Photo of the Week: Crust Cruising
One of the great things about a little rainfall in the middle of February is that it sometime leads to the formation of a nice supportive crust atop the snowpack. If we’ve got a good base to work with, this can be especially fun, as the crust allows you to go nearly anywhere, and [...]
Close Encounters With Old Man Winter
It was really nice to see Old Man Winter again on Monday. We found him high above Vermont’s Mad River Valley, getting ready to set off again after a nice weekend in the mountains. He left us a good blanket of snow to enjoy, and he hinted that he would likely be back again [...]
Two Wheels, Two Planks: Test Mission
With less than a week to go before we set off to northern Norway, we’ve been busy readying the bikes, our packing system and our BOB ski trailers. The day was comfortably warm and clear here in the Green Mountains of Vermont, so we made the most of it with an afternoon bike-ski adventure [...]
Ski It While You Can: Creek Skiing – Part 2
Here’s another take on “creek skiing” here in the northeast, from just a few day’s back – and most likely the last time we could have skied this gem of a ski line this season…until it dumps, that is. The snow surface was nearly perfect corn. The sound of running water filled the air. [...]
Creek Skiing Craziness!
The beds of natural streams and creeks coursing down our northeastern mountainsides are some of our favorite lines to ski, especially when Old Man Winter buries them deeply in snow…
We’d like to share with you photo essay that we put together for Vermont Life on this unique approach to skiing our northeastern mountains. Click HERE [...]
Photo of the Week: Happy Spring!
Although Friday was officially the last full day of the winter season in the northern hemisphere, it seems as though spring has been having its way with us for nearly two weeks now here in the northeast: flowers are starting to bloom, we are cutting spinach again from our garden (it wintered over in our [...]
Gaspe Dreams
It’s that time of year again when 1) our snowpack across the north country is at its peak in the mountains, 2) we’re feeling pretty satisfied about all the skiing we’ve enjoyed closer to home, and 3) several months of skiing and climbing have us tuned up and motivated for some more ambitious skiing adventures… [...]
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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Pedal Powered Skiing
Sometimes, instead of driving to the ski hill, we drop our ski packs into our BOB trailers, hop onto our bikes and pedal no more than an hour before beginning a beautiful day of skiing in our local mountains… It makes a great day of skiing truly world class, and it has made us excited [...]
Canoe and Skiing in Vermont
Skiing in the pastures and gladed hillsides right alongside many rivers in the northeast can be an incredible adventure. To make the most of this terrain, we’ve been waiting for just the right river and snow conditions, strapping our skis to the thwarts of our trusty canoes, and floating downriver… Here’s a story [...]
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