Almost 300 winter resorts, trail systems, snow sport retailers and rental shops across the country will participate in the annual "Take Your Daughter to the Snow Week." Each will offer different programs that may include discounted lifts tickets, rentals, lessons, clinics, after-ski get togethers, gift bags and more. (Go to www.snowlink.com for a complete listing of participants and their programs.) Mothers and fathers bring not only daughters but also granddaughters, nieces, sisters, in-laws; sometimes three generations come together.

Picabo Street, downhiller extraordinaire, will return as the official spokesperson for "Daughter Week." Street, whose credits include two Olympic golds, one Olympic silver and two consecutive World Cup wins in downhill says, "When I started skiing as a child in Sun Valley, I had to challenge the boys in our ski races." She is supportive of any program that brings more girls and women to the slopes.

"Take your Daughter to the Snow Week," supported and promoted by Snow Sports Association for Women (SSAW) is a national snow industry grassroots event to encourage girl's and women's participation in all snow sports.

Edited by Cynthia Ward Cooper