2 Wheels, 2 Planks: Mid-Winter in the Rhaetian Alps
If we didn’t take the snowflakes flying among the budding birches and blooming daffodils upon our arrival to Zurich back on April 7, we should have. For all but one of the last 18 days, beautiful fresh snow has been falling from the skies above us in the Swiss-Austrian-Italian Alps. And this past Sunday may [...]
Photo of the Week: 10 Days to Remember
The last ten days collectively served as one of the many great reasons we love to call the Northeast home. It also provided a stark and beautiful contrast to the thin cover conditions defining much of this season, and it got just about everyone and their uncles out skiing for a while. With as much [...]
As Good As It Gets…
The skiing and riding is as good as it gets right now across the Northeast, with bottomless snows in the backcountry and perfect trail skiing conditions at the resorts this week. With more fresh snow piling up Thursday into Friday, there should be nothing stopping any of us from getting out there and making the [...]
Get Out There and Ski!
While many folks across the northeast woke up to rain and sleet Thursday morning, winter continues to charge away in the mountains – in the same way it has been all season: one snowflake at a time. Skiers were treated to a very healthy serving of snow across the Dacks and northern Vermont, New Hampshire [...]
Photo of the Week: Mad Pow Disease
Last week’s storm infected countless skiers across the Northeast with an unusual strain of Mad Pow Disease. Skier Justin Woods Chapman was especially hard hit by its symptoms. With more fresh snow across the northeast today and this weekend, Justin’s going to be hard pressed to make a full recovery…but we’re confident he’ll pull through. [...]
The Friday the 13th Storm…Honoring MLK
The storm we’ve all been waiting for dumped 10-20″ of fresh snow across the mountains of the northeast on Thursday and Friday, January 13th. By early Saturday morning, Vermont skiers like Justin Chapman and Dave Bouchard (ahead and back, in the first photo, respectively) were easily belly deep in powder on steeper, leeward aspects surrounding [...]
Photo of the Week: July Snow in Vermont!
Early last week, Scott Braaten, the snow reporter for Vermont’sStowe Mountain Resort spotted this lonesome chunk of snow in Vermont’s Green Mountains. It was likely one of the very last remnants of the incredible winter of 2010-11. Unlike the deep ravines of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, Vermont’s mountains rarely harbor snow into July. And given [...]
Photo of the Week: February Flashback
The cooler temps late this week have led to sightings of light snow at higher elevations, and have had us reflecting on the incredible winter of 2010-11. Here’s an image of Andy Weis – one of the coaches for the Mad River Glen Freeride Team and the new trail director for Fellowship of the Wheel [...]
Photo of the Week: A Snowstorm to Remember
By the time the sun rose under clear skies this past Tuesday morning, over two feet of powder snow had fallen upon many areas of the Adirondacks and northern New England. And while Monday (mid-storm) offered some of the finest skiing we have experienced anywhere, those first turns on Tuesday were the stuff of dreams. [...]
Backcountry Update – Early March: Like a Dream
Despite a few very minor 12-24 hour warm ups in February, the snow continues to pile up in our northeastern mountains at historic levels, and the snowpack off-piste continues to be predominantly powder coated. WIthout a doubt, this is a winter we will not forget. Forecasts are now in agreement around a potentially major snow [...]
Photo of the Week: Hut-to-Hut Skiing, Vermont Style
We often wonder why we ever leave the northeast. And the more we ski in this incredible part of the world, the stronger our conviction that we live in a skiing paradise grows. This past weekend drove home these feelings more than ever. With a crew of half-a-dozen friends, we embarked on a three-day, hut-to-hut [...]
Photo of the Week: Northeast Off-Piste
It’s mid-winter, and with an above-average (and growing!) snow pack coating most of our northeastern mountain areas, the off-piste terrain at all elevations is skiing incredibly well. (The powder, chopped-powder and packed-powder conditions at most northeastern ski areas are also well worth skiing!) Creeks and brooks are filling in, the brush and logs of the [...]
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