Photo of the Week: Embracing the Storm
Topping out in the Green Mountains as the Christmas storm winds up… Happy holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!
This Week: Fresh Snow! and Adventure Skiing Slideshows
After enjoying the fresh snow on Monday…Please join us for a celebration of human-powered skiing adventure at one of our three upcoming slideshows: Monday 12/17 at Sugarbush, VT (in the Castlerock Pub in the Gatehouse Lodge), Thursday 12/30 at the Big Picture Theatre in Waitsfield, VT and Saturday Jan 8 at Mad River Glen. All [...]
Off Piste in the Mad River Valley – Dec 2010
A good 5-7″+ inches of creamy powder snow blanketed Vermont’s General Stark Mountain (home to Mad River Glen ski area) on Wednesday night. With the holiday week ahead, and the official opening of MRG scheduled for today (12/24), this surprise snowfall could not have been better timed… Nor could it have been more fun to [...]
Solstice, Skiing and Sauna
We made the most of the shortest day of the year by enjoying fresh tracks in some higher elevation, off-piste terrain that’s been tempting us for days, and by enjoying a nice wood-fired sauna with a few friends. The warmth and light of the sauna soothed our souls and recharged our bodies. And now, with [...]
Old School, Off Piste and Balloons
Here’s something a little different…cool footage captured by Warren Miller, featuring off-piste skiing in the Austrian Alps back in the early 1960s. You’ve got to love the soundtrack! And check out the faceshots the third skier in the last scene gets – at approx. 1:28… Enjoy!
Champlain Powder – In Black & White
Although snow squalls left us with a daily dose of fresh snow in the mountains this week, the conditions on Friday were extra special. We can thank the large body of water we call Lake Champlain for giving these snow squalls a little boost, too. Here are a few images captured on Friday in the [...]
Photo of the Week: Powder is Back!
Since late Monday, light to moderate snowfall has been the rule over the higher elevations of the northeast. Terrain and aspects prone to catching more snow are shaping up again, and there is some very nice powder skiing to be enjoyed on wind-protected lines above 2500′. Where the wind is blowing, only 3-6″, rain-crusted base [...]
Backcountry Update: Fresh Snow is Falling
Life is good when fresh snow falls day after day after day – a pattern we might be settling into this week. With snow falling steadily across the northeast’s mountains by late in the day Monday, Tuesday morning promises to offer fresh tracks on established downhill ski trails and higher elevation nordic trails. Still, the [...]
Photo of the Week: Deepcember is Back!
It’s amazing how quickly the skiing and snow conditions can turn around. It’s also amazing how deep and light and fluffy the powder snow in December can be. If you have not already been getting out there to enjoy the snow, now is the time. Before long, Deepcember will give way to good ol’ December. [...]
UPDATE Feb.12: A New Secret Weapon? A Sneak Peek at the Marquette Backcountry Ski
by Brian Mohr David Olilla, who calls the playful mountains of Michgan’s Upper Peninsula home, is onto something revolutionary. He’s now producing a ski that many of us here in the northeast have been dreaming about for years. It thrives in thin-cover conditions common in the very early or very late season, and in many [...]
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