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Jan 06
Photo(s) of the Week: Shallow Powder and Alpenglow
Scattered snow showers continue to add precious white snowflakes to our relatively thin snowpack across the Northeast, with up to 4″ of Champlain Powder falling around VT’s Mt. Mansfield on Thursday. While most off-piste lines still need quite a bit of natural-snow base, others are really starting to take shape. The first image here was …
Jan 03
Video: Champlain Powder – Dec 2011
With another 1-6″ of powder snow falling since late Monday over the Adirondacks, Green Mountains (Champlain Powder) and parts of northern NH, ME and Quebec, we’ve got some nice fresh snow to slide around on this week. Although natural-snow base depths are very thin, some well maintained off-piste and backcountry lines are starting to lure …
Dec 28
Photo of the Week – Champlain Powder
The powerful storm that treated us last night to wet snow, sleet and POURING rain also produced some of the most intense mountain snowfall we’ve ever witnessed in the northeast. A still unfrozen Lake Champlain, an approaching cold front and a good orographic (upslope) flow of moisture definitely contributed to today’s prolific snowfall. At one …
Dec 23
Thank You Ullr – Powder Cruising
Ullr (the Norse god of snow) and his fellow snow god friends seemed to have responded kindly to the countless cries for mercy aross the north country. With generally 2-8″ of snow falling today across the mountains of the northeast, and more on its way, the hills and mountains are once again a great source …
Dec 22
Photo of the Week: Solstice Sacrifice
When a light mist turned to a steady rain on Wednesday afternoon, a few of us did not hesitate to continue up the mountain for some afternoon turns. We’ve learned over the years that skiing in the rain is always worth it. More than anything, it impresses the snow gods. (Prolific snows have followed many …
