A Tribute to Jack Hannan
In late March, Vermont-raised Jack Hannan – a inspirational and passionate skier, husband and friend of many – was taken by a Class 3 avalanche in British Columbia’s Coast Range. Local contributor to AdventureSkier.com, Dave Aronson (aka “Baker Dave”), who was a very close friend of Jack’s, shares with us below some personal thoughts about [...]
Two Wheels, Two Planks!!
For about ten years, we’ve been dreaming of taking our bike-supported skiing adventures to another level. Day and weekend trips – especially those beginning and ending in front of the shed – continue to be great fun, but the idea of setting off for weeks on end has only been stewing in our minds. We [...]
Vermonter Lars Chickering-Ayers Wins Freeskiing Worlds
Vermonter and lifelong Mad River Glen skier Lars Chickering-Ayers took first place at the podium this past weekend at the Freeskiing World Championships at Snowbird, UT. You can view the results HERE. This win comes just a couple of weeks after another Vermonter and Mad River Glen-raised skier, Dylan Crossman – a close friend [...]
Avalanche in the Adirondacks
Two northeastern skiers were caught in a dangerous soft-slab avalanche on the Angel Slides below Wright Peak in the High Peaks of New York’s Adirondack Mountains on Febraury 27, 2010. Like most landslide paths, alpine gulleys and steeper faces in the Adirondacks, the Angel Slides are naturally prone to avalanches. In February 2000, another avalanche [...]
Avalanches in Vermont
Although relatively uncommon in comparison to the higher peaks of New York’s Adirondacks, New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Maine’s Katahdin and Quebec’s Gaspe, Vermont’s steeper mountainsides are susceptible to life-threatening avalanches. During this past week alone, several reports of small slab and sluff avalanches have come in. Recent winds have loaded steep gulleys and even forested [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival
Are you interested in connecting with the folks that know skiing in Adirondacks best? Don’t miss this year’s 8th Annual Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival, scheduled for early March, in New York’s Keene Valley. This annual event, organized by friendly folks at The Mountaineer in Keene, NY and their friends at Cloudsplitter Guides, is [...]
Junkboarding Gets Some Press
Here’s a great story about our friend Dave Bouchard and “junkboarding” – the act of skiing on skis cut from a junked snowboard – that was recently published in Vermont’s Seven Days newspaper and was penned by Kirk Kardashian. LINK
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More on New Englander Dave Watson’s K2 Descent
Thanks to Adam Howard at Backcountry Magazine for this story about Watson’s skiing adventure on K2 this past summer…LINK
This is a photo of K2’s north face and a route followed by the 1953 American Karakoram Expedition.
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Helmet Cam Avalanche Burial
This video (captured via helmet cam by a skier who triggers and then gets buried by a significant avalance) drives home the importance of knowing your limits (knowledge and skill wise) when sliding on snow in the backcountry… This avalanche occurred in Alaska, but avalanches like this regularly occur in the backcountry throughout mountain [...]
AlpineZone =>Ski Area News for the Northeast
As we develop AdventureSkier.com through the 09-10 ski season, it will take us some time to develop a good system of reporting on the latest northeast ski area news. Stay tuned for regular posts featuring news items that really stand out to us, but we would also like to encourage you to consider AlpineZone.com’s reporting [...]
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