February is Olympic Month at Wachusett Mountain 

PRINCETON, Ma. -- In honor of the Winter Olympic Games February 10 - 26 in Torino, Italy, Wachusett Mountain has declared February as Olympic Month.  Starting in late January and continuing right through the closing ceremonies, Wachusett has scheduled a number of fun and exciting events with an Olympic flavor.

• The Next X Snow Search is scheduled January 21.  The Wachusett event features a slopestyle competition for 9-13 year olds and the winner will earn a trip the national finals at in Vermont in March.  A special Next X Snow Search all star event January 27-28 at Keystone, Co. featuring winners from the past two years will air on national television as a lead-in to NBC’s Olympic coverage on February 11.

• Former members of the U.S. Luge Team will be at Wachusett as part of the Verizon Luge Challenge on February 4-5.  This two-day event gives people ages 10 and up a chance to experience what it's like to ride a luge down a small course set on the mountain.

• They may not be Olympic-caliber competitors but everyone always has a ton of fun at the annual WAAF Homemade Luge Challenge -- scheduled this year on February 10.

• Perhaps you'll see a future Olympic skier in one of the two exciting junior ski races in February:
  • Feb. 5 - Michael Higgins Race (J-III, IV, V), GS Qualifier
  • Feb.19- JIII's GS Tri-State Championships

• Also, maybe an up-and-coming Olympic snowboarder will be competing at a variety of snowboard competitions scheduled throughout February:
  • Feb. 1- Terrain Park Series - Half-pipe.
  • Feb. 4-5 Annual Ryan Joubert Snowboard Classic
  • Feb. 8 - Terrain Park Series - Slopestyle.
  • Feb.15 - Terrain Park Series – TBD
  • Feb.18 -  The Main Event Series - the premiere snowboard series in the East Coast for amateur or professional riders.
  • Feb.25- USASA Snowboard Half-pipe Competition

• Some of Rhode Island’s top amateur ski racers will be on hand at Wachusett Sun. February 12 for the RI Ski Runners Championship Race.

• Even some of Massachusett’s bravest firefighters will be getting into the Olympic spirit as they compete in the 9th Annual MDA Firefighters Ski Muster on February 16.

• As the Olympics start to wind down, why not pull an all-nighter on skis at Wachusett’s Second Annual 24-Hour Ski Event on Friday, February 24.  The night starts with a chance to win some of the $5,000 in prize money as part of the “Dash for Cash” presented by BayState Savings Bank & WXLO Radio