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Photo(s) of the Week: SNOWvember gives way to DEEPcember

The passage of another cold front last Thursday left in its wake a windless and bluebird powder day for Northeastern skiers on Friday, the last day of SNOWvember. The Northeast woke to even more fresh snow falling in the mountains on Saturday, a fine kick off to one of our favorite months of the year …

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Photo(s) of the Week: Au Naturale

With all this sunshine, it’s hard to believe that the few inches of snow that fell last Tuesday are still producing some very fun skiing, but we’ll take it! Thankfully, temps have remained just cool enough on the cooler sides of the mountains to preserve the minimal natural snowpack. Fresh tracks have been easy to …

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Photo(s) of the Week: SNOvember 2012

By the skin of its teeth, SNOvember is living up to its name again this season. It kicked off on Saturday 11/3 with a solid dusting of snow at the higher elevations across the Northeast, and by mid-week, another round of fresh snow under bluebird skies was luring greater numbers of hungry skiers to sample …

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Photo(s) of the Week: Marquette Season

After struggling to keep Superstorm Sandy from interfering with the lives of millions in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions (and dumping historic amounts of snowfall over the Central Appalachians in his attempt), Old Man Winter was finally able to shoe Sandy away this weekend. He also had enough energy remaining to deliver several inches of …

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Upcoming Shows: The Catamount Trail in 20 Days 11/10; Off Piste in the Northeast 11/7

Support Vermont’s Catamount Trail Association (CTA) this season by becoming a member and/or by joining them (and making a donation) at their upcoming annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 3-5pm at the Green Mountain Club in Waterbury, VT. Local skier Ross Scatchard will present a visual/narrative account of he and his friend’s Leath Tonino’s …

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