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Mar 24
Creek Skiing Craziness!
The beds of natural streams and creeks coursing down our northeastern mountainsides are some of our favorite lines to ski, especially when Old Man Winter buries them deeply in snow… We’d like to share with you photo essay that we put together for Vermont Life on this unique approach to skiing our northeastern mountains. Click …
Mar 21
Vermonter Lars Chickering-Ayers Wins Freeskiing Worlds
Vermonter and lifelong Mad River Glen skier Lars Chickering-Ayers took first place at the podium this past weekend at the Freeskiing World Championships at Snowbird, UT. You can view the results HERE. This win comes just a couple of weeks after another Vermonter and Mad River Glen-raised skier, Dylan Crossman – a close friend of …
Mar 21
Photo of the Week: Happy Spring!
Although Friday was officially the last full day of the winter season in the northern hemisphere, it seems as though spring has been having its way with us for nearly two weeks now here in the northeast: flowers are starting to bloom, we are cutting spinach again from our garden (it wintered over in our …
Mar 20
Skiing on Water
When Vermonter Jason Starr revealed his “surf skis” to the world in 2009, he opened the doors to an entirely new realm of skiing adventure. Throughout 2010, a growing community of passionate skiers with a strong connection to the water are taking Starr’s surf-skis to the rolling waves of our nearby oceans. Some are paddling …
Mar 18
Don’t Miss “Off Piste in Iceland” – Thurs 4/1
Don’t miss our next slideshow, Off Piste in Iceland, coming up on Thursday, April 1 at the legendary Inn at Long Trail along Rt. 4 near Killington, VT. Owners Murray and Patty McGrath have hosted a few of our shows in the past, and we are excited to be back there once again this season. …
