Events
MRG/Sugarbush Ski Mountaineering Race
Now in its fourth year, the Mountain Hardwear Ski Mountaineering Race returns to Vermont’s Mad River...
Adventure Skiing Slideshows
Join us at one of our upcoming slideshows in central Vermont, starting with our ever evolving show,...
Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival
Are you interested in connecting with the folks that know skiing in Adirondacks best? Don’t miss...
Sunset Skiing
Setting off for a high mountain summit with the hope of catching a beautiful, if not unforgettable, sunset is one of our favorite ways to enjoy an afternoon on skis… Without fail, we always seem to squeeze a backcountry run or two into these tours, too. The flip side of being on a mountain top at sunset is that we often end up skiing home under just a faint alpen glow, the soft light of a rising moon, or occasionally, with our trusty headlamps. These brink-of-dark …
Cold and Smokey
As much as 30″ of cold, smokey, fluff has fallen upon the sheltered and higher elevation aspects of the northern Green Mountains over the last 7-8 days, and the conditions close to home for us here in the Mad River Valley are once again exceptional. Taking a break from our usual diet of backcountry ski runs, we’ve been logging some extra vertical by riding a few chairlifts this week at our local Sugarbush and Mad River Glen ski areas. Here’s an image of local legend …
Skiing the Bretton Woods, NH Backcountry
Our friends at FamousInternetSkiers.com have recently posted some nice images from their skiing adventures in the Bretton Woods, NH backcountry. Enjoy! …LINK
Adventures with Vermonter Dylan Crossman
We caught up with our friend Dylan Crossman a few days ago – not in Vermont, but on our last day in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, at Alta Ski Area, at the tail end of a nearly 100″ snow cycle. Dylan, who grew up skiing Vermont’s Mad River Glen, dominated the US Telemark Freeskiing Extremes in Crested Butte for several years, and in 2008, stepped into a pair of alpine skis and won the US Alpine Freeskiing Extremes at Snowbird, Utah. Dylan’s always a pleasure …
Alta, UT: 90″ (230cm) in 7 Days
Upon leaving Vermont last Tuesday to work on a few projects in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, we have witnessed Old Man Winter in his very best of moods. We sometimes wonder if Old Man Winter takes note of all those days we have skied in the rain and braved -25F mornings, and if this is his way of thanking us. Now, if we could only convince him to go easy on the Northeast with his mood swings, and show them a little bit of love! …
Cold and Smokey
As much as 30″ of cold, smokey, fluff has fallen upon the sheltered and higher elevation aspects of the northern Green Mountains over the last 7-8 days, and the conditions close to home for us here in the Mad River Valley are once again exceptional. Taking a break from our usual diet of backcountry ski runs, we’ve been logging some extra vertical by riding a few chairlifts this week at our local Sugarbush and Mad River Glen ski areas. Here’s an image of local legend …
Sunset Skiing
Setting off for a high mountain summit with the hope of catching a beautiful, if not unforgettable, sunset is one of our favorite ways to enjoy an afternoon on skis… Without fail, we always seem to squeeze a backcountry run or two into these tours, too. The flip side of being on a mountain top at sunset is that we often end up skiing home under just a faint alpen glow, the soft light of a rising moon, or occasionally, with our trusty headlamps. These brink-of-dark …
Skiing the Bretton Woods, NH Backcountry
Our friends at FamousInternetSkiers.com have recently posted some nice images from their skiing adventures in the Bretton Woods, NH backcountry. Enjoy! …LINK
Gear
Winter 09-10 Backcountry Ski Review
Skis designed with the downhill oriented skier in mind (lift served and backcountry, telmark or AT) continue to feature ever-widening dimensions,...
Backcountry Skiing Gear Primer
By Brian Mohr Every snow season, we encounter more and more skiers and riders who want to take to the“backcountry” – that...
Culture
Skiing and Salad Greens
After a recent day spent skiing beautiful December powder close to home here in Vermont,...
Little Ski Areas
Here’s a great post by writer and photographer Steve Casimiro, from his blog, The Adventure...
Perhaps The Best Ski Movie Teaser Yet…not
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