Author's posts
Jun 21
Photo/Video of the Week: Days Off = Sweet Glisse
When Vermonter Quinn Keating has a day off from his work as the head of ski patrol at VT’s Bolton Valley, he doesn’t mess around. He’s especially motivated by certain long, powder-catching and schwack-free tree lines that stripe the northeastern mountainscape, and this nice string of footage he shares helps to illustrate why. So grab …
Jun 11
Photo of the Week: Memories of Winter
It was a particularly breezy afternoon, but the skiing was exceptionally good and we lingering straight through the sunset hour along the west side of the Greens. Our last climb landed us at the divide as a subtle alpen glow was fading, but while enough light still remained for one last descent to the east. …
May 29
Photo of the Week: Memorial Day Magic
The past weekend in the Northeast was pretty magical on many levels. It’s not often that Old Man Winter throws us a bone this late in the season. The rain that fell in the mountains prior to the changeover to snow also unleashed one of the more spectacular displays of waterfalls we’ve seen in the …
May 23
Gear Shed: Trail Runners and Wool Tees
We’ve been playing around with some impressive gear lately, and feel as though the Scarpa’s Spark trail running shoe and Smartwool’s PHD Wool Tees are well worth a plug. Without getting too carried away with the details here, we’ve got the following impressions to share. Feel free to click on the product image for more …
May 19
Photo of the Week: A Great Excuse for a Hike!
While spring gradually gives way to summer and the very last remnants of winter finally melt away, a few lingering strips of snow in the higher reaches of the Whites, Dacks and at several northeastern ski areas are still tempting a handful of skiers. At this point, while the turns are still fun, the skiing …
