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Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Artist James Niehues Releases his Greatest Hits: A Collection of Notecard Paintings

November 24, 2020

Parker, Co., (Tuesday, Nov. 24) – With over 200 hand-painted ski maps to his name, James Niehues (jamesniehues.com) and the Open Road Ski Company responsible for the Man Behind the Maps, are releasing a selection of Niehues’ best-selling trail maps as notecards. The notecards will feature the most popular maps, in a ready-to-mail package. Among […]

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The “Rembrandt of Snow” James Niehues Releases a Collection of Seldom Seen Black and White Mountain Sketches

October 15, 2020

Parker, Co., (Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020) – Famed landscape artist James Niehues (jamesniehues.com) and the Open Road Ski Company, which published the Man Behind the Maps book, are releasing a collection of sketches depicting 10 iconic mountains across the United States. These black and white sketches are an important step in the creation of Niehues’s […]

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James Niehues and Mad River Glen celebrate their partnership with the release of a new trail map and over $120,000 raised

October 5, 2020

Fayston, Vt. (Oct. 5, 2020) — Open Road Ski Company (openroadski.com) marked the end of their successful campaign in partnership with James Niehues (jamesniehues.com) and Mad River Glen (madriverglen.com) over the weekend, releasing a first look at the hand-painted trail map and raising a total of $121,327, surpassing their initial goal by over 1,500 percent. […]

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Legendary artist James Niehues And Mad River Glen Partner, Surpassing Crowdfunding Goal for New Hand-Painted Map

September 8, 2020

Fayston, Vt., (Sept. 8, 2020) – Open Road Ski Company and legendary trail-map artist James Niehues (jamesniehues.com) have partnered with Mad River Glen (madriverglen.com) for a Kickstarter project to fund a striking all-new hand-painted image of the iconic mountain, with plans to use it for trail maps and mountain signs. Building on the success of […]

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