There’s not a whole lot of footage from the northeast in Powderwhore’s latest film (none, in fact), but Breaking Trail is a celebration of the untracked and primarily human-powered skiing experience – something we really love, of course. So take a peek, and get ready for another wonderful winter season ahead. – Brian Follow this …
Category: Fresh Tracks
Sep 19
Photo of the Week: First Snow in the Northeast
The higher elevations of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range scored a fresh dusting of snow Friday night/early Saturday, thanks to plummeting temperatures and some lingering moisture over the mountains. This is by no means the earliest snow on record for the Mt. Washington region – snow has been recorded there in both July and August many …
Sep 01
Irene’s Rains Create New Slides in the Dacks, Whites…
Natural landslide paths (aka “slides”) are in abundance throughout New York’s highest Adirondacks. And thanks to Irene’s flooding rains (the same rains that have ravaged many parts of the northeast), the list of skiable slide paths is now longer than ever. Take a peek at the nice update that our friends at Adirondack Backcountry Skiing …
Aug 22
Vermont’s Chickering-Ayers Wins Chilean Freeskiing Championships
Lars Chickering-Ayers stood atop another podium this past weekend after skiing the course at Chile’s Valle El Arpa resort with impressive speed and style. You can take a peek at Lars’ run in the video by sliding the run time on the video to 6:50 and watching from there… (Allow video to load completely, first). …
Aug 10
A Snowy Season Ahead? …Some forecasters think so.
Many forecasters believe the coming winter could be another snowy one for the mountains of the northeast, thanks in part to a prevailing La Nina condition in the Pacific and the effect this could have on the jet stream pattern for our region. According to the report on Accuweather.com’s Meteorloical Madness blog, “…The cold will …
