Category: Northeast

Ski It While You Can: Creek Skiing – Part 2

Here’s another take on “creek skiing” here in the northeast, from just a few day’s back – and most likely the last time we could have skied this gem of a ski line this season…until it dumps, that is. The snow surface was nearly perfect corn. The sound of running water filled the air. Birds …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Great story about skiing the Thunderbolt…

Don’t miss Peter Bronski’s latest story about skiing the classic Thunderbolt Ski Trail on Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts’ Berkshires. The story recently published in the Jan/Feb issue of AMC Outdoors magazine, along with an image of ours captured off-piste on Mt Greylock.LINK