American Cancer Society Announces Hope on the Slopes at Stevens Pass, WA March 6-7th, 2010

Stevens Pass, WA - Hope on the Slopes provides skiers and snowboarders an opportunity to make 24hrs of skiing or riding more meaningful by raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society while competing for vertical feet and celebrating their fundraising efforts in a family friendly atmosphere.

Hope on the Slopes allows skiers and boarders to compete as individuals or on a team formed from friends, family, co-workers, etc. There are no age restrictions on event participants.

Prior to the event individual and team participants register online and fundraise for the American Cancer Society. Each participant and team will receive a personal web page that they can customize with their own messages and photos. Features of the site include the ability to easily fundraise online via email, track fundraising progress, and honor loved ones touched by cancer.

While at the Hope on the Slopes event, vertical feet are tracked through Stevens Pass RF system and are based on the distance from the top to the bottom of each marked run on the mountain. Both teams and individuals will compete for fantastic prizes on two levels: Dollars Raised and Total Vertical Feet. Past prizes have included lift tickets, skis or snowboard, and much more!

Information about how to form a team, sponsor the event, or become involved in Hope on the Slopes is available online at stevenspasshots.org.