NEWS FROM SNOW TRAILS 2007-2008
For Release: Immediately
47th Annual Winter Carnival at Snow Trails
The Carnival offers everything from spectating to racing, brats and beer.
Mansfield, OH, February 18, 2008---Snow
Trails, Ohio’s popular ski, snowboard, and snowtubing resort, will host
the 47th Annual Winter Carnival February 23rd and 24th. The weekend
festivities have been celebrated since the very first season in
1961-‘62 at Snow Trails.
There is something for everyone, from
the famous Bikini and Chippendale Slalom races, to the SoBe Kid’s
Challenge and two new events to take place in the Tubing Park, the Yard
Sale Pick-Up and the Cardboard Creation Race. The slopes and parks
will attract many, and the Carnival even more, as Snow Trails gears up
for an expected 5,000 visitors. The area will be open from 9:00am-
9:30pm for regular skiing and snowboarding as well as tubing throughout
the weekend. Due to the two to four foot base of snow, some of the
season’s best conditions are expected.
The first day will begin
with the slopes opening at 9:00am on Saturday. The Ski Patrol
Bratwurst Burn will begin serving their delicious brats and beer at
11:00am. The first event of the day, the SoBe Kid’s Challenge, will
take place close to the Terrainasaurus Park, for the youngster’s at
noon. In a new time slot for this year’s Carnival, the Amstel Light
Challenge will draw a crowd to view participants on this extreme
obstacle course at 1:00pm.
The ever-so-popular Bikini and
Chippendale races will take place beginning at 3:00pm on Saturday.
Awards for the day’s activities will be held at 4:30pm in the Snowflake
Loft, located in the main lodge. Evening entertainment begins on
Friday night at 8:00pm with live music by the two man acoustic and
synthesized guitarists named Dr. Simple, playing greats from the past
forty years. Saturday night’s entertainment begins at 9:00pm in The
Snowflake Loft with the band “Shucking Bubba Deluxe,” just prior to the
elegance of the Torch Parade on the Mt. Mansfield slope.
The
second day will begin with the slopes opening at 9:00am on Sunday. The
Snow Trails Ski Patrol will fire up the outdoor grill once again at
11:00am, as the Carnival Giant Slalom race gets underway. The Guest
Costume Contest judging is scheduled for noon.
It’s all part of
the fun, as the course will be set and ready to signal the first
qualifying heat of the Skier and Boarder Cross race, slated for
12:30pm. A race of this nature is a hybrid of down-hill skiing and
snowboarding through a motocross type course of snow. Contestants race
five or six at a time down the potentially disastrous course. This
event is similar to that of the Winter X Games.
New for this
season’s Carnival, the Yard Sale Pick-Up, at 1:00pm will showcase
participants 15 years old and under competing to pick-up all items,
placed in a Tubing Park lane, while tubing down. A second new event
beginning at 2:00pm is the Cardboard Creation Race. Prior to the race
competitors will construct from cardboard, paper, and tape only, an
object to be judged for Ultimate Design and to be piloted the furthest
distance down one of the Vertical Descent Tubing Park lanes, while
still intact and the pilot avoiding contact of the snow.
Set as
the grand finale of the Carnival is the Mountain Dew Slush Cup where
daring individuals on snowboards and skis try their best at skimming
across an icy pool of green colored slush and water. Most do not make
it across the lengthy pool, proving to be a treat more for the
spectators than the participants.
Although the events and
features are designed to add excitement and fun to the weekend, all are
welcome to come and enjoy the resort whether they participate in the
events or not. The Annual Winter Carnival at Snow Trails has become a
yearly reunion for many over the years.
About Snow Trails Winter Resort
Snow
Trails Winter Resort has been serving Ohio since 1961. There are six
chairlifts, two surface conveyor carpet lifts, serving 15 runs,
including three terrain parks and the Snowtubing Park, on 60 acres. The
Resort boasts being "Ohio's first and finest" since it has a reputation
of many Midwest firsts, including being Ohio's first ski area and the
first to open this season on December 7th. The season runs through
March, weather permitting. The resort is located off Interstate 71
south of Mansfield, OH on Possum Run road. For more information call
800-OHIO-SKI or visit the website at www.snowtrails.com.
Contacts:
Resort Contact: Nate Wolleson, Marketing Manager
Snow Trails P.O. Box 1456 Mansfield, OH 44901 - 1456
Phone: 419 - 774 - 9818
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http://www.nxtConcepts.com
888-215-0820
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