MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Before the ski and snowboard season gets cranking, heres a look at whats new at resorts around the Northeast.---SNOWMAKING, SNOWMAKING AND MORE SNOWMAKINGAfter a dismal snow season last winter with frequent warm-ups, resorts across the Northeast continue to invest in snowmaking to better cover trails, open earlier and stay open longer, and to do it using less energy. The New Hampshire-owned and operated Cannon Mountain, for example, expects to reduce energy consumption by about 30 percent with the addition of new snowmaking guns and upgrades to older ones, for a total of 479 guns. The project plus other maintenance cost more than $5 million.---WORLD CUP SKIING RETURNS TO THE EASTThe World Cup ski circuit is returning to the East Coast, after a 25-year absence. Vermonts Killington Resort will be hosting the womens giant slalom and slalom races on Nov. 26-27. Olympic and slalom world champion Mikaela Shiffrin is among the 90 to 100 racers from about 20 nations expected to compete.To prepare for the race, Killington started snowmaking on Oct. 10.---MORE TERRAINIn its first major expansion in more than 30 years, New Hampshires Waterville Valley Resort has added 45 acres and cut 10 new trails that will be served by a chair lift. The Green Peak expansion includes beginner, intermediate and advanced terrain.---LODGINGBurke Mountain Resort in northern Vermont has its first resort-owned slope-side lodging. The 116-room ski-in ski-out hotel and conference center opened this fall with a pub, restaurant, heated pool and hot tub and fitness center and views of the mountain on one side and Willoughby Gap on the other.---FAMILY FUNResorts continue to add activities for visitors other than skiing and riding.This summer, Vermonts Stowe Mountain Resort opened a roughly $20 million adventure center that includes ski and ride programs for kids, a daycare program, a rock-climbing center, shops, and family friendly dining looking out over the outdoor ice skating rink and the indoor climbing center. The rock-climbing center has 16 climbing stations and a free-standing 40-foot climbing tower.On the other side of Mount Mansfield, Smugglers Notch is also boosting its amenities for families, building a 26,000-square-foot Fun Zone thats expected to open in March 2017. It will include a two-floor laser tag arena, mini-golf, a 30-foot double-sided climbing wall, a slot-car track and a cafe.At Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, the winter season programming includes trails for fat biking (bikes with oversized tires that can handle snow and mud).------AP reporter Kathy McCormack contributed to this report from Concord, New Hampshire.Emeka Okafor Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Nikola Miroticx Jersey . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. http://www.cheappelicansjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-deandre-liggins-jersey . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. Cheap Pelicans Jerseys Authentic . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. Charles Cooke Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N.HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets have waived guard/forward Carlos Delfino and point guard Aaron Brooks. Delfino averaged 10.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in 67 games last season. It was his first year with the Rockets after spending three seasons in Milwaukee. Brooks played in just seven games for Houston last season when the Rockets signed him after he was released by Sacramento. It was his second stint with the team after playing for Houston from 2007-2011.dddddddddddd Rockets general manager Daryl Morey took to Twitter to address the moves on Sunday. "Thank you to (at)cabezadelfino (Delfino) & (at)Thirty2zero (Brooks), you both have been great Rockets, players & teammates. Hope there is a chance to reunite," he tweeted. ' ' '