NORTH CONWAY, NH - NBC's popular morning news show, The Today Show, featured Cranmore Mountain Resort as its top pick for New Hampshire for families looking for fun and inexpensive skiing.

Travel Channel host Samantha Brown hosted the segment which aired the morning of Thursday, February 21, 2008. Brown described Cranmore as a great value as she encouraged families to ski at mid-sized mountains like Cranmore for smaller crowds and lower prices, especially midweek.

Brown specifically recommended Cranmore's Cranapalooza event as being ideal for families, with night skiing, snow tubing, face painting and other family activities. Today Show weatherman Al Roker joked with Brown about the event's name, riffing on the word "Cranapalooza" while video footage of Cranmore's slopes ran in the background.

Brown, a New Hampshire native, has skied at Cranmore in the past and is very familiar with the North Conway, NH area where the resort is located.

Cranapalooza takes place every Saturday from 2-9pm and features live music, s'mores with the resort mascot, C-more the Penguin, children's entertainment including jugglers, puppets, fire-dancers and magicians, snow tubing and night skiing. Night skiing tickets are a special value costing only $22 per person all ages for a ticket valid from 2-9pm. Lift tickets may be purchased online at cranmore.com.

For more information on Cranmore, Cranapalooza and the information presented on the Today Show, visit cranmore.com or call 1-800-SUN-N-SKI.