Photo of the Week: Chest Deep Ferns
Need we say more?
Happy summer everyone!
-Brian
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Ski Flying Over Avalanches in the Alps
Although this is a bit nutty, with Antoine Montant (a Chamonix-based extreme skier) setting off avalanches as he descends, there’s something about this that is downright impressive… (Thanks for the tip on this Mike B.!)
Speed Riding – Antoine Montant – Can’t Stop
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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 [...]
Think April Snow!
There’s some cold, moist air heading our way later this week. And while spring has apparently shoved Old Man Winter aside without letting him finish his business, a great deal of us are still holding out for at least one more good snow cycle.
Reminiscing about some of the unforgettable April snowfalls we have [...]
Photo of the Week: Moonlit Corn
Record warmth graced the summits of the Northeast’s highest mountains this past weekend, and with the moon still nearly two-thirds full on Friday evening, we couldn’t resist the idea of a few turns on moonlit corn. Near-perfect corn snow was in effect up to approx. treeline, and above treeline, the snow surface was a rare [...]
Powder Magazine Interview with Lars-Chickering Ayers
We forgot to mention in an earlier post about Lars’ win at the Freeskiing World Championships at Snowbird, UT this March that his younger brother Silas (watch video of Silas here) stood on the podium that same day, at a junior event at Jackson Hole, WY. Way to go Silas!
Anyhow, check out this recent interview [...]
Skiing in the Rain Appeases the Weather Gods
Monday only reinforced our belief that skiing in the rain appeases the weather gods. What started as a potentially sopping wet ski tour gradually developed into a fine late-afternoon of fresh tracks and floating flakes. And this time we weren’t in the southern Andes – where a 2-foot snowfall once commenced just [...]
Skiing on Water
When Vermonter Jason Starr revealed his “surf skis” to the world in 2009, he opened the doors to an entirely new realm of skiing adventure. Throughout 2010, a growing community of passionate skiers with a strong connection to the water are taking Starr’s surf-skis to the rolling waves of our nearby oceans. Some are [...]
SNOW!
Several mountain areas across the northeast picked up 5-15″+ of fresh snow Sunday night and Monday (3/15). (The higher peaks of New York’s Adirondacks and New Hampshire’s White Mountains made out best.) In the higher ravines of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington area, the avalanche danger has been upgraded to considerable and high, due to [...]
Now That’s a Forecast – Part 3
Although backcountry snow conditions recovered remarkably well after this winter’s January Thaw, there’s no doubt that our northeastern mountains could use a little bit of fresh snow. With southern New England picking up much needed some snow last week, and the rest of the northeast picking up varying amounts of snow over the last [...]
Powder Day! Earn Your Turns at Magic Mountain
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It’s a powder day for southern Vermont and New Hampshire skiers. Many mountain areas are reporting 6-10+” of fresh snow, so get out there and enjoy it!
Magic Mountain in southern Vermont is one of the few ski areas in the country that is really embracing the growing interest in human-powered skiing [...]
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 [...]
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