New Hampshire’s most popular resorts have announced they will hold the price on next season’s Threedom and 4-NH College Passes if purchased by the May 31 deadline. If purchased now, new passholders also get a bonus of skiing the rest of this season too. Passes can be purchased on site at the Waterville Valley Season Pass office. Online sales will begin in mid-March.

With the highest level of international alpine racing to take place in New Hampshire since the World Cup races 20+ years ago at Waterville Valley Ski Area, Waterville Valley Black and Blue Trail Smashers (WVBBTS), event presenter, welcomes the top 160+ North American and other international men and women competing just below the World Cup level to NORAM Cup Finals this week at Waterville Valley Ski Area in Waterville Valley, NH. The winning athletes in GS and Slalom will earn World Cup starts. The list of competitors includes Olympians and current and former US and Canadian Alpine Team athletes along with a number of current and alumni Dartmouth, UNH and Plymouth State alpine race team members. Join us at Waterville Valley Ski Area for NORAM Cup Finals Mens GS on Tuesday, March 16, Womens GS on Wednesday, March 17 and Mens and Womens Slalom on Thursday, March 18. A complete list of competitors for each day can be found at www.live-timing.com under View Races for the relevant date.

Amidst all the excitement of this international racing event, WVBBTS has not lost site of its roots here in New Hampshire dating back 75 years, taking “Homegrown” in New Hampshire to a new level throughout the NORAM Cup Finals. WVBBTS CEO and Executive Director Peter Stokloza shared with us, “WVBBTS is so proud that the NORAM Cup Finals start lists include WVBBTS’s own Waterville Valley Academy alumna Abby Fucigna (WVA 2009 and accepted at Dartmouth College), Erin Fucigna (WVA 2008 and Dartmouth College 2012) and Maddie Packard (WVA 2008 and Dartmouth College 2013). Other New Hampshire favorites on the start lists include Leanne Smith of Cranmore (a Kennett High School graduate, US Alpine Team member and Vancouver 2010 Olympian), Warren Nickerson of the Lakes Region (a New Hampton School graduate and former US Alpine Team member) and Julia Ford of Holderness (a Holderness School graduate and US Alpine Team member).

And it’s not just New Hampshire “Homegrown” athletes that will be a special part of this international competition. WVBBTS also takes great pride in sharing several other “Homegrown” in New Hampshire elements with its visitors. Top finishing athlete awards include floral bouquets supplied by Mountain Laurel Florists of Ashland, NH which will include NH native pine and birch elements (birch being the New Hampshire state tree). Another featured award for top athletes is a granite based keepsake made with granite quarried and fabricated right here in New Hampshire (the Granite State) donated by Gleason Ineson Stone Suppliers of Merrimack, NH. Artech, a 20+ year old family owned racing supply business out of Enfield, New Hampshire, which serves alpine racers nationwide, is supplying top athletes with ski tuning kits. And Wild Coyote Grill of Waterville Valley is providing a taste of some of New Hampshire’s finest cuisine at an hors d’ oeuvres reception to honor US and Canadian Ski Team athletes open to the public on Wednesday, March 17 from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. NORAM Cup Finals posters will be provided to the first 100 children for autographing by our special guests at this reception. Please rsvp at sschmidt@wvbbts.org. And many thanks also go out to the not so local sponsors like Reliable Racing and World Cup Supply for making a race of this caliber possible through on hill equipment support.

“And we can’t overlook Waterville Valley Ski Area for their support in providing us the best possible venue in New Hampshire to run GS and Slalom races for these international caliber athletes. We could not begin to ask for a better level of support than we receive from our home mountain-including Tom Day (General Manager), Rob Batchelder (Director of Operations), Eddie (our relentless on snow supporter) and the list goes on and on,” emphasized Peter Stokloza.

The Nor Am Cup Finals kicks off on Tuesday morning, March 16 with men’s Giant Slalom. To learn more about WVBBTS, Waterville Valley Academy, Nor Am Cup Finals or J4 Future Stars (an upcoming competition for the top 11 and 12 year old alpine racers from up and down the east coast) or any of our special sponsors please visit www.wvbbts.org or call 603-236-4246 x 113..

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