B-Roll and Photo Alert: Keystone Ski Resort Kicks Off 36-hour Ski and Snowboard Event With New Snow, Today, Dec. 1

B-Roll and Photo Alert: Keystone Ski Resort Kicks Off 36-hour Ski and Snowboard Event With New Snow, Today, Dec. 1

Thanks to more than a foot of snow this week, Keystone plans to open 278 acres of new hike-to expert terrain in Independence Bowl just for this weekend -- a few weeks earlier than expected

WHAT: Keystone's celebrating its 36th anniversary with one of the
most unique events in the industry -- The third annual 36
Hours of Keystone Dec. 1-2. Ski or ride at 3 a.m. or 3 p.m.,
the mountain will be open for 36 continuous hours.

* The 36 Hour Team Challenge offers teams of skiers and
riders a chance to compete for $3,600. Teams must
complete one lap every hour for all 36 hours of the event.

* New this year, the 36 Hours of Music features 18 live
bands that will perform for 36 nonstop hours

* Other 36-hour events include a ski and snowboard demo, a
film fest and the grand finale fireworks

WHERE: River Run, Keystone, Colo.

WHEN: 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1 - 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2

OTHER INFO: Proceeds for the event benefit The Keystone Science School
and the Keystone Adaptive Center, which is part of the
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Keystone will have a
security checkpoint prior to loading the lifts in River Run.

For more information, log onto www.keystone36.com or call 800.468.5004.

B-ROLL - SATELLITE ALERT:

B-roll is available for news organizations on a satellite feed TODAY and also is available for download on the Vail Resorts FTP server (see below for FTP server info)

B-roll shots include: Revelers loading the gondola at the start of the 36-hour event and celebrating Keystone's 36th anniversary; Skiers and snowboarders enjoying the foot of new snow Keystone received this week; and Teams of skiers dressed in costumes competing for $3,600 in the 36-hour challenge.

TODAY. Friday, Dec. 1, 2006
16:15-16:30 (EST)

Satellite: Galaxy 10R / 13 C SCPC SLOT "A"
Downlink Frequency: 3946.5 (vertical)
Band type: C band - digital
Digital parameters: Symbol rate is 3.9787, data rate is 5.5 and FEC rate
is 3/4

B-ROLL - FTP SERVER ALERT:

B-roll is also available to download on the Vail Resorts FTP server or is available in a highly compressed file via e-mail (mpeg 4 - streaming video). If you're having downloading issues due to internal IT or firewall issues, contact Amy Kemp at 970.331.7362. http://videotransfer.vailresorts.com/ (username is snow and the password is blizzard). Video is saved in MPEG 2 and AVI formats.

PHOTO ALERT:
High resolution photos are available.

Media contacts: Amy Kemp, 970.331.7362, akemp@vailresorts.com
Meghan Grabow, 970.376.7574, mgrabow@vailresorts.com

PRNewswire -- Dec. 1

Video: http://videotransfer.vailresorts.com/
Source: Keystone Ski Resort

Web site: http://www.keystone36.com/

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