Update 1/21am: Head to this link for some highlights from the final day at the event. Brothers Lars and Silas Chickering-Ayers, who were raised skiing Vermont’s Mad River Glen, skied away with first and third place finishes, respectively, at this year’s US Freeskiing Extremes in Crested Butte this past weekend. Their wins follow Lars’ first …
Category: Culture
Feb 03
Northeast Skiers on Tour: Brennan Severance
It was nearly ten years ago when we first ran into our good friend Brennan Severance (aka “The Leather Booted Ripper”) while sniffing out a nice powder stash somewhere along Vermont’s Long Trail. Since then, we’ve enjoyed countless ski adventures with Brennan across the northeast U.S., on Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula, Alaska’s Kenai and in East …
Dec 22
Solstice, Skiing and Sauna
We made the most of the shortest day of the year by enjoying fresh tracks in some higher elevation, off-piste terrain that’s been tempting us for days, and by enjoying a nice wood-fired sauna with a few friends. The warmth and light of the sauna soothed our souls and recharged our bodies. And now, with …
Dec 20
Old School, Off Piste and Balloons
Here’s something a little different…cool footage captured by Warren Miller, featuring off-piste skiing in the Austrian Alps back in the early 1960s. You’ve got to love the soundtrack! And check out the faceshots the third skier in the last scene gets – at approx. 1:28… Enjoy!
Nov 26
Northeastern Skiers on Tour: Dylan Crossman
Our friend Dylan Crossman grew up skiing in Vermont’s Green Mountains and Mad River Glen, and after moving out west to explore his love for skiing, he went on to dominate the competitive telemark (and later the alpine) big-mountain/freeskiing scene – winning the US Telemark Extremes on FIVE times, and in 2008, skiing away with …

