Saddleback Mountain Hosts Boarding for Breast Cancer’s ‘Love Your Peaks’ Event this Weekend

Saddleback Mountain Resort will be turning pink in support of B4BC’s breast cancer awareness initiatives

(Rangeley, Maine – March 14, 2024) – Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is excited to ride/ski at Saddleback Mountain for the eleventh stop of the 2024 Love Your Peaks Winter Prevention + Fundraising Series on Saturday, March 16th. B4BC’s Love Your Peaks is a fundraising series promoting breast cancer awareness at resorts nationwide, where participants can join the organization at partnering resorts to fundraise, ride/ski and advocate for breast cancer awareness. The nonprofit is looking forward to hitting the slopes of Saddleback Mountain and spreading its mission of early detection + a healthy, active lifestyle as the best means of breast cancer prevention.

The Love Your Peaks Saddleback stop will coincide with the 2nd annual Back to the Banks Banked Slalom and include the banked slalom race, silent auction and raffle, board demos, a live music and DJ set, and more.

The 2nd annual Back to the Banks Banked Slalom snowboard race at Saddleback Mountain on Saturday, March 16, 2024, presented by Orono Brewing Company! This timed snowboard & snowskate-only race will be held on Grey Ghost. Come ride the berms and turns for great prizes and swag from our friends at Winterstick Snowboards and Backwoods Snowboard Shop. This event is open to all ages. $50 entry fee plus discounted lift ticket or season pass to ride. $10 from every rider registration will be donated to B4BC! You can register for Back to the Banks here.

To participate in Love Your Peaks, individuals or teams just have to register, fundraise, ride/ski and win! The link to register and fundraise can be found here. The more fundraised, the higher the incentives, including the chance to win some incredible partner products from brands such as Suja Organic, YETI, The North Face, Sun Bum, Pura Vida and more.

B4BC will also host a weekly virtual photo contest, opening the series to virtual participants. To enter, post on Instagram using the hashtag #loveyourpeaks and tag @b4bc. The winner will receive a prize pack from B4BC partners and individuals must be registered to win.

The Love Your Peaks series will be making additional stops at iconic mountain resorts across the country through May and encourages people to come out to their home resort, do a winter activity they love and support breast cancer prevention and awareness.

B4BC would like to thank its Love Your Peaks partners including Suja Organic, YETI, Sun Bum, Pura Vida, The North Face, 686, Arbor Collective, Armada, Burton, Dakine, Dragon Alliance, Ethika, ThirtyTwo, Gnu Snowboards, GoPro, Gravity Grabbers, GoggleSoc, Hume Supernatural, Jones Snowboards, melin, Merge4, Nixon, Remind Insoles, Rojo, POW Gloves, Skullcandy, Stance, Traeger Grills, Union Bindings, VonZipper and Vuori.

To keep up with B4BC, follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

About B4BC
Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that advocates for early detection and a healthy, active, and conscious lifestyle as the best means of breast cancer prevention. Founded in 1996, B4BC empowers young people to make positive choices that promote lifelong wellness through grassroots events, educational outreach, sustainability, and survivorship support programs. Visit B4BC.ORG for more information.

About Saddleback Mountain

Located in the beautiful High Peaks and lakes district of western Maine, Saddleback Mountain was founded in 1960 and has grown its reputation for exceptional snow, some of the best terrain in the East, and a friendly, laid-back culture. At 4,120 feet of elevation and2,000 feet of vertical, and 600+ acres, Saddleback is Maine’s third-largest mountain and the largest independently owned ski resort in the East. In 2020, Saddleback was purchased as a fund managed by Massachusetts-based Arctaris Impact Investors, a leader in opportunity-zone investments.

For more information, please contact:

Master Plan Communications, Inc.

• Anissa Arefeen
• 469.733.8675
• anissa@masterplancommunications.com