for its diverse terrain and particularly for the ski-town of Ellicottville. Holiday Valley ski resort is rated as ‘number 5 resort’ in the east of the US and is the larger of the two resorts in Ellicottville, the other being Mont Villa. The resort has snowmaking capacities to cater to the tourists throughout the year. The resort features four terrain parks, a half pipe, several glades and a wonderful children’s programme. Reaching Holiday Valley ski resort: The resort is located at the intersection of NY Rt. 219 and Holiday Valley  [...] 

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