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Feb 03
Winter 09-10 Backcountry Ski Review
Skis designed with the downhill oriented skier in mind (lift served and backcountry, telmark or AT) continue to feature ever-widening dimensions, more durable construction and control-enhancing improvements to the tip, tail and overall shape of the ski. Several skis in this review feature “rockered” or early-rise tips, which are ski tips that begin to lift …
Jan 31
Skiing the Bretton Woods, NH Backcountry
Our friends at FamousInternetSkiers.com have recently posted some nice images from their skiing adventures in the Bretton Woods, NH backcountry. Enjoy! …LINK
Jan 30
Adventures with Vermonter Dylan Crossman
We caught up with our friend Dylan Crossman a few days ago – not in Vermont, but on our last day in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, at Alta Ski Area, at the tail end of a nearly 100″ snow cycle. Dylan, who grew up skiing Vermont’s Mad River Glen, dominated the US Telemark Freeskiing Extremes in …
Jan 26
Alta, UT: 90″ (230cm) in 7 Days
Upon leaving Vermont last Tuesday to work on a few projects in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, we have witnessed Old Man Winter in his very best of moods. We sometimes wonder if Old Man Winter takes note of all those days we have skied in the rain and braved -25F mornings, and if this is his …
Jan 24
Gone Wild on the Gaspe
Here’s a snap from a recent trip to Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula, captured while navigating treeline in the remote and wild southern half of the Monts Chic Chocs – which are also some of the oldest Appalachian Mountains. We spent nearly a week traversing these mountains on a route we could have skied directly in less …
