Great story about skiing the Thunderbolt…
Don’t miss Peter Bronski’s latest story about skiing the classic Thunderbolt Ski Trail on Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts’ Berkshires. The story recently published in the Jan/Feb issue of AMC Outdoors magazine, along with an image of ours captured off-piste on Mt Greylock.LINK
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Now that’s a weather forecast…
Let’s cross our fingers about another big and snowy nor’easter winding up for the northeast this Thursday pm (12/31) through Saturday… Visit our weather page for the latest updates…
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Adventure Skiing Slideshows
This winter, join us at one of our upcoming slideshows, presented as part of our 5th Annual Wild People, Wild Places Slideshow Series. By combining digitally projected still photos, video footage and our off-the-cuff narration, we bring to life our skiing adventures throughout the Northeast US/Canada, Iceland, Patagonia, Greenland and more. Some of [...]
Happy Holidays
We wish everyone the happiest of holidays and a peaceful and powdery winter ahead!
-Brian and Emily
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Deepcember in Vermont
Thanks to the big and still-unfrozen lakes to our west, lake-effect snows often produce some of the best powder skiing of the season in December. This year was no exception. Here’s a snap from Vermont’s Mad River Valley.
Thank you Old Man Winter…
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Excellent New Avalanche Film
The Rocky Mountain Sherpas are proud to present…The Fine Line… an avalanche education film series targeted towards youth. Winner of numerous awards including “Best Director” (X-Dance 2009), “Best Concept” (Powder Awards 2009), “Best Cinematography” (Cold Smoke Awards), “Official World Tour Selection” (Banff Mountain Film Festival), and “Best FILM” (Livino Mtn Film Festival 2009, Cold Smoke [...]
Skiing and Salad Greens
After a recent day spent skiing beautiful December powder close to home here in Vermont, we were hungry for some dinner. So we headed for the garden with some scissors and a collecting bowl. Even now in mid-December, we are still harvesting tender salad greens and spinach from the cold frames in our garden. [...]
Bolton Valley Gets A Wind Turbine
Bolton Valley is now the first Vermont ski area to install its own wind turbine for generating electricity. The turbine, built and installed by the Barre, VT-based Northern Power Systems, is estimated to generate nearly ten percent of the ski area’s electricity needs, while reducing annual carbon emissions by nearly 300 tons. Here’s a [...]
Little Ski Areas
Here’s a great post by writer and photographer Steve Casimiro, from his blog, The Adventure Life, entitled In Praise of Little Ski Areas: Keepers of the Spirit. Check it out.
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Perhaps The Best Ski Movie Teaser Yet…not
They’ve got to be kidding…
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Big Wave Skiing is Born
Combining their passions for surfing and skiing, Mike Douglas and Cody Townshend are taking skiing to a whole new level. Using jet skis, they are towing into big Hawaiian surf with “surf skis” on their feet. Vermonter Jason Starr deserves a good bit of credit for this as well, as his Vermont-based Starr Surf [...]
PHOTOS of the WEEK
