Professional freestyle skier Kaya Turski at Seven Springs.
Snow-sport enthusiasts: Local resorts are ready and waiting
Hidden Valley will start the 2009-2010 season with free lift tickets. Wisp, the resort that overlooks Deep Creek Lake in McHenry, Md., will celebrate its birthday with $7 lift tickets on Dec. 13 and 14. (Today)
Kaya Turski
Don Landwehrie/Stowe Mountain Resort
Jay Bowen carves a turn during an early-morning run last winter at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont.
Eastern ski resorts prepare for the big snow season
Expert skiers seeking something new this season in New England might check out New Hampshire's reopened Mittersill ski area, next to Cannon Mountain. (Today)
Jay Bowen
Ski Briefs: Seven Springs will host telemark clinic weekend
If you'd like to add to your snow-sliding repertoire, consider telemark skiing. (Today)
Roseanne Pitcher/Wolf Creek Ski Area
A snowboarder links a series of turns at Wolf Creek Ski Area.
Western ski resorts hope for earlier openings
It's the kind of publicity snowsports resorts savor -- free, around-the-clock videotape of snow descending on their slopes, lifts, parking lots and roads. (Today)
A snowboarder links a series of turns