We are excited that our guests will have an opportunity to be honorary Ski Team members for a day. New England skiers have an opportunity to share their devoted passion toward winter sports as the U.S. teams try to bring home the gold.

This gives our season pass holders an extra opportunity to ski. All the Nevada schools will be out next week. It's more of a benefit for the community than tourists.

We look at them as our guests to New Hampshire, and we intend to treat them as such.

One of our owners, Bob Nicholls, got the idea to do a ski free day because he wanted to show the place off to some people who maybe hadn't been here in a while. Judging by some of the equipment I saw, I think he did just that.

Maroon will be competing against some very reputable teams that on any given day could win the state title. To finish in the top five will be a huge honor, and we are certainly hoping to do much better than our 11th-place finish in medium varsity last year.

We have a very exciting and entertaining day planned for all our guests. We have invited several other agencies to be on site with free helpful information and services for families and youth. There will be free refreshments, music and free Healthy Teens backpacks for youth who register for services at the Healthy Teens Community Care Center.