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 [...]
Dodging Rain Showers
The resiliency of the ski season here in the Northeast never ceases to amaze us. Last Tuesday afternoon (1/17), when temperatures climbed above freezing and a steady rainfall ensued, it was hard to imagine that we’d be skiing such beautiful snow just a few days later. Then again, this is the Northeast – home to [...]
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 [...]
Video: Almost Mother’s Day
Last turns of the season on natural snow in Vermont’s Green Mountains… on the Marquette Backcountry Skis. The grass skiing on the lower mountain, after we ran out of snow, was in its element. Enjoy! Follow this LINK to “Like” AdventureSkier.com on Facebook. Thanks!
Chickering-Ayers Boys, Vermonters, Win US Extremes
Update 1/21am: Head to this link for some highlights from the final day at the event. Brothers Lars and Silas Chickering-Ayers, who were raised skiing Vermont’s Mad River Glen, skied away with first and third place finishes, respectively, at this year’s US Freeskiing Extremes in Crested Butte this past weekend. Their wins follow Lars’ first [...]
5th Annual Sugarbush/Mad River Glen Randonee Race
Now in its fifth year, the Mountain Hardwear Ski Mountaineering Race returns to Vermont’s Mad River Valley on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 to challenge adventurous skiers of all abilities on a beautiful course connecting Mad River Glen and Sugarbush ski areas, via the Long Trail and Slidebrook area. This is a great event for 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 [...]
Video Remix: Off Piste at Mad River Glen
Off Piste in the Northeast – Chapter 3: Mad River Glen, VT (UPDATE: You can catch more of this footage at our slideshow, Off Piste in the Northeast, this coming Monday, Feb 15 @ 7pm at Sugarbush’s Gate House Lodge (Lincoln Peak Area) There is no doubt that Mad River Glen, VT has some of [...]
Cold and Smokey
As much as 30″ of cold, smokey, fluff has fallen upon the sheltered and higher elevation aspects of the northern Green Mountains over the last 7-8 days, and the conditions close to home for us here in the Mad River Valley are once again exceptional. Taking a break from our usual diet of backcountry ski [...]
MRG Skier: Silas Chickering-Ayers
Seventeen year old Silas Chickering-Ayers, and his older brother, Lars, are some of the most talented skiers we’ve ever come across. With dad the head of ski patrol at Mad River Glen, and mom a talented skier and athlete, too…it’s not hard to imagine how these brothers ski. Lars has been out west for a [...]
MRG/Sugarbush Ski Mountaineering Race
Now in its fourth year, the Mountain Hardwear Ski Mountaineering Race returns to Vermont’s Mad River Valley this Feb. 7, 2010 to challenge backcountry-oriented skiers of all abilities on a beautiful course connecting Mad River Glen and Sugarbush ski areas, via the Long Trail and Slidebrook area. After the “race”, the event organizers bring skiers [...]
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