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SNOW!

Several mountain areas across the northeast picked up 5-15″+ of fresh snow Sunday night and Monday (3/15). (The higher peaks of New York’s Adirondacks and New Hampshire’s White Mountains made out best.) In the higher ravines of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington area, the avalanche danger has been upgraded to considerable and high, due to persistent …

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Great Video: Pillow Line

Here’s a very creative and interesting video by British Columbia-based photographer, Kari Medig, who describes his video as follows: “Here’s a show I put together for the 2010 Coldsmoke photo competition that happens every year here in Nelson BC. It was inspired by an amazing stop motion concept and technique used by Tel Aviv based …

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Photo of the Week: March Dreams

As terrific as the spring-like, corn snow skiing is right now here in the northeast, it has been hard not to dream of powder days like this one…during the incredible St. Patty’s storm of March 2007.

3rd Annual Catamount Trail Challenge

Coming up this Sunday, March 14, 2010, Vermont’s Catamount Trail Association will host its 3rd Annual Catamount Trail Challenge – a backcountry ski tour (for those who’d prefer a more leisurely tour) and race (for those who’d like to race). The event is open to all levels of skiers interested in skiing one of the …

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Gaspe Dreams

It’s that time of year again when 1) our snowpack across the north country is at its peak in the mountains, 2) we’re feeling pretty satisfied about all the skiing we’ve enjoyed closer to home, and 3) several months of skiing and climbing have us tuned up and motivated for some more ambitious skiing adventures… …

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